"Grosso has done his part! Don't give the Australian team any chance. Great Italian left-back! He inherited the glorious traditions of Italy. Faccetti, Cabrini, Maldini are possessed in this moment! Grosso alone he represents the long history and tradition of Italian football, in this moment he is not alone in the fight, he is not alone!!!! ”
I believe that many people still remember the 1/8 final of the 2006 World Cup, in the match between Italy and Australia, Huang Jianxiang's last 4 minutes of this passionate commentary.
In the 3rd minute of injury time, left-back Grosso burst into the box and was brought down and the referee awarded a penalty. In the end, The Wolf King Totti made the ball steady in 1:0.
The Italian team persevered to the end in the second half when Materazzi was sent off by a red card, and also created a more classic game in the World Cup.
Personally, I am not very fan of the male model team at that time, after all, if it were not for Materazzi's stinky mouth in the final against France, the world champion would probably be France. There will be no lonely back on the side of the court.
The most infuriating thing is that the brother also wrote a book afterwards, "What Did I Say to Zidane", which recorded as many as 249 words that could infuriate Zidane.
Of course, we haven't read the book, and we don't know what was said at the time, but we're back to the point.
After Italy won, Huang Jianxiang was very excited, shouting "Long live Italy, they did not fall in front of Hiddink's team again." "It feels like there is a vendetta against Australia, and now that the revenge has been repaid, there are quite relieved remarks above."
"Hate" does exist
But not against Australia, but against Hiddink, the head coach of the Australian national team at the time
As a world-class coach, he led the Netherlands to the final four of the 1998 World Cup, and also led the Korean team to the final four during the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. This is South Korea's best result in the World Cup. The 2008 European Championship also took Russia to the final four. In 2018, he was hired to the national Olympic team as the manager. However, he was dismissed after a 1-1 draw with North Korea and a 0-2 loss to Vietnam.
Back in 2002, the Quarterfinals of the World Cup in Korea and Japan, South Korea vs. Italy.
Originally a game of abuse without suspense, it portrayed the darkest moment in the history of the World Cup for us
In the 3rd minute of the match, a defense by Koko brought down South Korean player Song Jong-kook.
In the ensuing free-kick scramble, the Italian players pulled people around, so referee Moreno directly awarded a penalty to the South Korean team.
Fortunately, the battle-hardened Buffon accurately saved the ball, and Italy temporarily turned the corner.
The first goal of the game came in the 17th minute.
Totti's left corner found Vieira inside the penalty area, who slammed the ball into the net.
Italy 1:0 Korea
Just as everything was going the way people had predicted, the game started to go wrong.
In the 42nd and a half minutes, South Korea had a corner kick opportunity.
Also in the penalty area, the Italian player Koko was hit in the eyebrow bone by the opponent and bleeding on the spot.
However, this action was not blown foul. Koko returned to the pitch after a simple bandage.
Time came to the 3rd minute of the second half
Let's take a look at the ugly faces of the South Korean players
Piero's one-time foul on the young master annoyed the young master, and he shouted "Assi" and waved his elbow at the other party without hesitation
It's just that the referee said that I just pull people to foul and hit people's technical actions to consult the boxing referee.
For a time, all kinds of bright shoe spikes, flying shovels, and the action of pulling people became bigger and bigger
The referee's blindness seems to have fueled the arrogance of these bandits even more
So the 34th minute
The angry South Koreans seem to have turned the stadium into a battlefield
But what is even more incomprehensible is that Li Tianxiu's incident of playing Maldini was actually regarded as a heroic deed by him and a group of domestic fans.
Toward the end of the second half, South Korea scored a goal to equalize.
The game went into extra time, but the darkness still didn't go away.
In the 9th minute, Li Tianxiu, who had probably already thought of a statement at the time, moved more and more, and a fatal flying kick was only exchanged for a yellow card warning
Watching the game get stuck in a stalemate, our referee, Moreno, finally amplified his move.
In the first half of extra time, Totti burst into the box with the ball and was brought down by Song Jong-kook at the beginning.
Just when all the spectators, including the commentator, thought that the penalty was to be awarded, Moreno walked towards Totti with a yellow card.
Two yellows turned red, and Totti was sent off.
In the face of protests from Dilivio and Vieri, the Ecuadorian referee chose to put his face on the board. The South Korean players on the side clapped their hands at the right time, as if mockingly, as if provocative.
Immediately after a one-stroke goal from Tomasi was blown offside
The Koreans got the victory they wanted.
After that, South Korean player Ahn Jung-hwan, who was playing for the Italian team Perugia at the time, was swept out of the house, and the South Korean player never appeared on the Italian stadium again.
Moreno also admitted in public that there was a mistake in the decision, but it has been a full 17 years.
Looking back at Huang Jianxiang's explanation now, it is more of a catharsis.
It's just about football, it's about faith.