Although there were still ten minutes left in the game, Rijkaard knew that Barcelona had already lost this game. With Sporting de Gijón's condition, it would be very difficult for Barcelona to score two goals in a row in ten minutes of the game.
However, although he had already predicted the outcome of the loss in his heart, as the manager, Rijkaard could not show the slightest sign of admitting defeat. The Dutch manager walked to the sidelines and kept waving his arms. At the same time, he shouted loudly, asking his players not to think about conceding the goal and to seize the time to play the game!
Rijkaard pointed to the watch on his wrist and then raised two fingers!
It meant that there were still ten minutes left, two goals!
He used this way to express his trust in the players and encourage them not to give up the game.
Rijkaard did not have much hope in equalizing the score, but he still had some expectations in his heart. He hoped that the team could score another goal and narrow the score as much as possible. He hoped that the team could fight until the last second. Even if the proud Barcelona fell, it should fall on the charge!
However, Rijkaard neglected one point. After falling behind Sporting de Gijón by two goals, the mentality of the Barcelona players was already unbalanced. Before this game, they had just defeated the Serie A powerhouse AC Milan in the Champions League and easily defeated Real Madrid in the league. They were known as the best team in Europe. They were so high-spirited!
In today's game, they had the absolute initiative on the field. They had the advantage in the number of shots, ball control, and passing success rate. They were better than their opponents in all aspects. However, the current score was unacceptable to them.
Barcelona's players began to become impatient.
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The physical contact between the players from both sides began to become more frequent, and it was different from the usual physical contact. It was as if both sides were playing with fire every time.
Iniesta dribbled the ball. Modric came up and directly tackled the ball. Iniesta was knocked down along with the ball.
Barcelona's players protested that Modric had fouled, but the referee ignored them and signaled for the game to continue. There was no foul.
Sporting de Gijón counterattacked. Di Natale and Benzema cooperated. The latter was pushed to the ground by Belletti after passing the ball to Di Natale.
The referee did not whistle for a penalty either. He signaled that the offense was in their favor.
However, in the blink of an eye, Di Natale's pass was intercepted and Barcelona counterattacked.
Logically, the referee should have stopped the game and verbally warned Belletti who had fouled before. He could even show a yellow card. However, the referee did not give a penalty and allowed the game to continue.
"Maybe the referee did not want to disturb the flow of the game, but he obviously made a mistake," commented on the referee's performance after the game.
Ronaldinho directly passed the ball to Eto'o. However, as Eto'o ran forward, the ball was passed behind him. Ivanovic cleverly stole the ball, and then he planned to pass the ball to initiate a counterattack. The next second, he saw the night sky of Camp Nou!
Eto'o fiercely counterattacked and directly shoved Ivanovic to the ground.
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This time, the referee's whistle finally sounded.
Barcelona's players rushed to the referee and protested. Of course, they were not protesting Eto'o's foul this time. They were protesting Modric's previous foul on Iniesta. Their memory was really good. They bypassed Belletti's foul on Benzema and continued to move forward.
However, they collectively changed their target halfway and ran to the top of Sporting de Gijón's penalty area, where Eto'o had just fouled Ivanovic.
There, Carlos and Eto'o had a fierce conflict. The former choked the latter's neck, and the latter did the same. The two men were like angry bulls, with their horns raised and hot air spurting out. They could not wait to knock each other over.
"Ah! Look what happened! Juan Carlos and Eto'o have a fierce conflict! "
Van Bronckhorst had just advanced forward to assist. He was very close to this side. When he saw Carlos and Eto'o choking each other, he directly came up and pushed Carlos. "B * stard, let go of your hand!"
Pepe was also very close to this side. He saw that Carlos was at a disadvantage, and he had a few confrontations with van Bronckhorst today. It could be considered a grudge, and he finally found a chance to take revenge. He slapped van Bronckhorst's mouth, "Hey! B * stard! Your opponent is me! "
Originally, Carlos and Eto'o were just choking each other, and it was not a big deal. However, van Bronckhorst pushed Carlos, followed by Pepe's slap, directly ignited everything!
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The players on both sides were already angry. On Sporting de Gijón's side, it was because of the Barcelona players' arrogance before the game, and also because of the referee's favoritism towards the home team today.
On Barcelona's side, it was because of the game. They had been suppressing their anger.
Both sides were like kegs of gunpowder. It only needed a spark to explode. Eto'o's malicious foul on Ivanovic had completely ignited everything.
Seeing that Pepe dared to directly hit him, the other Barcelona players could not take it anymore. More people surrounded them. Sporting de Gijón's players naturally could not watch their own people suffer. Both sides were in a mess.
"Hey! Stop fighting! "Someone shouted as he secretly punched someone from behind.
"F * ck! If you can't win, then do it! "
"Beat them up!"
"Hey hey hey, boy, look here!"
"What do you want?"
"Pull them apart for me!"
The players on both sides rushed into a mess, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
Loud boos erupted from the stands. The fans on both sides were booing. During this time, there were coins, lighters, and other things falling from the sky. Unfortunately, Zhu Tou was not there.
The police and security at the scene were on high alert. They were afraid that the fans on both sides would directly start a fight. That would be terrible …
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Sporting de Gijón's captain, Hierro, and the team's vice-captain, Albertini, were worried about Ivanovic's injury. It seemed that the Serbian defender's injury was not light.
At this time, they heard the movement over there. The two captains looked up and saw a scene that stunned them. Why are they fighting?!
"Carlos blocked Eto'o with one hand and actually punched Eto'o. Tsk tsk, Eto'o is not bad either. He finally took the opportunity to break free and kicked Carlos … Carlos is chasing after Eto'o, but he was blocked by Eto'o …" When the Real Madrid commentator saw this scene, he was so happy that he was overjoyed. If he was not afraid of causing trouble, he would have shouted, "Well played, well played!"
Barcelona was Real Madrid's century-old arch-enemy. Real Madrid dreamed of always trampling Barcelona under their feet.
Sporting de Gijón was now Real Madrid's new enemy. This newly promoted team had humiliated Real Madrid many times in a row. It could be said that Sporting de Gijón was now ranked in the top few teams that Real Madrid wanted to win the most!
Moreover, these two teams' rankings and points were much higher than Real Madrid's. Real Madrid could not wait for these two teams to be banned … Then, they could sit back and enjoy the benefits.
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Li Ang saw this scene on the sidelines and was stunned.
Then, he rushed to the sidelines and shouted, "Pull them apart! Fernando! Demetrio! Pull them apart! "
Rijkaard's face was also pale. He jumped and shouted anxiously on the sidelines, "Pull them apart! Pull them apart! "
Unfortunately, the people in the stadium were so excited that they could not hear what they were shouting. Both sides only had one thought in their minds, and that was to teach the bastards in front of them a lesson. The captains of the two teams desperately tried to block and pull them apart, but they could not pull them apart for a while.
"Sh * t! Bastards! Bastards! "Rijkaard roared angrily and cursed.
"F * ck them!" Li Ang gritted his teeth and cursed.
They were not cursing the other team's players. They were cursing their own players. The first thing that came to their minds at this time was the smug smiles of the Real Madrid people.
Then, the two managers looked at each other almost at the same time. They snorted coldly at the same time and strode towards each other …
The commentator was dumbfounded. What was going on? Were the underlings fighting on the field going to fight directly on the sidelines?
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