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Chapter 273 Volume [-] Red Forest Dilemma

Hearing Tang En's last words, the fourth official came up. Tang En glanced at him and then turned back to the coach's bench.Seeing Tang En walking back, the fourth official also turned around and returned to his seat, and had no intention of delving into this issue.He knew very well what kind of coach Tony Twain was. This point had already been spread among referee circles. Sometimes it was better to have one thing more than one thing less.

The referee's call to stop the game was obviously because of Roy Keane's foul on Wood just now - raising his foot too high.Just a little bit higher and you can kick Wood in the jaw...

But the Nottingham Forest players were more dissatisfied than the offender. The Manchester United players hurried back to set up their defenses. The Forest team captain Demetrio Albertini stood in front of the referee and expressed doubts about his call just now. : "Sir, that's our offense. According to the principle of advantage, you can't..."

The referee shook his head: "I have my own standards. Manchester United captain's foul must be punished." Having said that, he waved to call Roy Keane over, then raised his hand and gave him a yellow card.

Keane didn't defend himself, turned around and ran back.His kick just now was intentional, because he saw the surrounding situation before that. Gary Neville was a little far away, and Ronaldo was still near the baseline. If he didn't receive the ball, it would definitely cause a counterattack from the opponent.It is better to actively foul and buy time for the team to return to defense.

A yellow card, in exchange for the opponent's fast break miscarriage, is too cost-effective.

Wood is also very incomprehensible to this kind of penalty. It stands to reason that the referee should call the opponent's foul to protect his own interests, but why the end result is that the opponent's interests have been protected.He pointed to his arm and said to Albertini: "I'm fine, why stop?"

Albertini looked at Wood and smiled wryly: "Because we are away. You did a good job, George."

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The scene of the foul just now was replayed on the TV. Wood jumped up facing Keane. It was impossible for him not to see Keane's swinging legs, but instead of hiding, he raised his head and pushed the ball out.Keane also withdrew his foot and stopped his right foot in the air, waiting for Wood to hit him.

"Kean raised his feet too high! He didn't intend to stop his feet at all..." The commentator shook his head and said, this is Roy Keane's style.

After the game restarted, because Manchester United all recovered their defense, Forest's attack from the backcourt was not threatening. When they fell into a positional battle, Forest had fewer options because they lacked a pure organizational midfielder.After all, Albertini is only a midfielder, and sometimes it is impossible to completely replace the midfielder.

The Forest team's offense ended without a problem.

Twenty minutes ago, the Forest team could compete with Manchester United, but with Keane's goal, the initiative of the game completely fell into the hands of Manchester United.Their offensive was like a tide, suppressing the Forest team's offense.Nottingham Forest could only defend for a long period of time, and the occasional sneak attack did not pose any great threat to the defense led by Rio Ferdinand.

Ribéry, who had been a consistent standout for the past two months, almost disappeared in attack because he was battling Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese feels very good about himself today, because the opponent in front of him is really not very good, and he can make a breakthrough.

This time is no exception.

Ribery is not good at defense, but he is entangled with Ronaldo by his unwillingness to admit defeat.But after all, defense is not something that can be achieved with a single effort.

Ribery learned his lesson this time. When Ronaldo kept making fake moves, he didn't rush out, but followed the opponent's pace and retreated.He just looked at Ronaldo, forgetting that he had retreated to the penalty area line.

Ronaldo, dribbling, smiled again when he noticed that Ribéry was still concentrating on the ball at his feet.Lift your foot up and feint on the ball, look like you want to push the ball towards the baseline, and then force a drive or cross from the outside.

In terms of speed, Ribery is not afraid of the Portuguese at all. He immediately started, hoping to kick the football ahead of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo made a cross, and Ribery stretched his legs to block, completely blocking Ronaldo's passing route, at the cost of losing his center of gravity.

The Portuguese boy was waiting for the moment when Ribery lost his patience. Watching Ribery fly out to block his pass, he flicked his ankle, turned the pass into a dunk, and dunked the ball from behind Ribery.

He thought he had cheated Ribery, but he didn't expect to be cheated by Ribery!

It seems that Ribery has thrown his body's center of gravity out, and there should be nothing to do with the ball. Unexpectedly, after Ronaldo dunked the football, he found that Ribery still had a leg behind him!The football hit his foot and deviated from his planned route, and it was no longer possible for him to control the ball under his feet.

Damn it!
Ronaldo saw Ribery's legs without the slightest hesitation.Changed direction, turned around, broke through... hung up his legs, then rushed forward, and fell into the penalty area!
The referee's whistle sounded amidst the huge boos and cheers at Old Trafford, and he ran to the penalty area and pointed to the penalty spot!
"Penalty! Ribery tripped Ronaldo!"

When Ribery heard the referee's whistle, his first reaction was that Ronaldo dived, but when he turned his head and saw the referee pointing to the penalty spot, he jumped up from the ground and rushed to the referee. Fortunately, Matthew Epson had quick eyesight and quick hands, and stopped this impulsive guy, otherwise the lightest yellow card would not have escaped.

Not everyone is as calm as Epson. Ashley Young rushed in front of the referee and questioned him loudly about the penalty. He thought Ronaldo was diving and should have given Ronaldo a yellow card, but he got it What?A yellow card.

Albertini pushed out all his teammates who were going to come to the referee for "theory".The matter of pleading to the referee should be done by him as the captain.Although he didn't see it clearly just now, based on experience, he thinks that Ronaldo's fall was a bit exaggerated.

The referee shook his head and insisted on his decision. He stood next to the penalty spot, raised his right arm, and signaled Manchester United to take a penalty kick.

Ronaldo and his team-mates hugged to celebrate the penalty.

Ribery bit his lip and stared at the cheerful Portuguese.

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Tang En on the sidelines was also very dissatisfied with the penalty. He roared angrily to the fourth official: "First, we ignored the principle of favorable offense, and now we judge flopping as a penalty!"

"Mr. Tang En, please calm down." The fourth official kept a straight face without fear of Tang En's saliva.

"I'm very calm!" Twain knew that this result could not be changed, but he just couldn't accept the reality of falling behind 0:2 with Manchester United in the first half.

Furious, he turned and walked back, standing on the sidelines, watching Ruud van Nistelrooy put the penalty into the gate guarded by Darren Ward, and then there was another huge cheer at Old Trafford.

"What a bastard!" He cursed in a low voice, very dissatisfied with the current situation.Two goals behind, still an away game, is the Forest team going to win a two-game losing streak?

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