reborn football boss

Chapter 47 Conspiracy Theory

Iniesta hugged the ball excitedly and ran towards Ribery. While celebrating the goal, he also thanked Ribery for his wonderful pass. Hubner and Villa also quickly got up from the goal , Hugged towards Franck Ribery.

Loew shook his fist on the sidelines. He believed that the team would win, but when the goal came, he still couldn't restrain his excitement.

David seemed to be more excited than Love. If the assistant coach hadn't stopped him, he would have rushed into the field to celebrate together.

But at this moment, a discordant whistle sounded, and everyone looked at the referee suspiciously.

The referee had a whistle in his mouth and was making movements in his hands, but this movement did not mean that the goal was valid, but signaled Blackburn to take a free kick in the backcourt.

This penalty confuses the players on both sides. Does the goal not count?
Villa was the most impulsive, rushing directly in front of the referee and questioning loudly: "This is a good shot, why is it not counted?"

Other Notts County players also surrounded them, and they couldn't accept this penalty at all.

As the captain, Alonso saw that the players were showing some signs of losing control, so he quickly stood in front of the referee, fulfilled the responsibility of the captain, and communicated with the referee.

The referee's face was a little ugly. As the most authoritative person on the field, he hated players questioning his judgment the most, and Notts County's protest around him was undoubtedly challenging his bottom line.

"This is obviously offside. When player No. 16 passed the ball, player No. 8 was in an offside position. There is no explanation for this!" , he has already walked towards the middle circle.

Notts County's No. 16 player is Franck Ribery, and the No. 8 player is Iniesta who scored the goal.

At this time, the Notts County players realized that the linesman's flag was raised high, and it was his action that made the referee make the penalty.

The Notts County players wanted to argue and protest. They couldn't accept the penalty. It was obviously a good goal, but it was blown off strangely. It's no wonder they can calm down!

But Loew shouted the names of the players loudly on the sidelines to calm them down. Although the goal is blown, it will affect the morale of the team, but after all, the team currently has the upper hand, and it may only be a matter of time before they win, but once the referee is besieged If he is punished, then this game will probably be explained here.

Although the players were extremely unwilling, they still listened to Loew's words and restarted the game instead of stubbornly seeking trouble from the referee.

"Son of a bitch!" David burst out, wanting to rush into the arena with red eyes, but was held back by Love.

"Don't be too impulsive, it's just a goal. I promise we can win this game, so don't make trouble. If you have time to make trouble, you might as well think about what kind of attitude the club will take after the game. Facing the media and the FA, I always feel that things are not that simple!" Loew said loudly in David's ear, but his expression was a bit puzzled.

David also calmed down, his mind turned and he began to think.

The goal just now was definitely not offside, because when Ribery passed the Blackburn defender and passed the ball, the defender was less than 2 meters away from the baseline. With him dragging at the end, any Notts County All players are not offside.

Is this misjudgment really just a mistake, just a coincidence?

David also tasted it, maybe some people don't want Notts County or any low-level team to go further.

It is impossible to say what kind of mentality the FA has, but David vaguely feels that the FA still hopes that the strong teams will eliminate the weak teams in the League Cup, so that the future games will be strong. Strong dialogue, the game looks good, and this event can attract more attention, which is in their interest.

If the FA really has such a hint, then David has nothing to say, and there is really nothing to communicate with short-sighted people.

I hope this is just their guess, maybe the following games can also see the truth!

After the game restarted, Blackburn, who had survived the catastrophe, showed momentum. While the Notts County players were annoyed by the conceded goal, they launched a fierce offensive, which made Notts County somewhat embarrassed.

However, after Notts County stabilized their position tenaciously, the game returned to the dullness it had always been. Until the end of the regular time of the game, neither side could score a goal, and the game will enter overtime.

Because the semi-finals and finals before the League Cup will be decided in the form of a match, if there is no winner in overtime, then they can only enter a cruel penalty shootout.

Penalty shootouts are no strangers to Notts County, because in the first round of the League Cup, Notts County played a penalty shootout with Northampton.

Even if there is additional practice on penalty kicks, Loew is still willing to decide the winner during the game time. Perhaps that is more sure. Penalty shootouts sometimes test the psychological quality of the players more, and luck!

That's right, it's luck. Not everyone can grasp this kind of illusory thing.

Before the start of overtime, Loew took Ribery and Iniesta to give face-to-face instructions. At this time, he no longer cared about the technical and tactical play. How to pour the ball into the opponent's goal is the most important thing.

His strategy is also very simple. The two of them take more balls to break through, disrupt the opponent's defense line while the opponent's physical fitness is declining, and create opportunities while taking advantage of the chaos. Even if they cannot directly threaten the goal, they can also create set kicks.

After Franck Ribery and Iniesta played, they firmly implemented Loew's request and began to make more personal breakthroughs, while other Notts County players helped them stretch the space. After psychological adjustment, Notts County has already He suffocated his energy to beat his opponent in the game time.

As for the penalty shootout?

Go to hell!

Notts County began to bombard the penalty area around Blackburn like a torrential storm, and the offensive climax wave after wave, the scene was so tense that it seemed that it could suffocate people at any time.

In the 3rd minute of the first half of the extra time, Ribery broke through and shot inside and was punched out of the penalty area by the goalkeeper. Leighton Bynes, who came off the bench in the extra time, volleyed from the left side of the penalty area, but the ball was slightly higher out beams.

In the 8th minute of the first half of extra time, Lahm made a cross, but Hubner's header was bravely embraced by the opponent's goalkeeper. The goalkeeper was also in a cold sweat because he had almost given up just now. The defense and actions are also subconscious, but I didn't expect to actually make meritorious service.

In the 13th minute of the first half of overtime, Alonso shot a long shot from outside the penalty area and was blocked by his opponent. The ball bounced back to his feet. Brother Long kicked again without hesitation. Unfortunately, he still failed to pass through the dense area of ​​the penalty area. crowd.

(End of this chapter)