Super Marshal

"Sky TV reported that in the just-concluded 23rd round of Serie A, when Juventus faced Udinese at home, referee Antonio Dardino's enforcement of the law caused considerable controversy."

"First, in the 25th minute of the first half, Udinese launched an attack. Di Natale passed a very threatening pass in the midfield. Iaquinta received the ball and broke into the penalty area. , and at this time Juventus centre-back Roberto Kovac slipped to the ground and failed to catch up in time."

"But the referee Datino blew the whistle and ruled that Udinese's Iaquinta was offside."

"It is not difficult to see from the entire slow-motion replay that at the moment when Di Natale passed the ball, no matter from which angle it was viewed, Iaquinta was not offside. He and the player Juventus dragged behind were still in the same position. There’s quite a distance.”

"And this very obvious misjudgment by Datino wiped out the one-on-one goal that Udinese was bound to win."

In the head coach's office at the Pinetina training base, Gao Han and the coaching staff were all watching the TV on the wall attentively.

The TV is playing football news from Sky TV, summarizing the situation of several league games that just ended tonight.

No one thought that Juventus' home game against Udinese, which was originally regarded as a must-win game for the Bianconeri, would cause such a huge controversy.

On the TV screen, the picture turned again and returned to the studio.

"Is this the only penalty that caused controversy?" the host asked, but quickly shook his head and said, "Obviously, Udinese head coach Cosmi was angry for more than just that. Let's look at the next scene."

The TV screen turned again, showing a scene of Juventus attacking with the ball.

"This is a scene that happened in the 37th minute of the first half. Juventus attacked and Nedved took the ball on the right. At this time, Udinese's African midfielder Muntari stepped forward to defend. When making a tackle, he first hit the ball and then Nedvěd. The Czech midfielder screamed and fell to the ground in pain."

"At this time, Datino stepped forward decisively and showed Muntari a yellow card. This was Muntari's second yellow card in this game. The African midfielder was sent off with a red card. At this time, the score was zero. Zero, the two sides maintained a deadlock, but Datino’s penalty made the game completely lose suspense.”

"Muntari was so angry that he took off his jersey in an extremely unusual manner and threw it directly on the referee Datino. This action caused considerable controversy, and it is not even ruled out that he will receive additional punishment from the Football Association."

"But even though they lost one player, Udinese actually played more tenaciously. They successfully maintained the score of 0-0 in the first half, and did not let Juventus have an easy time in the second half until the 70th minute. When the time comes, let’s take a look at this scene again.”

A goal shot appeared on the live TV screen. Gianluca Zambrotta made a pass from the left, and Del Piero and Trezeguet grabbed the ball in the middle.

However, when Zambrotta passed the ball and the screen was still, everyone was surprised to find that both Del Piero and Trezeguet were in a very obvious offside state, and both players were offside.

Del Piero then scored the goal, but Udinese head coach Cosmi was furious on the sidelines and kept protesting the referee's law enforcement, thinking that such an obvious offside was not seen.

"Let's take a look at the most controversial penalty in this game, which happened in the 81st minute."

"We can see from the video that Udinese is attacking. There is a problem in the middle of Juventus. There is no tacit understanding between Vieira and Emerson. Udinese's Vidigal is offside. He entered the penalty area and easily picked out the attacking goalkeeper Buffon, leaving an open goal."

"But at this time, Thuram almost pulled Vidigal to the ground. Although he did not pull Vidigal to the ground, it prevented him from catching up with the ball, and Thuram himself took advantage of it. position, clearing the ball, and all of this happened under the referee's nose, and as a result, he didn't blow the whistle."

The scene cut back to the studio, and the expression on the host's face was still very calm.

"Four very obvious and very controversial penalties, in which Juventus took advantage, and these were just obviously biased penalties. There were many key balls in the game, and the referee intentionally let them go. Past Juventus.”

"This also made Udinese coach Cosmi furious after the game. At the post-match press conference, he publicly accused the referee of favoring Juventus."

The scene switched to the post-match press conference at the Alpi Stadium, where Udinese head coach Cosmi was angrily complaining to the reporters in front of the microphone.

"Pierro's goal was a very obvious offside. I don't know why the linesman and the referee didn't see it. And the red card we got in the first half should not have existed at all. Vidigal's That attack should have been a penalty kick, but the referee didn't call it even once."

"I would say that Datino is a great referee and he should be rewarded."

"But I feel extremely sorry for this game because we faced more than just Juventus. They didn't deserve the three points!"

The scene turned again, switching to Juventus head coach Capello.

"Yes, Muntari is indeed a crucial member of Udinese. He played well and ensured the safety of the team."

"Then how do you respond to Mr. Cosmi's question about the referee just now?" a reporter asked.

Capello smiled awkwardly and shook his head: "I never comment on referees, you know."

But the reporter still refused to give up, "But as far as I know, when you were coaching Roma, you once criticized Juventus many times for being taken care of by the referees, but now you say you can't comment on the referees..."

The whole press conference was in an uproar, and Capello remained awkwardly silent.

"After the game, we interviewed Mr. Pozzo, the president of Udinese, and he also questioned the referee."

The scene switched to the stadium, where Udinese president Pozzo made an indignant protest.

"There's no point in a game like this, isn't it?"

"Before the game started, some people had already determined the outcome of the game in advance. Our players were still a long way away from their defenders, and their players were a long way ahead of our defenders. As a result, we were offside and they were not. , I don’t know which rule this was based on.”

"What I want to say is that with the strength of Juventus, they don't need these things at all. They are already the strongest team in Italy and even the European League. And speaking from the position of an ordinary Italian, I am very With all due respect to Juventus, I think the air at the Stadio Alpi is not pure."

The screen lists a list of data given by major football rating websites after the game.

"We saw that the referee Datino received a very low evaluation of the penalty in this game. Everyone thought that his misjudgment was too poor, and Muntari's red card was also too harsh because during the game , Thuram and Emerson also had similar fouls, but they were not even given a card, and the foul Vidigal received should at least be a penalty kick."

“Also, let’s take a look at the data provided by OPTA.”

"In Serie A, Juventus has committed the most fouls among the twenty teams, reaching 558 times in 23 games, but only received 37 yellow cards and one red card. Ranked fourth from bottom in Serie A."

"Lecce has the second highest number of fouls, 556, but has received 56 yellow cards and six red cards. Messina is third, with 550 fouls and 67 yellow cards. And three red cards.”

"This is Serie A data, let's look at the Champions League."

"It's the same Juventus. In the Champions League, they committed 103 fouls in six group matches, and the result was ten yellow cards and two red cards. The rate of cards was twice as high as that in the league. This makes us absolutely There is reason to believe that the Serie A referees are indeed on the soft side when officiating Juventus games, and there is a serious double standard."

The picture finally landed on the host in the studio.

"I still remember that after Inter Milan challenged Lazio away from home, both Gao Han and Inter Milan accused the referee of multiple misjudgments that were clearly targeting Inter Milan. Moratti even appealed to the Football Association for this, but this matter It went away quickly, but the refereeing issue persisted."

"Whether it is this season or before, Juventus has always been criticized for being taken care of by referees in Serie A, but this time, the Bianconeri clearly benefited from the misjudgment, and even three players in this game The points are all gained from misjudgments, which has to make people think.”

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Gao Han and the coaching staff were stunned.

As Gao Han said before, it is not that there are no misjudgments. After all, referees are also human beings, and everyone can make mistakes.

But misjudgments sometimes benefit others, and sometimes they benefit oneself. However, judging from the slow-motion replay of the game between Juventus and Udinese on Sky TV, several very controversial misjudgments were indeed made. They are all cheaper than Juventus.

"This should at least be a draw." Guardiola also complained about Udinese's injustice.

"Indeed, but to be honest, the game is over and the result cannot be changed." Cantarero said helplessly.

Inter Milan also appealed at the beginning, but to no avail. The Football Association ignored it at all and did not even receive a reply.

"In my opinion, this time it will probably be early tomorrow morning. The major media will hype it up again, and then continue to let it go. There is no way." Sergio Garcia also shook his head and sighed.

Faced with this misjudgment, as coaches, they are powerless.

"I have received a piece of news before. It is said that Fiorentina was badly punished by the referees because they competed with AC Milan and Juventus for the power of the professional league. This season, they seem to have learned the lesson. The overall environment of the entire Serie A league That's it, what can we do?" Buenaventura sighed.

They followed Gao Han from La Liga to the Premier League and then to Serie A. They really felt that Serie A was the most chaotic.

At the very least, if this kind of thing happened in other leagues, the media would have been eager to expose it.

But in Serie A...

"I heard before that the prosecutor's office in Naples wanted to investigate 19 controversial games, and Sky TV also said it would replay and study it. However, there has been no news from the two parties for a long time. I'm afraid it will be settled long ago."

Everyone can feel that behind Juventus, there is indeed a force so huge that it can suffocate people.

"Humph." Gao Han laughed and gritted his teeth, "If the same thing happens to us again, I will never let it go."

If Gao Han still had hope for the Italian Football Association after playing Lazio last time, now he is completely desperate.

Since the Football Association is unwilling to uphold justice, Gao Han doesn't mind kicking them aside.

If you have a grudge, you have to avenge it with your own hands to enjoy it!