Chapter 230 Insulting the IQ of the Referee (18/134)
Lazio scored a goal against Barcelona in the first half, but everyone's focus was on Butzquez's natural performance.
The TV broadcast replayed the scene again and again of Butzquez rolling on the ground while still opening his hands to peek at the referee.
Butzquez's superb performance stunned fans and commentators around the world.
Everyone could do nothing but be stunned in front of such a great performance.
This is no longer a performance that can be described in words.
Everyone can only watch it over and over again and be immersed in this amazing performance over and over again.
It wasn't until the end of the first half that I came back to my senses.
"The score of 0:1 is still within an acceptable range for Barcelona." The Catalan commentator was cheering for the fans.
For Barcelona, which is lagging behind, the fifteen minutes of halftime will be very long.
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In the locker room, Meireles knew that he would miss the Champions League final because of this yellow card. He was disappointed and surprised and even shed tears.
He felt even more aggrieved.
Because he felt that he had not committed a foul at all!
He just opened his arms to protect the ball. He didn't know whether he actually touched Butzquez.
He felt that he had never encountered it.
When everyone saw Meireles who was so sad, they all came up to comfort him.
Chang Sheng didn't say anything or stop him, he just watched from the side.
When the time was up, he walked up to Meireles and said: "I know this is unfair, Raul (Raul Jose Trindade Meireles). What you performed in the game
Very good, but you were suspended because of an unwarranted yellow card. The club will do everything possible to appeal for you. But if, I mean if...if the appeal fails, what I can promise you is that I will return the money.
A chance for you to play in the Champions League final and I will do what I say, Raul."
"So now, wipe away your tears. We still have 45 minutes, you still have 45 minutes. If you can't play in the final, then think of it as your Champions League final. Barcelona can barely match it."
To qualify as an opponent in the Champions League final..."
Meirelles nodded and stopped crying.
Chang Sheng turned around and said to all the players: "Our opponents want to defeat us at all costs. Their fans set off firecrackers outside our hotel in the middle of the night, and their players used despicable diving on the court to frame us.
You...I see their weakness and incompetence from this! When a team relies on this method to defeat us, it means they are dead! You should be happy, because you have made them lose their skin.
No! But it’s not over yet, there is still another second half, and we have to use these forty-five minutes to tell them that even if they are shameless, they still can’t beat us! This is the fact!”
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During the halftime break, Guardiola tactfully criticized Butzquez and asked him to focus on the game in the second half instead of other evil ways.
"I'm sure the referee has noticed you, Sergio. You'd better be more honest in the second half."
Butzquez nodded.
If the head coach doesn't say anything, he will be honest.
In the subsequent games, he could feel that the referee was paying great attention to him.
Then Guardiola said to his players: "We were one goal behind in the first half, and the total score... let's not think about the total score. This game is already very critical for us. Let's try our best to play well first.
In this game, think about advancing to the finals. Put aside all other distracting thoughts and think about nothing but the game. There are forty-five minutes left, show your best! Only in this way can you defeat your opponent!
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Guardiola also decided not to think about the dispute between him and Chang Sheng's philosophy, and let's win this game first...
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Referee DeBrick, his assistant coach, and the fourth official walked back to the referee's exclusive locker room.
As soon as the door closed, everyone started discussing the controversial penalty in the first half.
DeBrick asked the fourth official: "Did Butzquez really dive?"
"I can't see clearly..." the fourth official replied honestly.
"Maybe we should watch it on TV?" the first assistant referee suggested.
Everyone thinks this is a good idea.
So they turned on the TV.
No need to search for which channel.
Any TV station broadcasting this Champions League semi-final was discussing Butzquez's fall in the first half during the intermission.
So when the referees turned on the TV, what they saw was the full set of contact actions between Butzquez and Meireles replayed over and over again, from before the fall to after the fall.
Throughout the entire process, nothing was missed.
Multi-camera replay ensures that no angle will be forgotten.
Everyone can see it clearly.
Although the referee cannot make a penalty based on the live TV footage of the game, let alone change the penalty he has already made, watching the video during halftime is not prohibited. The referee is not prohibited from doing so.
This can be used to adjust the scale of penalties in the following games.
Judging from the replay of the TV broadcast, Meireles did have physical contact with Butzquez, but the degree of physical contact was very slight.
This level of contact was not enough to make Butzkes collapse to the ground.
Moreover, the body contact between Meireles and Butzquez was on the chest, but Butzquez fell to the ground with his face covered. This was an obvious deception. After all, hitting the chest and focusing on the face were not serious in the eyes of the referee.
are completely different.
He fell to the ground with his face covered just to make the referee believe that Meireles elbowed him in the face.
If Platini hadn't specifically greeted DeBrick before the game and asked him to enforce the law impartially, he might have directly sent off Meireles with a red card...
After seeing the game video, DeBrick had to be grateful that he did not do this, otherwise he would definitely be bombarded by public opinion after the game...
He doesn't want to be the center of attention.
Next, comes the climax.
Butzquez, who fell to the ground, turned around a few times, then lay on his side, then opened his hands covering his face and took a peek!
As for what he was aiming at, several referees present knew it well...
The fourth official couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene: "He still has time to care about whether you give Meireles a card, Debrik! You only gave him a yellow card, I think he must
I’m very disappointed!”
Debrick couldn't laugh, he had a gloomy look on his face.
He was very unhappy.
Being deceived and teased like a clown would make anyone unhappy.
Butzkes is insulting his own intelligence and personality.
DeBrick found it intolerable.
Why do referees hate diving?
Because everyone hates being deceived. And flopping is exactly when the players deceive the referee, make a profit, and feel proud after the success.
When they were so proud, did they treat the referee as nothing?
It would be fine if the referee didn't notice it.
Did the referee find out?
They will be like DeBrick, feeling angry from the bottom of their hearts.
We are all adults, yet we are being teased like children.
It is impossible for DeBlick to cancel his yellow card against Meireles, but there are ways to remedy the situation.
That is to impose strict penalties on Barcelona, especially Butzquez, in the second half.
In this game, Butzquez was on his blacklist. Whenever there was physical contact that caused Butzquez to fall to the ground, he would first consider whether Butzquez had dived again.
There is no way, people with criminal records can only get such treatment.
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The intermission was over and everyone returned to their respective positions.
Players from both sides stood on the court, waiting for the game to start.
When the referee DeBrick took his place, he looked at Butzquez again.
Butzquez, who felt guilty, also noticed this. When he saw the referee looking at him again, he shrank his neck.
It seems like this can make the referee not pay attention to himself.
The referee De Brick saw Butzkes shrinking his neck, which was a typical sign of guilty conscience.
Now that you know you feel guilty? Why did you go there so early?
Debrik looked away calmly.
Then he blew the whistle to start the second half.
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In the second half of the game, Lazio continued their fast-moving offensive play from the first half. On defense, they also continued to use tactics of blocking Barcelona's passing routes and surrounding Barcelona's players with the ball.
This style of play is very effective, but it consumes physical energy.
It's just that the fifteen-minute intermission has just passed, and Lazio's physical fitness is not a big problem. When Guardiola waits for them to be exhausted, they may have to wait for a long time.
From a scene perspective, because the winning team insisted on playing fast, this speed made Barcelona uncomfortable, so Barcelona was suppressed by Lazio.
Lazio's performance surprised many people.
Lazio can suppress Barcelona at its home court, so that's it. After all, it is Lazio's home court. At its home court, Lazio's combat effectiveness is doubled.
But now we are at Barcelona's home court. Barcelona has the home advantage and 100,000 enthusiastic fans cheering them on.
At home, Barcelona is still beaten by Lazio, which speaks volumes.
There are very few teams that can play against Barcelona at Camp Nou.
It's unheard of to be able to suppress Barcelona in a head-to-head matchup!
When did Guardiola's dream third team ever look so embarrassed?
In the past, they suppressed other teams, swept other teams, and scored five or six goals in each game, just like playing.
Last year, in the Champions League final, Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich. The mighty Bundesliga leader was completely beaten by Barcelona and had no temper at all. He could only parry in the game and had no power to fight back.
Let alone the score of this game, just talk about the scene of this game...that is enough to make people feel that it is worth the ticket price.
This winning team... really has two skills! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
