PFC Chapter 1143 Expanding the Score
Chapter 1143 Expanding the Score
Chapter 1143 Expanding the Score
"During the fight, Gao Lin fell to the ground and covered his face. Perhaps Pepe's hand may have touched Gao Lin, but...then there seemed to be some quarrels, and the referee directly sent off Pepe! The referee directly sent off Pepe!!" CCTV commentator He Wei said excitedly.
As an experienced commentator, he knows what Pepe's red card means to the Chinese team.
"...This is the third red card of this World Cup and the second direct red card, because the red card received by the Honduras team yesterday was two yellows and one red. In this case, Portugal will become very difficult." As the live director added you to a slow-motion replay of what happened just now, Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said carefully: "Let's take a look, the ball was indeed raised by Pepe and hit Gao with his hand. Provocative, he bumped Gao's head with his head... So the referee Majic believes that Pepe's action is beyond the normal sports scope, it is a provocation in the game, and it is not an exaggeration to directly red card Pepe, because he has sufficient evidence!"
"Portugal was 1:2 behind the Chinese team, and they were sent off one more person in the first half. It was really leaky and it was raining all night. They made things worse, but there is no doubt that this penalty is very beneficial to the Chinese team. I believe that as long as the Chinese team keeps calm in the next game and fully focuses on the game, they will win the first victory of this World Cup!"
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo also tried to persuade the referee Majic to take back his order, because he knew that being sent off again when the score was behind would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the team. Maybe this red card would be a turning point in the game.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe are club and national team teammates. They know how important each other is to the team's defense, so even if he knows that the referee's penalty cannot be changed, he still tries to convince the referee.
Other Portuguese players also surrounded the referee Majic, holding Pepe behind him, trying to persuade him to change the penalty.
At the same time, the Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, who was standing on the sidelines, was also yelling at the fourth official. He believed that Gao Lin should be sent off, because Pepe's excited reaction was entirely due to Gao Lin's realistic acting skills.
However, the penalty made by the referee cannot be changed. Even if Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Bento are complaining, there is still no way for the referee to take back his order.
In the end, Majic verbally warned Cristiano Ronaldo, then pointed to Pepe, and then pointed to the player channel, which meant very obviously, that is, you have to end...
In order for the team to no longer have non-combat attrition, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Bento chose to accept the referee's penalty.
However, the commentator of the Portuguese national TV station kept 'fighting'. He said emotionally: "...The referee's penalty is completely incomprehensible to me! From the slow motion, it can be clearly seen that the Chinese striker Gao has obvious acting elements. He is completely directing and acting on his own. What does it have to do with our Pepe? This must be a shady scene! A big shady scene!! No... Absolutely!!"
The Portuguese fans at the scene kept booing at the referee Matic. They believed that Matic's penalty was completely biased towards the Chinese team.
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The game continued. In the following time, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the Portuguese team was greatly affected, because the midfielder Meireles was adjusted to the central defender position by the head coach Paulo Bento. He kept the team's defense line at four players.
But this kind of behavior of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall has a great impact on the team. Meireles' role in the midfield is very obvious. Losing him in the midfield is tantamount to losing a natural barrier in front of the central defender.
Moutinho's role is reflected in the organization of offense, his personal defense ability is very limited, and he is still fighting alone in the midfield, Alexander.
Therefore, after Pepe was sent off, Portugal could only defend passively. The Chinese team took control of the overall situation by virtue of their superiority in numbers. Even Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the ribs to help defend and reduce the pressure on the team.
Defensive counterattack was an extremely important pawn in Real Madrid in the Mourinho era and Real Madrid in the Benitez era. The same is true in the Portuguese team. Under normal circumstances, Paul Bento will not assign defensive tasks to Cristiano Ronaldo at all, so that he can focus more on offense.
It is worth mentioning that after Pepe was sent off, Paul Bento did not ask Cristiano Ronaldo to assist in defense at all, but he chose to take the initiative to defend. I have to say... Cristiano Ronaldo, who represented the national team in the World Cup, has grown up and knows how to share weal and woe.
It's just that his efforts did not get the rewards he deserved. On the contrary, the Chinese team almost expanded the score.
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"The current situation is very unfavorable to Portugal. Even though Cristiano Ronaldo worked very hard to help the team defend, there is still no way to solve their current difficulties. Of course...the biggest reward for Cristiano Ronaldo is that Portugal can enter the locker room with a score of 1:2..." BBC commentator Lineker said with a wry smile.
Because as a professional football commentator, he hoped to see a wonderful match, and all of this was ruined by Madzic's red card.
In the blink of an eye, 45 minutes of regular time in the first half ended.
However, there were three goals in the first half, and some time was consumed during the penalty of Pepe by the referee. The electronic card held up by the fourth official showed that it was 3 minutes of stoppage time.
There is no doubt that this stoppage time made the Portuguese fans in the stands very upset. Most of them are professional fans. Naturally, they knew the chaos on the field after Pepe was sent off. If the first half is not ended as soon as possible, then the Chinese team is very likely to expand the score in stoppage time...
In fact, the premonition of professional fans is quite good. In the second minute of stoppage time in the first half, the Chinese team expanded the score.
Wu Xi took a corner kick, Ai Luo overwhelmed Cristiano Ronaldo and Almeida from the back, and headed the ball towards the center. With his good ability to grab points, central defender Feng Xiaoting headed the ball towards the goal before Coentrao and Alves.
Goalkeeper Patricio subconsciously made a save, but he had no choice but to declare that he was too close...
(End of this chapter)