Chapter 73 Raging Anger (Happy National Day!)

Chapter 73: Raging Anger (Happy National Day!)

Bruno was very unhappy when his opponent took the lead through an unwarranted penalty kick. After the game restarted, he took the initiative to increase Udinese's offensive rhythm.

As a team stuck in the relegation zone, Catania's strength is really limited. Under the fierce attack of the angry Udinese people, they were suddenly pushed back into their own half.

When the game reached the 34th minute, Udinese also got a corner kick opportunity through offense.

Bruno personally took the corner kick. He passed the ball into Catania's penalty area. Udinese defender Domic, who had just sent the point and caused the team to lose the ball, grabbed the spot, but his header was missed by Catania. Niya No. 7 Tahzidis blocked with his hands.

This handball was so obvious that almost everyone in the penalty area saw it. The Udinese people raised their hands to complain about Catania's No. 7 handball foul. The referee Demarco had no choice but to stop the game.

Just when the Udinese people thought that the referee would award a penalty kick to their side, Demarco walked to the sidelines to discuss with the linesman and made a gesture indicating that there was no penalty kick.

Now the Udinese people are in trouble. It was such an obvious handball, but you actually said it was not a penalty kick? What do eyes do for food?

Demarco gave his explanation. He believed that Udinese forward Muriel was in an offside position when Domic headed the ball. The goal was Udinese's offside.

Upon hearing the referee's explanation, Bruno cursed on the spot: I bought a watch last year! Muriel was not in the direction of Domic's header, but you actually judged him for interfering with the offense? Moreover, Domic's header was obviously directed towards the goal and was blocked by the opponent's hand. How the hell did you make the penalty?

Bruno felt the anger in his heart burning, and he had a strong urge to go up and give the guy a big dick.

But he still tried hard to control his emotions and warned himself that impulse is the devil.

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Guidolin was furious on the sidelines. He protested strongly and questioned the referee's decision.

The Catania player's unmistakable handball foul was not a penalty kick? So how come it was a penalty kick just when Udinese had a normal physical contact with an opponent's player in defense?

The Udinese striker, who was in the opposite direction of the flight of the ball, was offside and interfered with the attack. Are you kidding me?

"Please calm down, Mr. Guidolin." The fourth official said with a dark face, trying to stop the old man who was about to go crazy. "If you don't calm down, I will have to ask the referee to come over."

"Ha, good, I'm calm." Guidolin said with a sneer.

Slow-motion replay showed that Domic's header hit the goal firmly on the raised arm of Catania's No. 7 player, and Udinese forward Murie was considered offside by the referee and interfered with the attack. There is more than half a small restricted area between you and Catania No. 7!

Faced with such a penalty, even the commentator of the local TV station in Catania didn't know what to say.

If the referee just awarded the penalty kick to Catania, there was indeed physical contact between the players of both sides, and they could excuse it by misjudgment, but this unmistakable penalty was blown away. There is really nothing good except a black whistle. It's washable.

But the referee's decision was very firm, and he even threatened Udinese captain Basta and Udinese players who were still protesting against him. If they didn't leave him, he would be punished.

In desperation, Basta had no choice but to lead his teammates and walk back angrily.

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"Mom sells batches, how dare you insult me!" Bruno, whose face turned dark, cursed as he walked back.

Next to him, Kanter opened his mouth, sighed, and said nothing. He was now a little pessimistic about the outcome of this game.

Although Bruno was full of anger and led Udinese to continue to siege Catania's goal in the rest of the first half, Udinese failed to score until referee Demarco blew the whistle to end the first half. Goal.

At the end of the first half, the score remained at 1:0, with Catania taking the lead with a controversial penalty kick.

The Catania players left the field with smiles on their faces, and they were in high spirits after being able to lead the powerful Udinese in the first half.

On the Udinese side, the players all looked solemn or angry, and some players were already sighing. Everyone knew that the current situation was not optimistic.

"At the end of the first half, Udinese was the better team on the field. They created many scoring opportunities, but for various reasons, they did not score. The home team Catania relied on A penalty kick took the lead. The current situation is very unfavorable for the visiting team Udinese. We will wait and see what kind of response Udinese coach Guidolin will make." Commentator of Sky TV Italy said.

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In the visiting team's dressing room at the Massimino Stadium.

Guidolin glared at his players and said, "What are you all doing with your heads down? You played well in the first half and deserve praise."

The players looked at the coach, wondering if the coach was speaking sarcastically.

<divclass="contentadv"> "What are you looking at? I'm really satisfied." Guidolin put down the tactical board and said, "You have an absolute advantage on the scene. If it weren't for two unexpected circumstances, , maybe we are 1:0 ahead of our opponents, you really did a good job."

Hearing Guidolin say this, the players finally felt a little more comfortable.

"It's all damn referees." Domic, who was whistled for a penalty kick, said angrily. "That was definitely a normal physical confrontation! And my header definitely hit their No. 7's arm! "

"I saw it, it was indeed an arm!"

"Is the referee blind?"

"Yeah, damn the referee!"

This game was bad enough, the referee favored them. "

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The players started to criticize the referee on duty.

"Quiet! Shut up!" Guidolin shouted. Seeing everyone quiet down, he nodded with satisfaction, "Stop talking about anything else. The important thing is the second half of the game. Now, I will arrange the second half of the game. "

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Guidolin looked at Bruno and ordered, "Bruno, in the second half of the game, you return to the right."

Bruno nodded.

Guidolin looked at Muriel again and said: "Louis, I need you to come back more to support the ball."

"Riyad, your position is between Louis and Bruno. You must be ready to connect at any time. Your speed will be our weapon to open up the situation."

Bruno thought for a while, and according to Guidolin's adjustments, Udinese will change to 4411 in the second half, and Mahrez will play a role similar to a shadow forward.

After making detailed arrangements for the tactical adjustments, Guidolin finally said: "In the second half of the game, I once again emphasize that what we are pursuing is counterattack speed! Speed! Speed! Do you hear that!"

"If you have the chance, you can look for Bruno directly without passing through the midfield..." Guidolin paused for a moment, "Look for Bruno!"

After thinking about it, Guidolin told Kante again: "N'Golo, you have to pay attention to Sergio Almiron. In the second half of the game, I don't want to see that guy get the ball easily."

The 33-year-old midfielder who played for Udinese for two years is the core organizer of Catania. Under his command, Catania once ranked among the top ten in Serie A in the past two seasons.

This season, the Argentine veteran's form has declined, which is also the main reason for Catania's poor record this season.

But today, facing his old club Udinese, Almiron performed very well. Although Catania's leading goal came in a disgraceful way, it cannot erase Almiron's outstanding performance on the field.

Kant nodded and said hesitantly: "But, coach, referee..."

"You guys." Guidolin clapped his hands and said, "You have to trust the referee and be tolerant."

The players stared at their coach, coach, do you know what you're talking about?

"Referees also make mistakes sometimes, and we have to be tolerant of this." Guidolin ignored the looks in his players' eyes, "Learning to adapt to the referee's enforcement is also a very critical part of a game."

He smiled and said: "Okay, don't think so much. We can't control the referee's will. As long as we do our part, victory will belong to us."