Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 149: Third or Fourth? (Second guarantee, ask for monthly pass!)

Naples' appeal was rejected by UEFA and the original version was maintained, which is also the final penalty.

Of course, Barcelona's appeal was also rejected.

These are not beyond everyone's expectations, this is the result that many people have thought of beforehand.

In fact, everyone can see that Chen Yingxiong and Naples were pitted by UEFA. But UEFA did a great job this time. They also penalized Alves for the flop in the penalty result, which is tantamount to putting all the blame on a temporary misjudgment by the referee on duty. In addition, when referee Adele was interviewed by the media later, he said that he had not actually seen whether Chen Yingxiong had really elbowed Alves. His distance was a bit far away, and there was no lineman near the sideline, so He can only judge that Chen Yingxiong elbowed the opponent based on Alves falling to the ground.

From this point of view, the referee is also a victim of Alves's flop.

Misjudgment is normal in a football game.

When the matter turned into a misjudgment, it successfully blocked the mouths of many people-yes, the referee made a misjudgment. Alves is indeed a flop. We in UEFA punish Alves who flopped and be brave. Acknowledge your own mistakes and never shirk responsibility. But we punished Chen Yingxiong heavily because of his series of impulsive behaviors after he suffered a misjudgment.

Misjudgments often happen on the court. Why can other people accept the misjudgments calmly, and you, Chen Yingxiong, need to be special and make a big fuss in the palace? After the misjudgment, he scolded Alves for jumping up the dispute between the two sides, then elbowed the innocent Butzquez, and then provoked the authority of the referee. After the game, he was sent off and rushed to the sidelines to attack the referee's bench. At the same time there was a conflict with Barcelona assistant coach Vilanova...

Couldn't these behaviors be punished severely?

Therefore, our heavy punishment of Chen Yingxiong has nothing to do with whether he elbowed Alves or not, it is all because of his series of actions after the red card...

Look, it makes sense to say that, isn't it impeccable?

Platini has fully learned the lessons from the previous battle with Lyon. Facing the media's doubts in that game, he insisted that the referee was right, but was so embarrassed by the media that he could only use the coercion of the UEFA president to force the matter down.

This time he generously admitted that the referee made a mistake in the penalty.

But what is a mistake for a referee? Misjudgment is simply commonplace for referees.

If this issue is limited to the level of misjudgment, the media will not be able to make waves. But if they are made to believe that this is a conspiracy, there are too many things to discuss...

So UEFA's response was perfect this time.

After the ticket was issued, apart from several media discussing the impact of UEFA's heavy fines on Chen Yingxiong's preparations and signings for Naples next season, no one has paid attention to this.

There are too many things in football that can divert everyone's attention.

For example, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in the weekend’s national derby and regained its top position in the league.

For example, the hero scored twice in the game against Parma and scored 24 goals in the league, smashing the second-ranked Di Natale with two goals, basically securing the top scorer's position.

These things deserve everyone’s attention...

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The Champions League was eliminated, and the league champions are too far apart from the point of view of points. After the 33rd round, the number one in the league is now Roma. They surpassed Inter Milan with 67 points with 68 points.

Naples now has 59 points, ranking fourth in the league. Palermo ranked fifth with 54 points, and the difference between the two sides was five points. And what about ac Milan, which is third in the league from Naples? It is also five points. It is nine points away from the top Roma in the league.

This gap is a bit big, even if Naples goes all out, it may not be able to get any good results.

Not to mention that the leak in the room even happened to be rainy and even this kind of situation still appeared in Naples-

On April 18th, in the 34th round of the league, Naples defeated Bari 2:1 away. But the main central defender La Nokia injured his knee in that game. After the game, after a more detailed examination, a bad result was obtained-La Nokia's injury was a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee. For football players, this is an injury that can change their career prospects...

Everyone who plays knows what it means to be injured in this place.

Soon the media lamented that Naples seemed to be possessed by a curse. First, Cassano had a heart attack inexplicably, and then Chen Yingxiong would be suspended for eight games in the Champions League next season, followed by pulling Nokia's knee cruciate ligament... The luck of Mazzari's team is almost at home.

Cassano has just completed the operation, and it is not yet known when he will recover. What about pulling Nokia? This injury must also have to be operated on, and this part will be operated on. Don't think about it after six months.

In other words... if Naples play in the Champions League next season, maybe the whole half of the season will face a lack of three main players...

Cassano is not there, and Sanchez can come on top. Who will top the Koala Nokia is gone? Where is Chen Yingxiong? He can play in the league but cannot play in the Champions League. The team must either adjust their tactics and formulate a set of tactics to deal with the Champions League, or buy another striker for the Champions League...

Mazzari felt that his head was going to be big-how could his luck be so bad!

The main central defender has been on a truce for six months, and Naples does not even want to compete for the league championship. Their defense is not very good, the league champions almost rely on defense.

In this way, the only goal of the Naples team this season is to maintain the league fourth.

In fact, they can also climb up to another position. After the 34th round of the league, Naples accumulated 62 points and AC Milan slowed down. They are 64 points, and the two teams are only two points away. Up.

But Mazzari can't really surpass AC Milan to take third place in the league.

According to the rules of the Champions League, the top three in Serie A can directly participate in the main match, and the fourth place will have to play two qualifying matches.

So if Naples really participates in the main match directly... Chen Yingxiong will have to wait until the quarter-finals before appearing.

Naples, lacking Heroes of Chen, may still be able to qualify from the group stage, provided that they don't get into the dead group...but entering the knockout rounds may be more unfortunate.

What's the point if Naples is eliminated after the hero's suspension expires?

So now it seems that the best option for Naples is to play the qualifying rounds. Only in this way can two qualifying matches be used to offset the two bans, and the remaining six games will all remain in the group stage.

For the first time, Mazzari had the idea of ​​"Why Italy is not a second-tier European league." In that way, Naples can play a few more qualifying games, and it would be best if they could directly supervise the ball in the qualifying games.

Now Mazzari is really facing the most complicated situation in his coaching career. On the one hand, Palermo, Sampdoria and other teams behind cannot be allowed to catch up, on the other hand, they cannot accidentally overtake AC Milan... This is not really a win or a loss.

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Mazari's entanglement belongs to him, and Chen Yingxiong's goal is very clear.

This season, Naples is almost destined to miss the team honor.

And Chen Yingxiong can also pursue some personal honor.

The trophy of the top scorer in Serie A is waiting for him to win it twice.

After the 34th round, Chen Yingxiong did not score a goal, but Di Natale only scored one, so the Udinese striker was still one goal away to tie Chen Yingxiong.

There are four rounds left in the league, and a gap of one goal cannot make Chen Yingxiong feel safe. He staged a big reversal in the final round last year, defeating Ibrahimovic and getting the league golden boot. He doesn't want to be a tragedy reversed by others this season.

He wants to be the top scorer of the season, and he wants to be the top scorer again.

What he said at the Serie A Oscars was really not a joke.

After playing the 34th round without scoring, Chen Yingxiong and Di Natale competed.

Now he has 24 goals, Di Natale 23 goals, third Inter Milan striker Diego Milito has nine goals, fourth Micoli has 16 goals, they are the same as the top two. The position difference is a bit much.

Therefore, this season's battle for the best scorer, if not surprisingly, only occurred between Chen Yingxiong and Di Natale.

In fact, Di Natale is very sad. Since his debut in Empoli, he has always been a semi-red and non-black player, and is always considered a second-rate striker in Italy. In Empoli’s time, his annual salary was only 350,000 euros. After the transfer to Udinese, his current annual salary is only 650,000 euros, even a fraction of Ibrahimovic, Kaka and other superstars. Not enough.

This season is his closest to the Serie A Golden Boot.

But he ran into Chen Yingxiong.

The late bloomers who are over 30 years old and the young teenagers who are under 22 years old have launched a fierce competition for the Serie A scorer list.

There are four rounds left in the league, and the competition for championship, relegation, and European qualifications... have all entered a white-hot stage.

The same is true for league shooters.

Both shooters started speeding up and sprinting.

Since the thirty-fifth round of the league, the spectators have been able to smell the smell of gunpowder in the air very easily.

In the thirty-fifth round, Naples was tied 1:1 at home by Cagliari, and Chen Yingxiong scored the only goal of Naples. And when Cagliari finally scored to equalize the score, Mazzari took a sigh of relief, because...in the previous game, AC Milan lost 1:3 away to Palermo...Naples The draw of this game prevented them from surpassing AC Milan to rank third in the league. Now the two teams are only one point away...

At the same time, in Udinese's 4-1 home win over Siena, Di Natale also scored a goal.

The two sides are still only one goal away.