Li Ang sneered.
He smelled danger in this speed.
The referee began to show his power, and the penalty was almost one-sided in favor of the home team, Juventus.
Li Ang had been worried about the referee before, but when he learned that today's referee was Tagliavento and not Juventus' official referee, De Santis, he still had a glimmer of hope. Tagliavento was not tried behind the Calciopoli, which meant that the referee was relatively "clean." Of course, this was only relatively speaking. Some of Tagliavento's later referees were also more biased towards Juventus, but it was still tolerable. Besides, was there a referee who did not take care of Juventus in Serie A?!
But at this moment, he realized that his thinking was too simple.
Tagliavento might only be slightly biased towards the home team, but there was no other way. The second referee, Desilios, was almost blatantly biased towards Juventus. With the "cooperation" of the linesman, Tagliavento also went with the flow … This was really a tacit cooperation!
As for the red card and penalty awarded to Emerson, it could not be said that the referee did not take care of the home team. It was just that Emerson's foul was too obvious, so much so that the referee did not dare to play tricks on this penalty.
Despite seeing the situation clearly, Li Ang could do nothing but be angry.
The only fortunate thing was that there was not much time left in the game, and Inter Milan was still two goals ahead. As long as there were no accidents, Inter Milan had a great chance of winning.
As for why the referee did not come out to help Juventus until they were down three to one, Li Ang did not know. The biggest possibility was that Juventus was arrogant and thought that they could beat Inter Milan with their own strength. By the time they realized that something was wrong, it was already too late.
*****
Zanetti was sent off with a red card.
Li Ang then made adjustments to Inter Milan.
The veteran Figo was replaced by the right back, Mai Kong.
Adriano was replaced by Stanković, who was better at running, to strengthen the midfield.
The game went on for eighty-nine minutes.
Carlos and Ibrahimović fell to the ground together during the defense. The referee ruled that Carlos had committed a foul and awarded Juventus a free kick.
Li Ang was too lazy to protest against the free kick. With the referee's current standards, it was normal to call for Inter Milan to have committed a foul when it could be called or not called.
Juventus captain Del Piero, who came on as a substitute, made a beautiful direct free kick that flew over the human wall and into the net.
"Goooooaaaaal!" Turin's commentator roared.
"Two to three! Juventus has pulled a goal back and is now only one goal behind! "
"Time! There is too little time for Juventus now. "
Even if Del Piero scored a goal and pulled one back, Li Ang did not do anything. He sneered. He did not believe that the referee could help Juventus score another goal in three or four minutes, including the injury stoppage time.
Soon, Li Ang realized that he was wrong.
*****
The injury stoppage time was not three minutes as he had imagined, but nine minutes!
This time, Li Ang could no longer hold back his anger.
"Nine minutes of stoppage time! Tell me! Where did seven minutes come from? "Li Ang questioned the fourth official.
Although today's game was fierce, except for Adriano's injury and the brief chaos caused by the referee blowing off Inter Milan's goal, the game was not interrupted too much. Nine minutes of injury stoppage time was too much.
The fourth official ignored Li Ang and called the referee directly this time.
The referee, Tagliavento, ran over and pointed to the stands.
Li Ang glared at the referee fiercely and walked to the stands resentfully.
This is not over!
"Inter Milan's manager, Li, has been sent to the stands! He must be dissatisfied with the injury stoppage time. " Sky TV's commentator, Ferrari, said, "Li seems to have a reason to be angry. Nine minutes of injury stoppage time is really too much."
Even as a commentator of Sky TV, at this moment, he could only say a few words to express his dissatisfaction. Don't think that a foreign commentator would be bold enough to say anything and shoot at anything.
In Italy, Juventus and the Fiat financial group behind it had great influence.
*****
The thing that Li Ang was most worried about finally happened.
In the sixth minute of injury stoppage time, Del Piero broke into the penalty area and fell to the ground after making contact with Samuels. The referee's whistle sounded decisively.
Penalty kick!
The referee pointed to the penalty spot.
In the stands, Li Ang's eyelids twitched. He was really angry and unwilling to accept this. In such a good situation, Ronaldo's hat-trick could not beat Juventus. In the end, he was defeated by the referee. He was extremely aggrieved. He was so angry that he felt like he was going crazy.
On the field, Inter Milan's players exploded. They surrounded the referee, Tagliavento. The acting captain, Cordoba, was extremely angry. The Colombians angrily protested.
Then he received a yellow card from the referee. He also accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off with a red card.
That was not all. The substitute, Stankovic, was extremely angry. He cursed at the referee and was sent off with a red card.
Li Ang applauded in the stands.
The camera immediately focused on him.
The Chinese coach had a smile on his face and was applauding.
"Li Ang is in trouble. His behavior is likely to bring about severe punishment after the game," said the CCTV commentator, Zhang Lu.
"That's inevitable! The referee's bias towards Juventus today is very serious … "Huang Jianxiang said. Then he heard Zhang Lu cough and could only shut up resentfully.
*****
Mata's face was full of anger. He did not attack the referee. Instead, he called Modric and Carlos over.
"We want to avenge the boss," Mata said.
Carlos did not speak, but his eyes were particularly fierce.
Modric nodded, indicating that he should continue.
"If the penalty kick can be saved, I want to give Juventus a counterattack," Mata said, waving his fist. "They have the guts to blow away our goal again!"
Modric opened his mouth. He wanted to say that whether the penalty kick could be saved or not, who knew? However, he did not say anything. He was also angry. If the penalty kick could be saved and Juventus counterattacked, it would be too cool.
"You're in charge of intercepting!" Mata instructed Carlos.
The latter nodded.
"You're in charge of passing the ball to me!" Mata said to Modric.
The three of them cooperated well when they were at Sporting de Gijón. Carlos was in charge of intercepting, Modric was in charge of passing the ball, and Mata was in charge of counterattacking. This was the usual configuration.
The small meeting between the three of them was soon over. At this time, the referee had also used a red and yellow card to stop the protest of Inter Milan.
*****
Inter Milan's goalkeeper, César, was also shown a yellow card by the referee because of his protest.
Inter Milan's players were livid. They watched as Del Piero placed the football on the penalty spot, retreated, and prepared to take the penalty kick.
Carlos stood quietly outside the penalty area. His whole person was like a leopard, ready to go.
Modric ran into the penalty area and whispered to Cesar. If Del Piero's penalty kick missed, he wanted César to quickly send the goal kick. The latter glanced at Modric and the other two young players and nodded. His eyes were firm.
Then Modric quickly withdrew from the penalty area under the referee's warning.
PS: Second Update, Thank you, Guild Master, Passerby 957 + 510
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