From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 899 Opportunity
Santos couldn't suppress his anger and yelled, "F**K OFF!!! Is this a penalty?! Is this guy's eyes covered with shit, or is he blind?"

The fourth official's ears twitched, catching the unfriendly message, and immediately walked towards him.

After Santos cursed, he realized that something was wrong. When he saw the fourth official coming over, he felt uneasy.

It happened in a flash. Ilidio Val suddenly jumped out and pointed at the fourth official's nose and shouted, "This is a penalty, this is a penalty? Are you sure it's a penalty? Even a blind man wouldn't dare to whistle like that! No, no, no, only a person with a problem in his brain would whistle on a penalty!"

"Watch your words!"

"What should I pay attention to? That son of a bitch referee awarded a non-existent penalty and he's going to ruin our game!" Illdio Val spitted.

"I'm going to call the referee."

"You scream! You scream! Scream!!!"

The fourth official was enraged. He wiped the saliva off his face and immediately called the referee to stop the mad dog, but he threw the matter he wanted to report out of the window.

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Referee Kuipers was surrounded by Portuguese players in the Portuguese penalty area. Portugal's captain Cristiano Ronaldo negotiated with him on behalf of the team and protested against the penalty.

At this time, Kuipers heard the call from the fourth official and immediately trotted to the sidelines.

The fourth official covered his mouth and pointed at Illidio Val, saying something.

Ilidio Val did not hold back at all, pointing at Kuipers' nose and continued to curse: "Are you blind? Is this a penalty?"

Santos rushed over to stop his assistant from going crazy, but it was in vain.

Then, Ilidio Val was sent to the stands by the referee Kuipers.

Illidio Val snorted coldly and walked towards the stands with a fearless attitude.

Looking at Kuipers' back as he walked back into the court, Santos breathed a sigh of relief.

Ildio Val intercepted the ball halfway and successfully attracted the attention of the fourth official, allowing Santos to escape.

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Commentators around the world are expressing their opinions on the penalty decision.

Slow-motion replay showed that Guerrero did not commit any obvious foul. The only contact between him and Chiesa was when both of them were chasing the ball. Chiesa touched Guerrero's right foot with his ankle while running, and then fell into the penalty area.

Regarding the penalty, some commentators believed that it was inappropriate. Guerrero's attention was on the ball and he had no subjective intention to commit a foul. Moreover, this unintentional slight contact could not have caused Chiesa to fall to the ground instantly, so there was no penalty.

Some commentators also thought that a penalty kick could be awarded. Their point of view was that Guerrero did touch Chiesa, whether intentionally or unintentionally, but he did touch him and caused Chiesa to fall to the ground. The facts are there, and a penalty kick can be awarded.

Andy Gray, a famous commentator of Sky Sports, believes that in such situations, the referee will not award a penalty in most cases, but if he does, there is nothing to say.

In a word, whether this penalty kick can be awarded or not depends on the mood of the referee.

The protests and appeals of the Portuguese players were of no avail. The referee Kuipers' attitude was very firm and the penalty decision could not be changed.

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"Penalty! This is a good opportunity for the Italian team to overtake the score. Chiesa will take the penalty he created himself."

Portugal's goalkeeper Patricio pointed at Chiesa and complained to the referee that Chiesa did not put the ball exactly on the penalty spot. The referee Kuipers was about to blow the whistle, but after receiving the complaint, he had to check again and signaled Chiesa to move the ball a few centimeters to the outside.

Chiesa pointed at Patricio and complained, thinking that Patricio did it on purpose and deliberately interfered with his preparation and rhythm.

Chiesa's complaint is useless, just like the factual basis for the referee's award of the penalty kick. Chiesa did sneakily move the ball forward a few centimeters. This is a fact, and Patricio's complaint is well-founded.

In desperation, Chiesa put the football back in place, then returned to the football, took a few steps back, and prepared to take the penalty kick again.

Finally, Kuipers exited the penalty area, looked at the two men, and seeing that they were no longer making trouble, he blew the whistle.

Chiesa started to run after hearing the whistle.

step!
Two steps!

Three steps!

Shoot!

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Patricio dived to his right side and Chiesa also shot to this side. He stretched his arms as far as he could, hoping that he could catch the football.

He felt his outstretched fingers lightly touch the football.

"bumped into!"

Patricio was overjoyed, but then he was disappointed to see that the ball continued to fly. His touch was not enough to completely change the trend of the ball flying towards the goal.

Still unable to get out?

Then, Patricio heard a heavenly sound: "Bang!"

With his rich experience in the game, Patricio immediately determined that it was the dull sound of the football hitting the goal frame!

Patricio knew that he had saved the penalty!

He saved the goal, saved the team, and even saved Portugal!

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After being saved by Patricio, the football slightly changed its direction of flight, hit the outside of the post and flew to the sideline.

"Delivered! Patricio! Great Patricio! He did a great job! He dived for the ball, which changed its direction and eventually it was blocked by the post!" the Portuguese commentator shouted in ecstasy.

"Unbelievable! Chiesa's penalty missed!" The Italian commentator shouted in extreme disappointment.

Chiesa held his head, he couldn’t believe his eyes, his penalty was actually saved?

At this time, huge cheers rang out from the new Wembley Stadium. Chiesa turned around and saw his teammates chasing back in a panic. The Portuguese were counterattacking!
It turned out that the football kicked by Chiesa just now was saved by Patricio, changed direction and was blocked by the post, flying to the junction of the sideline and the bottom line.

The first Portuguese player to rush to the football was Bruno. With his rich experience, he did not let the football go out of the baseline, but kicked the football directly to the front court with a big kick.

"Opportunity to counterattack!" This is what Bruno shouted when he kicked the ball forward.

(End of this chapter)