Chinese champion

Chapter 254 Brilliant Road Red Card
After the end of the winter break, the Serie A league rekindled the flames of war. Inter Milan continued their good form before the winter break.

On January 1th, in the No.8 round of Serie A, Inter Milan beat Siena 18-2 in an away game. Pei Wei and Martins each scored a goal.

1月15日，意甲No.19轮。国际米兰主场3：2力克卡利亚里，马丁斯接裴炜的直传单刀率先打破僵局，然后阿德里亚诺在No.14分钟和8分钟分别接萨内蒂的传球推射空门以及依靠一个点球破门梅开二度。

On January 1, Inter Milan, who had sent some substitutes, still defeated Treviso 18-1 in the away game, and Cruz scored the only goal.

On January 1, the No.22 round of Serie A, Inter Milan avenged their away loss in the first half of the season. They beat Palermo 20-3 at home. Cambiasso, Pei Wei and Figo were the three players. Players scored all the goals.

On January 1th, the No.29 second round of Serie A, in the second half, Figo, who has been in good form recently, scored his second goal in the last two rounds after receiving a wonderful pass from Pei Wei, and then Pei Wei was replaced. Stankovic, who came off his bench, scored the winning goal in the 20th minute, and Inter Milan beat Lecce 90-2 away.

On February 2th, the No.5 third round of Serie A, relying on Cruz's lightning goal in the 20th minute, Inter Milan beat Chievo 7-1 at home and won six consecutive victories after the restart of the league. If the winter break is added In terms of the previous six consecutive victories, Inter Milan has won 0 consecutive games, the longest winning streak this season.

The only thing that makes Mancini regret is that although Inter Milan is in a good state, the performance of Juventus, the target they are catching up with, is not bad. In these six games, they have five wins and one tie, and the points have reached 62 points, still ahead of Inter Milan with 56 points by as much as six points.

"We are unstoppable now. The only thing we need to wait for is the game on February 2. We hope to narrow the point gap to three points on that day." Mancini said confidently.

On the 12th, the No.20 fifth round of Serie A, Inter Milan played against Juventus at home.

All of Inter Milan waited for that day with all their energy. Although Inter Milan lost 0:2 without temper in the first round of the match in Turin, but this time, the players of the Nerazzurri were very happy. Confidence can beat Juventus.

Why are you so confident?Because they are the team with the best performance since the start of the second round, because Cesar has maintained a record of 369 minutes without conceding a goal, because their morale is now at a high point, because Juventus has shown signs of fatigue , because they are Inter Milan...

Inter Milan has reason to believe that they can win all the games to overtake Juventus and win the first league title since 1989.

However, before challenging Juventus, they still need to remove another stumbling block, which is currently ranked fourth in Florence.

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"Originally, if that incident hadn't happened, we would have justifiably won the Serie A championship trophy in the 05-06 season. Unfortunately, what happened in that game ruined everything and became a part of my career. Big pity."

Several years later, Pei Wei wrote this in his memoirs.

Fiorentina has three wins and one draw in the last four rounds. They are also in good condition and firmly occupy the No.4 position. Forward Tony has scored 22 goals so far, ranking first in the scorer list, and he is also the European gold medalist. The biggest favorites for the Boot Awards.

Inter Milan hopes to win this game to narrow the gap with Juventus, while Fiorentina hopes to stabilize the No.4 position in order to participate in the Champions League next season. Both sides have reasons to win. The intensity of the competition can be imagined.

Zanetti was absent, Martins was absent, Mancini replaced them with Stankovic and Cruz, but the effect was not very good, the two high center forwards appeared to overlap on the field, while Martins did not When playing, Inter Milan's striker lost speed, and Zanetti's absence also made Inter Milan's defense much weaker. Cambiasso alone was not enough to support the defense of the midfield.

For Fiorentina, Zhong Yan sits on the bench, Yao Le and Ujfalusi play central defenders, and Fiorentina's forward combination is Toni and Bojinov.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Pei Wei made a long pass in the midfield. After receiving the ball, Stankovic was brought down by the opponent's midfielder. Inter Milan won a free kick about 25 meters away from the goal.

Old Miha is not here, Recoba is not here, naturally only Pei Wei is left to take the free kick.

Pei Wei took a few steps back, and then ran close to the ball. When his left foot touched the ball, he suddenly exerted force and kicked the ball out forcefully!
The ball flew over the wall high and then fell rapidly!Frey jumped out, but the ball flew over his head!

"Wow!" There was an exclamation at the Frankie Stadium, and all the Fiorentina fans breathed a sigh of relief. Pei Wei's free kick was slightly higher than the lintel, and Inter Milan lost a good chance to lead.

After experiencing the opening onslaught, the game entered a period of calm. The two sides were mainly entangled in the midfield and did not get any good opportunities.

In the 10th minute, Fiore dribbled the ball from the left and shot suddenly. The ball was blocked by Burondisso, who replaced Favalli, and Fiorentina took a corner kick.

Full-back Pascual lobs the ball into the penalty area, Samuel jumps high and grabs the ball out of the penalty area in front of Tony!
But the danger did not pass. Fiorentina's midfielder Brocchi appeared in front of the ball's landing point. There was a big hole in Inter Milan's defense, and no one was watching him!
The player who used to play for the Milan duo but was always a substitute calmly stopped the ball with his chest, then half-turned and volleyed with his right foot!

Cesar is in a good position, he has completely sealed the angle!

Just when he was about to reach out to hold the ball, the ball suddenly fell down, bounced on the ground and then rushed into the net!
Goal scored?The ball went in!
Cesar's record of not conceding a goal was fixed at the 379th minute!A very unexpected conceded goal.

Inter Milan, which was hit by an accident, did not mess up. They have gained sufficient self-confidence in their [-]-game winning streak. Even if the goal was conceded, it was just an accident.

"Attack!" Mancini waved his hand. He didn't believe that Florence's defense could withstand the successive attacks of Pei Wei, Figo, Stankovic and Adcruz. Well, that's just because their offense is too strong. Tony alone scored more goals than Adelaide and Martins combined. As for their defense, they are not very good.

The next game fully proved this point. Under Inter Milan's all-round attack, Fiorentina's goal was precarious. If Frey hadn't performed exceptionally well, I am afraid that Inter Milan would have overtaken the score.

In the 17th minute, Stankovic received a pass from Pei Wei and broke through from the left side of the penalty area, turned around and kicked the ball with his right foot. Figo missed a tackle at the back post.

In the 21st minute, Figo made a cross from the right, and Cruz bounced the ball eight meters in front of the goal and went out close to the far post.

In the 24th minute, Ade made a breakthrough from the right rib, and volleyed high with his bad right foot from a small angle nine meters in front of the goal.

In the 30th minute, Pei Wei's series of wonderful performances made Fiorentina's midfielder Pazien miserable. After turning around continuously, he was finally knocked down by Pei Wei. The ball was cleverly passed to the unguarded Stankovic. Stankovic volleyed a close corner from the right edge of the penalty area, but Frey risked hitting the post and blocked it.

Inter Milan's offense became more and more fierce, and even the defender Samuel rushed up to show his skills. In the 39th minute, Pei Wei made a ball with his heel, Samuel kicked a long shot from 30 meters, and the ball went wide of the far goal column.

In the 42nd minute, Pei Wei launched an attack from the left, passed two defenders in a row and made a pass. Yao Le rushed the ball out of the penalty area in front of Adelaide. Take the ball into your arms.

Fiorentina coach Mondonico watched the first half of the game almost standing on the sidelines. Every attack by Inter Milan made him shudder, but fortunately, under such a fierce attack, the gate guarded by Frey was like concrete. Generally solid, successfully kept the one-goal lead.

Although leading by one goal, no one thinks that Inter Milan can't equalize the score. Even Fiorentina fans believe that Inter Milan's goal is a matter of time.

"We are one goal behind, but it doesn't matter!" Mancini said in the locker room: "Their offense has been completely controlled by us, and our offense is very threatening every time. The advantage they can maintain is their advantage. luck, but luck cannot always be on their side. There is only one thing we have to do in the second half, and that is to maintain the intensity of attack in the first half! Frey is a very good goalkeeper, but no matter how good a goalkeeper is, he will miss. Time to attack, attack, attack! Go back to Meazza with victory!"

The second half began, and as everyone expected, Inter Milan continued their good offensive momentum in the first half.

But in the 55th minute of the game, an accident happened.

There are always accidents on the football field, but this accident is very special, and even affects the direction of Inter Milan throughout the season and some major events in the next season.

Pei Wei dribbled the ball in the middle. When he got rid of Pazienza, who could no longer watch him, Brocchi, the hero of Fiorentina's goal in the first half, rushed over from the side.

Pei Wei had already noticed Broki's attack. When Broki was close to him, Pei Wei made a beautiful Masai turn and almost turned around against Broki's body.

When Pei Wei, who got rid of Brockey, was about to continue with the ball, he was surprised to hear the referee's whistle.

Pei Wei stopped the ball, and when he turned around, he just saw Brocchi fell on the lawn, clutching his nose, and several aggressive Fiorentina fans surrounded him one after another.

"What are you doing!" Pei Wei, who didn't know what happened, pushed Fiore's hand away. His action angered the Fiorentina players even more. Fortunately, Zhong Yan and Yao Le, who played in the second half, hugged their teammates , it failed to lead to a fight.

"What happened?" Pei Wei asked Yao Le in front of him in confusion, Yao Le smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you feel it? When you turned around just now, you hit Broki's nose with your hand, and he was bleeding Already!"

Hearing this, Pei Wei remembered, indeed, he seemed to have bumped into something when he raised his arm just now, but it was unintentional.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Pei Wei rushed over to apologize, and at the same time patted Brocchi who fell on the ground. His kind gesture calmed down the anger of the Fiorentina team members, and the tense atmosphere relaxed.

At this time, the referee put the stretcher on the field first, and then stretched out his hand to wave to Pei Wei.

Pei Wei shook his head, and walked forward obediently. He knew that the referee was going to play a card to him. Although it was not intentional, it was hard to say clearly.

Forget it, just eat the card, anyway, it's only a yellow card at most. I only got a yellow card in the previous game because I took off my clothes to celebrate, and it shouldn't affect the next round of the game.

Pei Wei, who walked up to the referee, was about to speak out to defend himself, when he saw a scene that stunned him. The referee took out a red card from his pocket!
Pei Wei's mind was suddenly stunned, there was no other color in his eyes, only red, the color as red as blood!

The teammates gathered around to defend, but Pei Wei just stood there blankly, motionless.

"Damn, what's going on!" Mancini roared angrily from the sidelines: "Is this a red card? Pei didn't do it on purpose! If this kind of action can get a red card, then there are fucking people Can you last 90 minutes on the pitch?"

"Sir, please watch your words!" The fourth official came up to stop him: "If you have any objections, you can appeal to the referee committee after the game, but now, please go back to your seat!"

Mancini walked back angrily, and kicked a mineral water bottle on the sidelines to the runway. The commentator joked: "It seems that Mancini has not lost his footwork when he plays football. If Inter Milan If the forward can inherit his footwork, I believe that today he should not have scored a goal until now."

At this moment, Pei Wei finally moved, and he grabbed the referee: "Mr. Referee, I didn't do it on purpose! And this action is not very serious. I can accept a yellow card, but a red card is absolutely unfair!"

"Please get off the field!" The referee didn't mean to change his penalty at all. He pointed to the field: "Please leave the field immediately, otherwise I will apply for an additional suspension after the game!"

Pei Wei stared at the referee angrily for a long time, then turned around and walked down the court resentfully. He didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When he was off the court, he turned his head and spat fiercely on the ground.

"You go to rest." Mancini came up to comfort him: "I know, it's not your fault. After the game, the club and I will apply to the League Committee to cancel your red card. Definitely able to play."

Pei Wei looked at Mancini gratefully, his lips twitched twice, but after all he said nothing, he lowered his head and walked towards the locker room.

As soon as he walked into the player tunnel, Pei Wei tore off his jersey and threw it on the wall in the corridor, then leaned against the cold wall, panting loudly.

What he didn't know was that there was a camera following him all the time, recording all his actions.

On the field, Mancini replaced Cruise with Recoba, let Recoba play the second striker, and Adelaide was alone in front.

But 3 minutes later, taking advantage of the brief confusion caused by Pei Wei's exit to Inter Milan, Fiorentina expanded the score again.

Pascual made a wide shift from the left. Fiore stopped the ball with his chest. From the right corner of the penalty area, he pumped his right foot vigorously to the goal. Zhong Yan got ahead of Samuel and shoveled on the ground 10 meters in front of the goal. Shot into the lower left corner, 2 to 0!

After scoring the goal, Zhong Yan did not celebrate, but looked at the player tunnel with complicated eyes.

He knew that Pei Wei's action was not enough to get a red card, and he also defended Pei Wei on the court, but the referee still did not change his penalty.

After the celebration, Mondonico asked his assistant coach with doubts: "The red card just now...it doesn't seem to be right. Why did the referee help us like this?"

The assistant coach smiled mysteriously: "He is not helping us, but helping Inter Milan's opponent in the next round."

"Oh..." Mondonico suddenly realized, he shook his head and didn't speak.

Who is Inter Milan's opponent in the next round?This problem seems to be very clear. It seems that Juventus is always protected by referees. It is not groundless, but what does this have to do with me?Anyway, in this matter, the one who benefits is me, and the rest, what does it matter to me?

Inter Milan eventually lost the game. Although Recoba, who came on as a substitute for Pei Wei, used a direct free kick to get back a point before the end, but still could not save Inter Milan's fate of failure.

On another field, Juventus defeated Parma 2:1 at home, extending their lead over Inter Milan to 9 points.

(End of this chapter)