The Godfather of Football

"Fabio, I decided to let you wear it to start in tomorrow's final!"

This is what Ye Qiu said when he personally handed the captain's armband to Cannavaro when the team was getting familiar with the venue at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul the day before the Champions League final. At that moment, he took it for granted. Captain's armband.

To be honest, for Cannavaro, who is the captain of the Italian national team, being the temporary captain of Chelsea is not a big surprise, and he takes it lightly because he is used to it.

"You are a veteran with very rich game experience. I hope you can lead your teammates more in the game. I believe you know as well as I do how difficult it is for us to get to where we are today. We are so far away from creating History is just the last step, we cannot lose, we must win!”

"We will encounter great difficulties in this game. Many players will not be able to participate in the game, and I will not be able to command from the sidelines. So I hope you will become the captain of the team and give orders on the court on my behalf. I I believe you can lead the team to complete this game well and achieve a satisfactory result.”

Cannavaro, who was in front of his team's penalty area at the Ataturk Stadium, reached out and touched the captain's armband on his arm. He involuntarily turned his head and searched for the coach in the chairman's stand, but no one was there. There were too many and it was impossible for him to find Ye Qiu.

So quickly, he returned his attention to the game, hesitating.

He has a feeling that the team is pressing too much, which is not a good thing, because it will leave more holes behind him, but Benitez, the old fox, arranged for Cisse to be around here. What is the best thing about a French striker?

speed!

What is Liverpool's sharpest attacking style?

Fight back!

In other words, with Xavi Alonso making a long pass from behind and Cisse sprinting in front, and Chelsea pressing forward to attack, isn't it just that they are right in front of Liverpool's counterattack? As long as Liverpool finds an opportunity to pull the trigger at any time, Chelsea will be finished!

There are always blessings and misfortunes on the football field, and Cannavaro, who has rich game experience, understands this very well.

"Boss, what should I do?" Cannavaro asked himself in his heart.

"I believe you can do a good job!" Ye Qiu patted his shoulder and said these words with great trust, which once again rang in Cannavaro's ears, further strengthening his confidence.

"Guys, don't go up too far, come back a little!" Cannavaro shouted to the teammates in front.

"Don't fall into the trap of the Liverpool people. They are going to counterattack us. Come back and keep the formation compact!"

Cannavaro's shouts were quickly conveyed to the frontcourt. After hearing this, all the players immediately realized that they had unknowingly thrown all the words that the head coach kept telling them before the game. Didn't the coach ask them to maintain a compact formation at all times before the game?

But at this moment, Chelsea made a mistake in passing the ball in the frontcourt. Joe Cole got the ball and wanted to pass it to Rooney, but Hamann used his body to hold Joe Cole, intercepted the ball from Joe Cole's feet, and stabbed him. Gave it to nearby Xavi Alonso.

After Xavi Alonso got the ball, he turned around and kicked it forward lightly. When he saw Cisse raising his hand for the ball in front, he quickly rushed forward and got ahead of Essien. He directly kicked the ball quickly. Kick forward.

The ball crossed a large area of ​​​​the pitch, drew a beautiful parabola, and fell behind Chelsea's defense.

This placement is very clever, right between the defense and the goalkeeper, and near the penalty spot, making the goalkeeper afraid to attack.

Cannavaro had already noticed Cisse. When Liverpool successfully intercepted the ball and wanted to counterattack, he immediately waved to Gallas and rushed forward, almost gritting his teeth and rushing forward because he All physical energy has been completely exhausted in the nearly two hours of competition.

Now, the only force that keeps him going is his will, his strong will to win the game.

Finally, he got ahead of Cisse, jumped up high, and headed the ball out of the penalty area. When he landed again, he almost fell to the ground, but he still struggled to stand up. .

But just when he stood up, he saw that the ball still fell at the feet of the Liverpool player. Smicer passed it to Gerrard. After the latter got the ball, he quickly stepped in, obviously wanting to directly Kick off.

"Offside!" Cannavaro saw that it was too late to stop Gerrard from taking a kick, but Cisse was obviously heading towards Cudicini and immediately reacted to set up an offside trap.

Chelsea's defense moved forward in a tacit understanding. Cisse undoubtedly appeared in the offside position, and he blocked the goalkeeper Cudicini. Then Gerrard took the kick directly. This time Cudicini Dickini did not react because his view was blocked by Cisse, and the ball went into the net.

"This should be a very obvious offside. Cisse interfered with the goalkeeper. The offside is very clear and undisputed. The linesman also raised the flag for offside. We..." The on-site commentator commented on this after the goal. Commented on the goal and thought it should be an invalid goal.

But at this moment, the referee suddenly blew his whistle, indicating that the ball should be returned to midfield, and the goal was valid!

"What's going on? What's going on?" The commentators on the scene were surprised.

The entire Ataturk Stadium was in an uproar. Liverpool fans were originally regretting the offside, while Chelsea fans were relieved that the team had completed another defense. But suddenly, the referee signaled that the goal was valid?

"Oh my God, the referee actually signaled that the goal was valid. What is going on? Didn't the linesman signal that Cisse was in an offside position? Why was the goal still valid? Although Cisse did not directly participate in the attack, he obviously interfered with the goalkeeper and blocked the goalkeeper's sight. This has caused offside in the new offside rules, an indisputable offside!"

Chelsea's players were also crazy, and they surrounded the referee one by one.

"Sir, we are all very sure and certain that Cisse was in an offside position at the time, and the linesman also supported and agreed with our views. Why did you rule that the goal was valid?" Cannavaro blocked his angry teammates and negotiated with the referee. This was his duty as the captain of the team.

"Cisse did not directly participate in the attack. According to the new offside interpretation regulations, it did not cause offside!" The referee explained.

"But he obviously interfered with the goalkeeper's vision and affected his judgment. According to the new offside rules, this is also considered offside!" Cannavaro was a little excited. This was definitely an indisputable offside, and there was no need to doubt it. Even the linesman made a penalty, but the referee wanted to overturn the linesman's judgment?

"I'm sorry, I don't think he interfered with the goalkeeper's vision!" Mejuto Gonzalez answered very affirmatively.

This is indeed a very vague concept. If the referee stands at a certain angle, he can get the answer that Cisse interfered with the goalkeeper's vision, but if he stands at another angle, the situation may be different. The final right of interpretation lies with the referee, and Mejuto Gonzalez obviously believes in his eyes.

"We can't explain your answer, sir. At least the linesman is very sure that Cisse is offside, and he is running towards the goalkeeper, but you tell us that he did not interfere with the goalkeeper. This is definitely not a satisfactory answer!" Cannavaro felt unacceptable.

The introduction of the new offside rule is to encourage offense. It has a new interpretation of the offside rule. One of the important points is that as long as the referee defines that the player is not directly involved in the game, or does not affect or interfere with the opponent's players, and allows the attacking party to benefit from it, it is not considered offside.

This actually gives the referee a lot of power. Just like when Cisse ran towards Cudicini just now, did he affect Cudicini's judgment and vision? The referee's position may be different, and different conclusions may be drawn.

"From the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see that Cisse is indeed offside, which is indisputable, and he is indeed standing between Cudicini and Gerrard, affecting Cudicini's field of vision, which should also be counted as offside, but the referee seems to think that Cisse has no impact on Cudicini."

New rules and interpretations are often accompanied by more controversy. This has already appeared in the European Cup, in a series of Champions League events in the past, and now, it has also appeared in the Champions League final.

"This is definitely a misjudgment, a real misjudgment. Chelsea seems to be unable to accept the referee's decision. Cudicini also chased the referee to say that he was influenced by Cisse, but the referee's attitude was very firm, and he also showed yellow card warnings to Cannavaro and Davis who took the lead in putting pressure."

"There is not much time left in the game. This should be a goal that determines the outcome of the game, but what I didn't expect was that such a huge controversy arose, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among Chelsea after the game."

The referee was very firm about his decision. He couldn't and couldn't make changes, so after warning Chelsea's players, he walked to the midfield and waited for Chelsea players to kick off.

Chelsea was completely defeated by this goal!

The players were drooping their heads on the court, looking listless. They fought for two hours, until they were exhausted and their legs cramped, but in the end, they lost to such a controversial goal, and it was at the last moment, which was really unacceptable to them.

Chelsea fans in the stands were also very dissatisfied. They booed the referee one by one, obviously complaining about his enforcement standards in this game, and thought that this penalty was to murder Chelsea.

Some fans on the spot used graffiti and played cards, saying that the forces behind the referee wanted to murder Chelsea and prevent Chelsea from successfully defending the title, so there was such a controversial penalty.

And this is obviously not the first time for Chelsea.

As early as the semi-finals, the referee's excessive indulgence of Porto had already caused a lot of uproar, which directly led to Chelsea's 7 main players being unable to participate in the final due to injuries and yellow card suspensions, and head coach Ye Qiu was also sent to the stands.

Everyone originally thought that Chelsea was unlikely to win, but in the game, the Blues played very tenaciously, and were not much inferior to Liverpool. Especially as the game approached the end, more and more people felt that the Blues seemed to have the hope of defeating Liverpool as long as the game was dragged into a penalty shootout.

But who could have thought that at the last and most critical moment, the referee used such a controversial goal to kill Chelsea and everyone's hope.

I believe that many people don't know how the next game will go on. Chelsea players have been drained of their strength and lost their fighting spirit. They played like zombies, while Liverpool was concentrating on guarding their 1:0.

Not long after, the whistle of the end of the game sounded at Ataturk Stadium.

Chelsea players in the stadium collapsed on the field one by one, and each of them looked extremely frustrated and disappointed.

They lost! Lost the epic quadruple championship! They also lost their efforts and persistence in the past season!

The most painful thing in life is that when you think you see hope, what you have waited so hard for is despair!

Ye Qiu also sat back in the stands. This was undoubtedly the most painful defeat in his coaching career, and he paid the most painful price. That was that the opportunity that could make him a legendary epic was completely gone, and he didn't know when the next similar opportunity would appear, and maybe it would never appear again.

Even though he had been mentally prepared for the result before the game, he still found it hard to accept now.

"Chelsea's performance in this game was indeed unforgettable, even though they had several players absent, even though their head coach was sent to the stands, even though everyone thought before the game that they had to wait for a miracle to win, but they almost created a miracle, but in the end, the referee's controversial penalty determined the result of the game."

"There was no miracle in Istanbul this night!"

The UEFA bosses in the chairman's stand all looked very excited, and they did have enough reasons to be excited, because at least, Chelsea did not successfully defend the title, right?

Of course, you can also say that reaching the final is victory, just like when Juventus reached the final for three consecutive years, even if they only won one championship, who can ignore the strength of Juventus?

But Ye Qiu was still unwilling in his heart. If he lost in a real fight, he would have nothing to say, but the fact was not like that. He lost very cowardly, very aggrieved, and lost so much that he wanted to curse!

"Sorry, Mr. Ye Qiu, you can't return to the locker room until 15 minutes after the game!" Seeing Ye Qiu stand up, a UEFA staff member next to him blocked the aisle in front of him to prevent him from returning to the locker room.

"Fuck you, are you blind? The game is over, why are you blocking me!" Ye Qiu pushed him away directly. The man was caught off guard and fell on the seat. It was obvious that he had hit his back and was in great pain. Ye Qiu didn't even bother to ignore him and walked directly to the aisle of the stands.

The Ataturk Stadium was filled with the cheers of Liverpool fans and the celebrations of Liverpool players. This place belonged to the winners, to the officials with faces as bright as chrysanthemums, but not to Ye Qiu.

The game was over, the result was doomed, everything was over!

Ye Qiu took the elevator of the stadium stand and slowly descended to the bottom floor and entered the locker room passage. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw Chelsea players leaning against the door of the locker room crying, crying miserably and sadly.

A group of strong men on weekdays, now crying like women, not only those who played in the game, but also those who didn't play like Fabregas and Messi, also shed tears, because the team has come to this day, and they also have a part of the credit in it, they are also part of the team.

Of course, there are also strong people, such as Cannavaro, Davis, Heinze and other players, who are more mature and are all comforting their teammates. In addition, there are Terry, Lampard, Makelele and other players who came to the locker room earlier than Ye Qiu. They all ran to find and comfort their teammates as soon as possible.

Many people say that Ribery is the most gangster and the most indifferent, but now he is crying the most, like a ghost crying and a wolf howling, tears keep falling down, and he can't wipe them all. The same is true for Rooney. Originally, he thought that he would be able to help the team stand on the creation of legends in his first season after joining Chelsea, but who would have thought that the result would be failure.

Ye Qiu did not go out, but leaned against the corner, raised his head, red eyes, listening to their crying and persuasion, he was also reflecting on himself, because the team has come to this day, he also has to take responsibility, even, as the head coach, he must take the greatest responsibility.

The podium was being built outside. Liverpool players must be accepting interviews from the media and reporters. They are heroes and winners. At this moment, no one would pay attention to Chelsea or the losers.

It was not until a long time later that the staff ran in and informed Chelsea that the award ceremony was about to begin. As runners-up, they had to go on stage to receive the runner-up medals.

Then Ye Qiu walked out of the corner and walked towards his players. He didn't say anything, but just walked all the way over, hugged his players one by one, pushed open the door of the locker room with his own hands, and turned around to tell them, "Don't let others laugh at us and say that we can't afford to lose. If we lose, we have to lose like men!"

With Ye Qiu, the players seemed to have a backbone. They walked into the locker room one by one, cleaned up and calmed down, took a shower and changed clothes, and then returned to the Ataturk Stadium under the leadership of Ye Qiu. When they saw them, all the Chelsea fans in the stadium sang Chelsea's team song loudly, and the momentum even suppressed Liverpool's fans.

They are also part of the team. They are using this way to tell their players that you will never walk alone!