Football No. 10: God's Perspective

On the football field, the authority of the referee cannot be challenged or questioned, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Of course, this does not mean that every referee's penalty is correct. After all, there are many scandals about law enforcers. For example, in the 2002 match when South Korea advanced to the semi-finals, Spain and Italy suffered a lot in this regard.

Another example is the famous Stamford Bridge tragedy.

The role of the referee is to maintain a good order in the game. The referee who often steals the spotlight may not have excellent professional ability.

Of course, the referee is also a human being after all, and no one can guarantee absolute fairness.

Strictly speaking, Silva's tackle is extremely dangerous. Can he be given a red card? Yes, of course, he went to the person.

Can he be given a yellow card? Yes, it is a dangerous move, plus it has just started, there is no activity, it is reasonable that he can't stop the car, and there is a retraction.

In Porto's home stadium, in the case of only three minutes after the start, a yellow or red situation, the home team player was sent off. I am afraid that 99% of referees will not choose a red card.

Fifty thousand fans will scold you.

This is the home advantage. Within a reasonable and legal range, the home team will still benefit more or less. This is also common all over the world.

The referee called Silva to the front and repeatedly warned, "If there is another big foul like this, you will be expelled from the field."

"I didn't mean it." Silva shrugged innocently and continued to defend himself.

The referee was already used to this kind of excuse, and ignored Silva and continued. "I don't care whether you did it on purpose or not. I have to consider the safety of every player on the field. You take care of yourself."

The game continued.

The tackle at the beginning laid the foundation for the intensity of the game. Although Silva received a yellow card, it did not serve as a warning. The two sides had a brutal melee in the midfield, with people and horses everywhere, and several pieces of grass were lifted up.

The referee blew the whistle frequently, and the rhythm of the game was cut into pieces.

This situation is what Mano is happy to see. The more intermittent the rhythm of the game is, the more beneficial it is for the defense.

You can get a glimpse of this by looking at the anxious look of Porto coach Aola on the sidelines.

The so-called military strategy is to make a strong start, then weaken and finally exhaust.

The opening attack is to boost morale and make full efforts, using the pre-match chicken blood to mobilize and encourage the players.

Looking down at the time, the first half has been going on for 40 minutes and is about to end. The score on the field is still 0-0. This result is completely unacceptable to the Porto team. In the absence of away goals, it means that if you want to advance directly in the next time, you must score three goals. The less time, the greater the difficulty and the greater the pressure.

One minute of injury time in the first half.

The Porto players who fought throughout the first half were already exhausted, and the passage of time made their mentality anxious and urgent.

With the cheers of more than 50,000 Porto fans, the right winger seized the remaining tens of seconds in the first half. He worked alone on the wing, passed two defenders, and made a cross from the bottom. Edu, who was flanking in the middle, stood up with all his strength. However, there was always a central defender beside him, which made him very annoyed.

The result of the header was that Benfica's central defender won and cleared the ball.

Coincidentally, the ball fell to Silva who was responding outside the penalty area. The latter stopped the ball, pushed it to the middle, and shot it.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Riise quickly filled the middle position to block his shooting route. The flying ball hit Riise's hips and changed its line. Coincidentally, it deceived the goalkeeper of the Benfica team and bounced into the goal under the gaze of everyone.

1 to 0.

Porto took the lead. Although it was a lucky ball, at least the result was good.

Porto fans were boiling, as if they had won the victory, and the entire Dragon Stadium was shaking with cheers.

"Damn it."

Riise cursed angrily.

"It doesn't matter, at least we were successful in the first half, and the opponent had no threat except for this lucky ball." Gomez comforted his teammates.

The ball was kicked out, and the first half ended.

Halftime break, in the locker room.

Mano was quite satisfied with the result of the first half. Except for the goal, the situation was developing in the direction he expected, and all the tactics arranged before the game were realized.

As Gomez said, it was a lucky ball, which no one wanted, and he could only say that his luck was worse.

"Per, get ready, I will let you play at any time."

Before leaving the locker room, Wang Po was stopped by Mano.

"No problem, boss."

Wang Po said with a grin.

Under Mano, Wang Po, who was born in the midfield, was made into a versatile player. He can play in the midfield, on the wing, and even ambush behind the center forward as a second striker.

Such multifaceted attributes are due to Wang Po's own talents and abilities.

Running ability, game reading ability, excellent overall view, superb shooting skills.

Such attributes can be called a frontcourt free man, which can give opponents a headache.

Now Wang Po is a trump card in Mano's hand.

The second half of the game began.

Although the tactical victory, the result has changed after all. It is false to say that it has no impact.

The mentality of the players on the field began to change. Some people tried to attack, and some people adhered to the tactics of the head coach.

The inconsistency of ideas caused the defensive formation to become messy, and the distance between the three echelons was too long, giving Porto a chance.

Silva dribbled the ball to the middle, and the defensive midfielder was already standing in the middle.

Seeing this, Silva passed the ball to the right side, who accelerated to the bottom line with the ball, attracting the attention of a left wingback, a left back, and a defensive midfielder who was ready to assist at any time.

Looking up at Edu who was surrounded in the penalty area, Porto's right winger passed a low ball back to Silva's feet.

All the defenders' attention returned to the middle again.

Silva did not stop the ball and passed it directly to Edu in the penalty area.

With his back to the ball, Edu's broad shoulders covered the two central defenders at once, and a light pass was passed to Silva who was running forward. The exhausted Benfica defensive midfielder had no awareness of chasing and defending, allowing Silva to lead the ball into the small penalty area and shoot from a small angle to score.

2-0.

Just ten minutes into the second half, Silva scored twice to help Porto equalize the total score.

"No"

On the sidelines, Mano was furious as he watched his players perform so stupidly.

The first goal was understandable, but the second goal was a man-made disaster, which was entirely caused by the lack of concentration of the defensive players. That ball, that position, why didn't the defensive midfielder look at the opponent and gave the opponent an easy two-on-many opportunity? It was an amateur performance, unforgivable.