Chapter 52 Retribution

Chapter 52 Retribution

Fiorentina defeated Atalanta at home, started with three consecutive victories, and continued to lead the standings. Among the other games played the next day, AC Milan was tied 1:1 by the underdog Siena in the away game.

In the first half, Siena striker Marcarone opened the scoring. In the next game, AC Milan played extremely difficult. It seemed that the Milan players hadn't come out of the shadow of being defeated by Fiorentina. Ronaldo on the front line was sleepwalking in this game. Although Gilardino had a few It's a pity that he always lacked a little luck when he got the chance to score.

Seeing that Milan is about to suffer the second strength of this season, in stoppage time, Milan's savior finally arrived, but this time, it was not Kaka who saved Milan, but central defender Nesta. , with a header to equalize the score, after that, Milan still wanted to take the opportunity to overtake the score. One minute later, Seedorf hit the crossbar with a long shot. In the end, AC Milan could only accept a helpless draw.

The other team of Milan City defeated their opponent Catania in this round. Materazzi, Chivu, Samuel and Vieira were absent due to injuries. The Champions League made a rotation, and Adriano, who had been idle for several games by Mancini, finally got the chance to start. He partnered with Crespo as a striker, and veteran Cesar served as a left midfielder.

Catania had drawn in the previous two rounds. Although this round was an away game, they did not play conservatively at all, but their strength was weak. Inter Milan relied on Stankovic's two goals in the first half, 2-0 victory over Catania at home.

In this game, Adriano, who started the game, worked very hard, but his state reached the freezing point. He didn't even have two decent shots in the whole game. Just ten minutes into the second half, Mancini couldn't bear it. Ruth replaced him, and Adriano and Inter Milan also entered the countdown to breaking up.

Roma, who also won two consecutive victories at the start, was a guest at Reggina in this game. Due to Panucci's injury and absence, Brazilian defender Juan got the chance to play.

Both teams lacked bright spots in the first half. It was not until the 50th minute of the second half that the stalemate of the game was broken. Totti took a free kick in the frontcourt. Juan inserted from the left and bypassed the opponent's defense. Five meters in front of the goal, heel A clever volley shot to score the goal!

In the next game, Reggie Regina tried to strengthen the offense to equalize the score, and also played a few beautiful offensives, but when the game progressed to the 85th minute, their hopes were finally shattered, Cicinho right A low pass from the road, Aquilani cleverly missed, Totti was 13 meters in front of the goal, and his right foot shot into the lower left corner, 2:0 to seal the victory.

Juventus, another team that is expected to compete for the championship this season, after two consecutive victories, faced Udinese in this game, and they also have the confidence to win.

Ranieri lined up all the main lineup, but replaced the suspended Zebina with Bilindelli. Trezeguet and Del Piero partnered in the striker line. The Frenchman is only one goal away from his Serie A goal. Iaquinta did not start.

But at the beginning, it was Udinese who took the initiative. The continuous attack made Juventus's penalty area constantly dangerous. After Juventus stabilized the situation, they also began to launch a counterattack.

But when the game progressed to the 20th minute, Juventus suffered a heavy blow. Camoranesi, who was in excellent form, suffered a muscle strain in his leg and was helped off by the staff. Degan's former teammate Nocerino came off the bench.

Without Camoranesi, the explosive point in the offensive system, Juventus's offensive gradually showed signs of silence. The two teams scored a goalless draw in the first half.

As a result, in the second half, the situation on the court changed suddenly. In less than 100 seconds, Udinese took the lead. Inle passed a header from the front of the penalty area in the middle, and Dosena volleyed in front of Criscito. , Di Natale scored with a header 10 meters in front of the goal, 1:0.

In the next game, Juventus launched a counterattack across the board, and Ranieri also made substitutions one after another, hoping to save the defeat, but overall, Juventus' offense still lacked penetration. But the counterattack was very impressive.

Near the end of the game, the biggest controversy of the game appeared. In the 89th minute, Iaquinta headed the ball into the far corner, but the referee decided that Del Piero pushed Korda first, and the goal was disallowed. Juventus collectively protested.

Juventus finally lost 0:1 at home.

The first defeat of the new season, and in an extremely painful way, Ranieri's team bitterly tasted the taste of the first defeat of the new season at their home court, and in the view of Turin "All Sports", Juventus's defeat this time is completely still paying a heavy price for the turmoil a year ago.

According to "All Sports", it is not the first time that Farina, the referee who enforced the Juventus-Udinese game, has severely targeted Juventus. He has canceled Juventus-related games before. Juventus' goals, ignoring penalties that should have been awarded, and once imposed a red card on Nedved.

In this game, his penalty at the last moment undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Juventus again. When commenting on Farina's law enforcement against Juventus in the game, "All Sports" used the words "use precise aiming" to accuse Farina of being picky about Juventus.

And said that although Udinese did show a better physical condition, but in addition, Juventus' final defeat was indeed inseparable from the two penalty blows Farina gave Juventus players, And his penalty also aroused the dissatisfaction of the Bianconeri.

However, it is useless for Juventus players to argue with the referee on the field. At present, the referee's principle of law enforcement in Juventus-related games has never been clearer, that is: when there are doubts about the penalty, Juventus should be judged. Opponents are in favor.

And this not only dissatisfied Juventus players, but also made Juventus fans feel isolated and deceived because of these controversial referee decisions.

In the last round of Serie A, in Juventus' away game against Cagliari, the referee also awarded two penalties to Juventus' opponents.

If the penalty in Sardinia at that time did not affect the final result, then the injustice suffered by Juventus in this game against Udinese completely bruised Ranieri's team .

However, the dissatisfaction of Juventus players and fans did not get the support of the Juventus club management. Respecting and paying attention to the moral norms, these polite gentlemen not only did not protest, but bowed humbly.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of the fans. They asked the club that although there was no need to overreact as in the era of the Big Three, Copoli and others should at least express their protest and become the protectors of the club's players.

Now Juventus is repaying their debts for their original mistakes, and the fact is the same. Whenever there is an unfavorable penalty on the field, the referees always turn to Juventus' opponents.

Juventus fans are protesting, but this time, no one is on their side. Although the referee's penalty is indeed unfair, more people still feel that the reason why Juventus is today is completely due to retribution .

"That's nothing surprising, and I don't think they should complain, because when they were taken care of like nannies, didn't those who suffered injustice get no compensation!?"

Degan, who was interviewed by the reporter, only left such a sentence. It can be heard that he has no good impression of Juventus at all.

"I don't want to discuss this issue now, because I have more important things to do, the Champions League, I think this is much more important than the Juventus shit!"