As the news media reported, on the night of the game against Barcelona, the Inter Milan football club lodged a formal protest and complaint to UEFA in writing.
They requested the cancellation of Carlos's red card punishment.
They requested UEFA to conduct an investigation into the German referee Stark's major disciplinary error in the game against Barcelona.
Generally speaking, UEFA rarely paid attention to protests about the referee's disciplinary issues. At most, they would give a perfunctory response.
However, things were a little different this time.
First of all, this game was the focus of the world's attention. After the game, statistics showed that nearly 500 million fans around the world watched the game, which was an astonishing figure.
Secondly, the red card shown to Carlos by the referee Stark was indeed questionable.
Later, the Inter Milan football club announced Carlos's injury immediately. The Spanish national footballer's ankle was fractured, which showed that it was not a fake injury at all. Carlos was seriously injured and could not have avoided it at all.
In addition, the media also generally questioned that if the referee Stark could have blown the whistle to interrupt the game immediately, there would not have been any subsequent incidents. According to the rules, if a player was injured and fell to the ground in the penalty area, the referee should have interrupted the game immediately.
In addition, it had to be mentioned that Barcelona seemed to have been taken care of by the referee in the UEFA Champions League in recent seasons. This allowed Barcelona to take advantage of the situation, but at the same time, it also made many teams angry. Previously, everyone swallowed their anger. Now that they saw the opportunity, they would kick up a fuss. To put it in slightly exaggerated terms, Barcelona provoked public anger.
The other teams more or less felt a little sympathy for Barcelona. Everyone wanted to play in a more objective and fair game. No one wanted Barcelona to continue to be "favored."
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Inter Milan's president, Massimo Moratti, also spoke fiercely. He said that if UEFA could not deal with the matter seriously and fairly, the spirit of fair play and humane care in the football field would be gone. In the future, there would be fewer cases of players being injured in the game and taking the initiative to interrupt the game. "If there is only victory and defeat in the eyes and no warmth, what is left of a football game?"
There was no doubt that Moratti's words were actually written by Li Ang. It was just that his identity was sensitive. If he angered UEFA at this time, he could be suspended. Therefore, Moratti's words were very appropriate and weighty.
Inter Milan's request was simple: cancel Carlos's non-existent red card and severely punish the referee Stark for his malfeasance!
The most direct purpose was to ensure that Carlos could play in the UEFA Champions League final on May 21st.
As for the second leg of the semi-final against Barcelona a week later, Carlos was still recuperating from his injury and would definitely not be able to play.
In addition, there was a clamor in the media about Barcelona not interrupting the game but continuing to attack when Carlos was injured. Barcelona's arch-rival, Real Madrid, also came forward to criticize Barcelona's behavior.
Real Madrid's president, Calderón, even said sarcastically, "It's not surprising that this kind of behavior happened to Barcelona …"
In response, Barcelona said that they only had the game in their eyes and were so focused that they did not immediately realize that Carlos was injured. It was an accident.
This response naturally attracted a lot of ridicule.
Some Inter Milan fans even ran to Barcelona's young star player, Messi's social media account and questioned Messi whether he knew that he had injured Carlos at the time.
In response, Messi remained silent.
This even attracted the fans of Manchester United's star player, Cristiano Ronaldo, who ran over to ridicule and attack Messi's hypocrisy.
In addition, Inter Milan was attacked by Camp Nou's water cannon during the celebration at the end of the game, which also caused an uproar. Barcelona was criticized for being a sore loser and losing the demeanor of a powerhouse.
Li Ang then made a dig at the Barcelona club on his personal website.
However, Li Ang did not say anything about Messi. From Messi's position and perspective, it was inappropriate for him to answer no matter what. Maintaining silence was the only way.
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The game between Inter Milan and Barcelona was one of the semi-finals.
The other semi-final first leg was a Premier League civil war between the Red Devils, Manchester United, and the Blues, Chelsea.
In the end, Chelsea and Manchester United played to a goalless draw at their home stadium, Stamford Bridge. The two sides were goalless and would move to Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford, a week later.
In the away challenge against Chelsea, Ferguson's team, just like in the away game against Roma, adopted a posture of defending to the end. However, just three minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo's feat of singlehandedly challenging Chelsea's entire rear defensive line almost gave Ferguson an unexpected three points. Although Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick and Manchester United failed to beat Chelsea, Ferguson was particularly tolerant of Ronaldo after the game. "A penalty kick in the opening three minutes is a challenge for anyone. Cristiano Ronaldo was just a little unlucky."
Although he missed the penalty kick, Ronaldo was still the person who posed the greatest threat to Chelsea. In the first seven minutes, he was fouled three times. Whenever he dribbled the ball, Barça was facing a formidable enemy. In the first and second half, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and fell to the ground once. Terry's collision caused the Portuguese to fall and was suspected of foul play, but the referee did not have the courage to award another penalty kick.
In this regard, Ferguson also flew into a rage after the game and strongly protested against the referee's enforcement of the law.
However, Li Ang sneered at this. Compared to Inter Milan's encounter in Camp Nou, the referee's enforcement of the game between Manchester United and Chelsea could be considered relatively fair. The penalty kick that Ferguson was brooding over could actually be awarded or not awarded. When the referee awarded a penalty kick at the start of the game, how could he award a second penalty kick in a row at Stamford Bridge?
The media generally believed that the zero to zero score was advantageous to the Blues' Chelsea, which meant that in the second leg of the game, Chelsea only needed to score a goal to draw at Old Trafford to eliminate Manchester United with an away goal.
In this regard, Li Ang was happy to see it happen. Between Manchester United and Chelsea, he was still willing to face Chelsea. Compared to Grant, the Manchester United manager, Ferguson, was a sly old fox. In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo had a strong breakout this season. This was Cristiano Ronaldo's season of being crowned king. Li Ang was not willing to face such a fiery Ronaldo.
However, according to his memory, without the "variable" that was Inter Milan that he led, this season's Champions League final was actually between Chelsea and Manchester United. In the end, Manchester United defeated Chelsea in the penalty shootout and picked up the Champions League trophy. Cristiano Ronaldo also ascended to the top with his outstanding performance this season and became one of the most outstanding star players on the planet. He and Barcelona's Messi began their decade-long struggle for hegemony between the Peerless Twins.
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