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Chapter 646 Battle in Italy ()

Chapter 646 Fighting Italy ([-])

At the beginning of overtime, the two sides became more cautious. After all, time and physical fitness did not allow both sides to make mistakes.

Li Guo still has a substitution spot, but unless someone is injured, Li Guo will not use it easily.

Ventura also believes in the players on the field, and Italy will not make any adjustments.

The first 15 minutes of extra time were spent in peace. Liu Jianhong commented: "These 15 minutes may be the slowest 15 minutes since the start of the World Cup, a bit like the World Cup for seniors."

But what I didn't expect was that the lukewarm water in the first half of the extra time was to pave the way for the second half. At the beginning of the second half, Italy launched a fast break.

After Verratti, De Rossi, and Bonaventura made a triangle pass in the midfield, the ball was finally sent to the feet of Insigne who was plugged in. The latter faced Yin Di and chose to break through directly with the ball. Yin Di stretched his foot.

Insigne is down!

All the Italian players were asking for penalties, and the Italian players on the bench also rushed out. Ventura was like a volcano erupting this time.

Yin Di knew that he didn't touch Insigne, he was a flop, and Yin Di was explaining to the referee, but one person couldn't help it, and he was Mu Fei.

Just now that Qiu Mufei was very close, he clearly saw that Insigne didn't touch Yin Di, and then fell to the ground exaggeratedly.

"Get up, you liar," Mu Fei yelled at Insigne who was lying on the ground.

"He is a liar, the referee you should give him a yellow card."

But the referee first gave the emotional Mu Fei a yellow card, and Zhou Dun pushed Mu Fei away to prevent him from doing anything more restless.

"He's a liar, and that dwarf is a liar."

Geng Chong pulled Mu Fei, "Don't say a few words, you already have a yellow card on your body." Don't look at the usual bickering between the two, but in fact Geng Chong and Mu Fei have a very good relationship, so Geng Chong simply covered Mu Fei's mouth.

For this goal, the referee was very cautious. After all, the timing was too critical. If it was the first half, then it would be the verdict. But now it is the second half of overtime, and this goal may directly determine the final outcome.

He ran to the baseline referee, "Did you see clearly?"

The bottom line referee shook his head, "Too fast."

Just when the referee was hesitating, a voice came from the headset, "This is a flop."

This is thanks to Infantino’s reform after he took office. Now FIFA has introduced a video playback system. In fact, it has been used as early as two years ago in the Club World Cup. He is like an assistant behind the referee. He is not allowed to interfere with the referee unless there is a key penalty that can determine the outcome of the game.

For example, this is the case now!

So the referee took out the yellow card and ran towards Yin Di and Insigne. The pitiful Insigne sitting on the ground was overjoyed and thought he had succeeded. As long as Italy can advance, it doesn't matter if he gets poked in the back after the game.

"What? Are you blind, referee?" Insigne bounced all of a sudden, and the referee pointed to the distance, "Go away."

The other Italian players also stopped doing it. They are different from Insigne. They didn't see clearly, so they really felt wronged in their hearts.

The scene was out of control, and the referee showed Verratti and De Rossi consecutive yellow cards before the situation was suppressed.

Ventura went into a frenzy. He applauded and booed the referee, and the referee couldn't bear it anymore and sent Ventura to the stands.

"You are a disgrace, you are a disgrace to the World Cup," Ventura said before leaving.

The game continued, but the anger between the two sides was completely ignited. Dipping is the most sensitive thing in a football game, just like a fraud, so it has always been the most likely to trigger the rage of both sides in the game.

Soon, the Italian attack came again, Florenzi switched to the left side to attack Mu Fei, Li Guo understood at a glance that the opponent meant to get Mu Fei down.

"Mu Fei, calm down," Li Guo thought to himself, but he also understood that it was difficult to control the emotions of players on the court.

In the first few times, Fang Suo helped Mu Fei defuse the opponent's attack in time, but Florenzi hugged the side, and the anger in Mu Fei's heart was still there. In this way, there was actually a fuse missing.

Li Guo made a gesture, asking Mu Fei and Geng Chong to switch sides to avoid Florenzi's frontal entanglement.

But what Li Guo didn't expect was that an even more unexpected thing happened, that was Insigne over there.

For Insigne's breakthrough, Mu Fei shoveled directly. This time, he shoveled firmly onto Insigne's ankle, and the latter was shoveled away.

Mu Fei got up and immediately shouted at the other party: "Get up, liar."

But a huge force rushed from behind, and several Italian players surrounded Mu Fei. They felt that Mu Fei's action was Chi Guoguo's revenge, and they absolutely couldn't bear it.

Seeing that a fight was about to start, the referee immediately ran over. After separating the players from both sides, the referee gave Mu Fei a red card and warned several Italian players. The chaos in the scene escalated again.

Liu Jianhong regretted it a bit. Maybe he shouldn't have said that this was football for the elderly, as if it was to slap Liu Jianhong in the face. The two sides played passionately in the second half, but this passion was a bit excessive.

After simple treatment, Insigne got up, while Mu Fei walked around the court and walked to the bench.

Li Guo touched his head, but he didn't say anything. Turning around, Li Guo called Chen An over, "It seems that we have to prepare for a penalty kick."

Chen An nodded.

Ventura wrote a small note and passed it on through his assistants, to the effect that the old players in the team will preside over the penalty kicks that will follow.

Everyone seemed to think that penalties were inevitable, even the referee. He gave 3 minutes of stoppage time, but it seemed a bit much. Both sides were waiting for the moment when the game ended.

In the end, the referee was also very knowledgeable and blew the final whistle just after 3 minutes. The match between the Chinese team and Italy was about to enter a cruel penalty shootout.

The players went to the referee, and they were not allowed to go back to the locker room after overtime. Everyone in Italy had read the note. In the end, De Rossi stepped forward, and he played the role of head coach.

For the Chinese team, Li Guo is still the same, the players themselves decide the order of taking the penalty, but before, Li Guo said: "Liao Lisheng, Mu Fei, they are not among us now, but we are still a team."

The big guys nodded. These two were also for the team. One was injured and the other was sent off.

"Head, don't worry, I'll take Mu Fei's responsibility for him," said Geng Chong, "I'll be the first."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

(End of this chapter)