From the man behind the football king to the football king

After the start of the second half, Udinese continued to strengthen its offense in accordance with Guidolin's arrangement. Catania defended its own half and resisted Udinese's attack.

Udinese's offensive was very fierce, and Catania's goal was in a state of turmoil, as if it might fall at any time. But until the 65th minute of the game, the score was still 1:0, with the home team Catania leading.

After another twenty minutes of attacking in the second half, Udinese players also had some physical problems. Bruno noticed the condition of his teammates and reluctantly slowed down the attack, intending to let his teammates take a breather.

Seeing this, Catania took the initiative to attack, intending to use this opportunity to expand its lead.

After several consecutive passes, Almiron sent a through ball. Lucas Castro picked up the ball near the top of the penalty area. Just as he was about to pull the ball and turn around, a figure rushed up.

It's Kanter!

Udinese's midfielder made a fierce grab, stabbing the football away and taking down Castro at the same time.

"Foul!" Guarente immediately raised his hand to signal Kanter for a foul.

Several other Catania players, some looked at the referee, while others had already consciously ran over, preparing to take the free kick: Kante did tackle the football first, but he also brought down Castor. Luo, this can be ruled or not, but according to the referee's enforcement style and standards in the first half, this will definitely call the Udinese foul.

However, what surprised the Catania players was that referee Demarco did not blow the whistle, but turned and ran forward.

There were loud boos in the stands, and the Catania fans were very angry. This dog referee committed such an obvious foul. Didn’t you see Castro fall to the ground? He didn't even blow the whistle, which was really shameful.

These fans seem to have forgotten that in the first half of the game when the referee favored Catania, they applauded in the stands.

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At this time, Udinese is counterattacking quickly. Guidolin emphasized the speed of counterattack during the halftime break, and during this attack, Udinese players faithfully reflected the coach's tactical intentions in the game.

The ball that was poked away by Kanter fell to Gabriel Silva's control. The Brazilian didn't waste a moment and passed the ball directly to Pingchi.

Ping Qi looked in front, directly raised his left foot, and launched a long pass to attack.

The football passed through the midfield and flew directly to Catania's left wing.

Bruno was sprinting. He puffed up his chest slightly, stopped the football beautifully, and then started dribbling the ball forward.

At this moment, Catania's left back Capuano pressed forward to assist, but he had not yet returned to defend in time. There was a large open space in front of him, enough for Bruno to gallop.

Bruno was speeding along the right wing. Behind him was Capuano, who was desperately chasing. In front of him was Norbert Chombo, who hurriedly came out to intercept.

At the same time, the forward penetration of Muriel and Mahrez also made Catania's defense in a panic and exhausted.

Bruno made a move to pass the ball, which made Norbert Chombo jump up to block the interception. Instead, he buckled the football back, passed Norbert, and then cut inside directly.

"Stop him! Don't let him shoot!" Catania goalkeeper Andujar shouted.

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Bruno didn't give Tahzidis a chance to intercept. He raised his right foot again and hit the middle and lower part of the football. The football suddenly jumped up and flew towards the goal.

Catania goalkeeper Andujar made a successful prediction. He dived to his left side and felt that he could touch the football.

"call--"

With such a powerful volley, the football was so fast that it even made a whistle. It passed over Andujar's left hand and hit the lower edge of the crossbar. It made a crisp sound, then fell down and bounced in the goal. After two clicks, it was finally wrapped in the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL!!!" the commentator of Italian Sky TV shouted excitedly, "Bruno's powerful volley, the football hit the lower edge of the crossbar and then bounced into the net, a goal that made people jump up and cheer excitedly, 1:1! Udinese equalized the score in the 67th minute of the second half! ”

Although this commentator is not a fan of Udinese, after witnessing the referee's two decisions in the first half that were obviously biased in favor of Catania, he couldn't help but begin to sympathize with Udinese. Now seeing Udinese equalize the score with such a beautiful goal, he is naturally very excited.

"This goal should be disallowed!!!" the commentator of the local TV station in Catania roared angrily, "The source of Udinese's attack was Kante's foul when he stole the ball from Castro's feet. , a very serious foul! But the referee DeMarco seemed to be blind and didn’t show any signs at all!”

"As a referee, you should maintain the minimum fairness, but we obviously did not see this. Udinese used a serious foul to score a goal, but the referee ignored it all."

"In the first half of the game, we saw a commendable referee who enforced the law fairly, but obviously, this time DeMarco made a mistake!"

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In the stadium, Catania's players were surrounding the referee on duty to protest. They believed that Udinese had committed a foul first and the goal was invalid.

The Udinese players were celebrating excitedly. The two penalty kicks in the first half made the Udinese players feel extremely aggrieved. Bruno's goal gave them a chance to vent.

On the sidelines, Guidolin and his assistants were also celebrating the goal.

It was a good time to score before the seventy-minute mark of the game. They still have enough time to score more goals and win the game.

"Foul! Before this goal, the Udinese fouled first!" Catania head coach Luigi De Canio protested angrily on the sidelines. He was so emotional that he even spat on the fourth official. On the face.

Just three weeks ago, De Canio's predecessor Rolando Maran was dismissed early due to poor grades. As the firefighting coach, De Canio has led the team to participate in three games since taking over Catania, with 1 draw and 2 losses, which is very bad.

In this game, Catania finally took the lead against the strong team Udinese and saw the opportunity to take all three points. He would never let this opportunity go away easily.

The fourth official stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and at the same time took a step back and said with an extremely serious expression: "Mr. Decaño, please calm down."

"My team lost the ball, and it was because of a shameful penalty. How can you keep me calm!" De Canio shouted.

The 56-year-old Italian coach said to himself that if I continue to calm down, I will lose my job soon!

Then he saw the unkind expression on the fourth official's face and shut up angrily.

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"Losing the ball at this time, from another perspective, may be a good thing." De Canio's assistant comforted him, "At least we still have nearly half an hour to overtake."

Decanio nodded with a straight face and said nothing. He was overwhelmed with anger just now, but now he calms down and knows that since the goal has been conceded, the result cannot be changed. What he needs to do is how to let the team change the situation.

At this time, the slow-motion replay once again presented the scene that had just happened before the audience: Kanter stole the ball before Castro, and then brought Castro down under the action of inertia.

Under normal circumstances, the referee would not call a foul for such an action.

Of course, based on the referee's penalty standards in the first half, there is a high probability that Kanter's defense will be called a foul.

The Catanians thought so too, which is why they were so angry when they found out that the referee didn't call Kante's foul.

After all, they are used to being taken care of by the referee, and it is psychologically difficult for them to accept that the referee suddenly makes a fair and just penalty.