The Godfather of Football

There is a consensus in the refereeing field, that is, to measure whether a foul is intentional or unintentional, the most important thing is to see what the player's purpose is in making this action. If it is directed at the ball, it can be regarded as unintentional. If it is directed at a person, it must be a deliberate foul and cannot be escaped.

Of course, many times, the player's actions occur in an instant, and the referee does not have a sharp eye and cannot observe everything clearly in the shortest time, so they often deduce the player's initial purpose based on the final result, so the impression the player leaves on the referee is very important.

In other words, if you have committed too many fouls before and kicked the ball too dirty, then it is possible that your foul caused by an action that was clearly directed at the ball, in the eyes of the referee, you are deliberately violating the player's body with malicious fouls, and you can't complain about this, who asked you to play rough in the past?

Lupos Michel also learned about the two teams before the game. Although Chelsea has always been known for its tenacious fighting spirit, the team's style of play is not rough. Even in the Premier League, this team has always been known for its smooth game scenes. They focus on quick one-kick passing and receiving. Such a team will not easily commit fouls, because everyone knows that fouls will lead to dead balls, which is the scene that this type of style of play team is most reluctant to see.

But Porto is different. The style of this team was rough before. After the knockout stage, it was even more known for its rough style of play. Although it eliminated Inter Milan and AC Milan, Porto's style of play has always been criticized. In the previous game at Stamford Bridge, it even killed three Chelsea generals in one game.

Lupos Michel knows without thinking that the impression of such a team will definitely not be very good.

Therefore, at the beginning of this game, when Porto showed several vague fouls that could be judged or not in order to test the referee's enforcement standards, Lupos Michel almost did not hesitate to give a severe blow, killing Porto's idea in the bud, which directly led to the smooth progress of the first half an hour of the game.

But once the game was smooth, Chelsea's advantage became obvious. Porto was not used to it. After losing two goals in a row, both players became angry, and then Pepe made a sliding tackle on Davis.

Lupos Michel was nearby, and he saw Pepe's sliding tackle very clearly. In his opinion, in that situation, choosing such a rough, either you die or I live defensive action itself carries a very strong sense of aggression. Davis is very experienced. After seeing Pepe's sliding tackle, he made a dodging move, and then he lost his center of gravity and fell into Porto's penalty area.

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye. After Davis fell to the ground, he just fell to the ground like all the players who were violated, waiting for the referee's penalty. Anyone who stood up at this time would be a fool.

Lupos Michel was already used to it. After all, professional players, especially experienced veterans like Davis, if he didn't know how to do this, his more than ten years of professional career would be in vain.

The Slovak referee blew the whistle in his mouth, ran quickly to the penalty area line, and raised a red card high to Pepe who had just climbed up from the ground.

This time, not only Pepe was stunned, but all the Porto fans in the stadium were stunned.

It can be said that this red card will directly announce the death penalty of Porto.

Maniche was nearby, and he was the first to react and rushed forward, "Damn it, he was diving, that damn Dutchman was diving, Pepe didn't tackle him at all, this bastard deliberately lied to you!"

"Which of your fucking eyes saw him diving? Such a fierce sliding tackle should not be given a red card, do you still want the referee to favor you?" Lampard was also nearby, and rushed forward immediately to stop Maniche who was approaching Davis and trying to pull the wild boar up from the ground.

"Fuck your favoritism, get out of here!" Maniche pushed Lampard away with force.

Lampard was not a pushover either. After being pushed away, he quickly rushed forward and pushed Maniche away with force. "Get the hell out of here, don't touch my teammates!"

When the Porto players saw Maniche being pushed to the ground, they quickly rushed forward and surrounded Lampard. Several of them kept pushing Lampard. Terry and Chelsea players also quickly rushed forward to protect their teammates. The whole scene suddenly became a mess.

Since the first round, or even the final a year ago, the grievances that have been accumulated have completely erupted at this moment. Porto is indignant. They want to crush Chelsea in momentum as they are playing at home. However, the Blues are fearless and are not afraid of Porto at all. The two sides are tit-for-tat. If it weren't for Terry and Carvalho and other rational players who blocked their teammates and separated the players from both sides, it would probably turn into a fierce fight.

Lupos Michel has always been a person who can't tolerate any sand in his eyes. After the fight was settled, he immediately showed yellow card warnings to Maniche, Lampard and Costinha. As for the penalty kick requested by Chelsea players, Lupos Michel did not acknowledge it. He felt that Pepe's foul was outside the penalty area and giving a red card was the limit.

But just when the players on both sides calmed down, Lupos Michel suddenly ran to the sidelines and showed a red card to Porto's head coach Jose Mourinho, sending him off the field with a very serious and resolute attitude.

It turned out that Mourinho saw the referee's decision on the sidelines and gave him a thumbs up full of sarcasm and irony, and he was still mumbling something in his mouth. The referee regarded this action as a provocation and rushed to the sidelines to give him a red card.

The whole Dragon Stadium was in an uproar. All Porto fans were angry. They roared and yelled at the field, shouting black whistles, thinking that the referee was deliberately trying to find a balance and using Porto as a target.

In the final analysis, it was because after the first round of the game, UEFA was under great pressure, especially for Porto, whose style of play was rough. Almost all the mainstream media in Europe condemned it, believing that such a team should not be condoned. As a result, all this happened in the second round, which really made Porto fans suspicious enough.

The live camera was on Ye Qiu in the stands, and it was found that Ye Qiu did not have a gloating expression, but a serious expression, because Lampard also received a yellow card, which would cause Lampard to miss the Champions League final.

Now the emotions of the players on both sides have obviously become very excited. Porto is one man short. Although Chelsea has a numerical advantage, many players in the team do not want to get a card again. After all, Chelsea should now properly consider the Champions League final.

After the conflict, Chelsea got a free kick opportunity in a good position at the front of the penalty area. Deco was responsible for the free kick, which was higher than the wall and landed at the back point. Terry jumped up and headed the ball, expanding the score to 3:0, which immediately made the Porto fans in the stands even more angry.

During the halftime break, the head coaches of both sides were confined and could not enter the locker room, but Ye Qiu had enough arrangements before the game. He also reminded his assistant through a note. Ten Cate conveyed Ye Qiu's request that players including Terry, Gudjohnsen, Cannavaro, Maicon and others should try to reduce the number of fouls and avoid getting cards.

This is also because Chelsea received 4 yellow cards in the first round, which directly led to the crisis of yellow card suspension for many players in the team. Now they have to prepare carefully, and they can't enter the finals but lose their main players.

But Chelsea thinks so, but Porto obviously doesn't think so.

Porto, which has fallen behind with a total score of 0:4, obviously let go. After seeing Chelsea restrained, they took the initiative to attack, saw through Chelsea's idea, and put on a barbaric style of letting you enter the finals, but also let you lack soldiers and generals. The movements were big, and the referee's whistle was one after another.

Ye Qiu's heartbeat accelerated in the stands. He was not worried about whether the team could win the game at all. He was worried about whether the team could keep its main players from getting yellow cards. On the other hand, because Porto let go, Chelsea was a little passive, which led to the team not daring to make substitutions easily.

In this case, momentum is very important. Once the momentum is lost, any score may appear, so even if you want to make substitutions, you must wait until Porto's momentum is beaten down before making substitutions.

In the 67th minute, Maicon quickly inserted from the right and cooperated with Rooney. He crossed the ball from the bottom line. Gudjohnsen overpowered Carvalho and headed the ball in the penalty area, opening the goal for Porto again, 4:0!

Ye Qiu threatened to bloodbath the Dragon Stadium before the game. Now that he was leading 4:0, he could be regarded as confirming his words. This made the Chelsea fans in the stands and the Chelsea players in the stadium celebrate almost crazily, venting their dissatisfaction with Porto in the first round, and even some provocative actions of adding insult to injury.

After that, Porto also became popular. The game between the two sides became more and more intense, and the actions became more and more violent. In order to control the situation, the referee Lubos Michel had to frequently take out yellow cards and give severe warnings to the players of both sides.

In the 78th minute, Deco played as a wall, Ribery cut into the penalty area and made a lob pass to the back post. Rooney quickly followed up and easily pushed the ball into the Porto goal beside the right post of the goal, 5:0!

In the end, this score was maintained until the end of the game, and Chelsea defeated Porto with a total score of 6:0.

However, in this game, Lampard, Terry, Maicon and Ribery all received yellow cards. Among them, Lampard, Maicon and Terry will miss the Champions League final. If Ronaldinho, Van der Sar, Makelele and Drogba are added, Chelsea will have 7 main players missing the Champions League final.

On another battlefield, Benitez's Liverpool finally won Ajax with a score of 1:0 in two rounds. The Red Army's defense restrained Ajax's offense very well and finally stopped Ajax from the Champions League final.

Compared with Chelsea's lack of soldiers and generals, Liverpool can be said to be strong in manpower and horses, which also made many people turn their guns around and believe that Liverpool will become the favorite of the Champions League final, especially after Ye Qiu was banned by a red card, Liverpool's advantage will be more obvious.

"I believe everyone saw everything that happened in the game. If anyone has any doubts, I can use photos to prove my player's innocence. He had no intention of offending Davis. He just wanted to try to grab the ball, that's all, but he was sent off with a red card."

At the post-match press conference, Mourinho made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the red card. He even believed that the red card determined the final outcome of the game, and without the red card, Porto would not have been defeated.

"We have videos and photos, which can prove that Pepe did not kick Davis. The Dutchman's realistic diving was disgusting, but the referee was like a child and easily believed in their performance. In the end, It was great to send off my player and determine the direction of the game. In the end, Chelsea got what they wanted and entered the final!”

Mourinho spread his hands, helpless, but full of sarcasm and sarcasm.

Regarding Mourinho's opening remarks, Ye Qiu counterattacked on the spot.

"I'm happy to hear that Mr. Mourinho can still say the word innocence and I'm happy that in the end the team that performed better and wanted to play better won the game because I can't imagine letting Will it bring disgrace to this competition if a team that always thinks about kicking someone reaches the Champions League final?”

"I admit that Mr. Mourinho is a very clever public opinion expert. He can make everyone believe that what he says is true, and what others say is falsehood, so he can always find the most appropriate and reasonable reasons. It proves that his players have been treated unfairly, and others’ red cards and yellow cards must be deserved!”

When he said this, Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Both the fans and reporters are not blind. I believe that everyone can clearly see who is right and who is wrong. Several of my main players are not able to play now, but the murderer in this game But he continues to take the same brutal actions. Does Davis have to lie on the court like Ronaldinho to prove his so-called innocence? Does anyone dare to swear that Pepe is not right? "Going on Davis's feet?"

At the end of the sentence, Ye Qiu became obviously angry and roared on the spot.

"The referee is really biased towards Chelsea. Seven of my main players will miss the final. Who caused this?"

There is a saying that goes well in the world, and Ye Qiu dares to get angry just because he is right.

"I know that some of you must think that Pepe's red card was too heavy. He didn't kick anyone at all and shouldn't get the card. But the question is, I want to ask you, where should such a vicious tackle appear? On the court? If Davis didn't hide, his current result would be like Ronaldinho, being carried off the court on a stretcher. Is this fair? "

"I never say that defense is a kind of conservatism, and I never think that offense should be protected. I admire brave football, but the premise is football. I never think that those fouls that go against people Actions, also called football, are actions only made by butchers, not players, and should not appear on the court, but some people are proud of it, and even feel complacent about it. This is a kind of anti-football!”

"Football is not rugby, and football should not advocate rough and aggressive tactics. Don't use the gap in strength as an excuse, and don't look for any excuses for your brutality and failure. Too many excuses will only make you exist like a clown. !”

"What I admire is football. Whether it's offense or defense, it should be football, not a farce!"

Mourinho listened on the sidelines and applauded immediately, "It's so well said, so beautiful. You can really say this, because the one who took advantage was Chelsea, and we, Porto, lost the game."

"For me, the biggest problem for a person is that he cannot face himself honestly, but I can do this, so I never feel that there is anything wrong with me, but I can't guarantee that for others!"

Ye Qiu never thought of defeating Mourinho with just a few words. As people say, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, and you can never make a person who is pretending to be crazy and acting stupid come to you. Discuss an issue seriously.

"Yes, it is indeed difficult to face one's own heart directly, so there will always be people who want to find excuses for failure, but I never make excuses for my own failures. If I lose, I will definitely try to find my own failures. Instead of always blaming others, this is not the thinking logic of a normal person.”

The bickering between the two head coaches at the post-match press conference was so mesmerizing for the media reporters present, and also made the fans who read the newspapers early the next morning excited. Tough battles involving gongs and drums are rare.

Regarding this Champions League semi-final, the mainstream media in Europe all recognized the referee Lubos Michel's enforcement. They generally felt that Pepe's red card was reasonable, and they also felt that Chelsea was successively issued cards after that. They all felt that it was a decision made by the referee in order to effectively control the situation.

Of course, they also feel sorry and sympathize with the fact that as many as seven Chelsea generals will miss the Champions League final. Chelsea said that they will apply to UEFA on this matter and hope that UEFA can be lenient.

The influence of this game even spread to Latin America and North America.

The New York Times, an authoritative American newspaper known as a football desert, believed that "from the moment Pepe showed his dangerous soles, Chelsea's victory in this game was already destined!"

Argentina's authoritative Ole newspaper commented, "Chelsea completely defeated Porto, which represents the victory of football!"

When commenting on the red card, this newspaper even affirmed the referee and believed that Pepe deserved to be sent off.

However, some newspapers believe that even if Chelsea has passed the threshold of the semi-finals and entered the Champions League final, it will be very difficult for the Blues to defend their title without 7 main players, especially when the opponent is Liverpool, the Blues' usual nemesis. In addition, Ye Qiu was suspended for a red card, and Chelsea's chances of winning are slim.

On the second day after the second round of the Champions League semi-finals, Porto once again caused a dispute. Chairman Da Costa filed a lawsuit against UEFA, demanding that Chelsea be disqualified from the Champions League final!