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Leinker said it right, teams that waste opportunities will indeed be retribution. Especially in the extremely cruel knockout stage, no matter what the reason Haji missed this single shot, the Romania he played for will pay the price for this waste of opportunities.

After all, in the knockout stage, the two teams against them will basically not expose too many flaws to their opponents, so every opportunity is extremely valuable to them, because wasting one of them is likely to give their opponents more hope of winning!

Sure enough, in the following time, although this Romanian legend created several good scoring opportunities, Mutu and Moldovan were unable to grasp it under the careful care of Nesta and others. Moreover, it seemed that the shot lost the single shot that was almost certain to affect Haji's mood. In the second half of the first half, Haji played Toti who was controlling the ball in the frontcourt during a return to defense and received a yellow card.

Romania also seized the opportunity to break through its own goal because of this free kick attached to the yellow card!

Albertini's free kick was pushed by Vieri in the crowd. Although Stellani, who was guarding the goal, made a save at the first time to block the ball outside the goal, he had no way to save the team again. Da Inzaghi, who appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, pierced through the Romanian goal with a supplementary shot, helping the Italian team break the deadlock on the court!

The loss of the city gate forced the Romanian players to launch an offensive after re-telephone, trying to equalize the score before the end of the first half. However, the Romanian players' actions hit the Italians' thoughts. After the black and cunning Italian players made a defensive counterattack, waiting for their opponents to pass by and throw themselves into the net.

Therefore, in the last period of the first half, the Romanian players who had to choose to take the initiative actively invested in the offense while also being nervously guarded against Italy's counterattack, so as not to fail to attack and be defeated by the opponent.

As it turns out, the concerns of Romanian players are not redundant. In the 41st minute of the first half, Monteyanu's pass to Moldovan was intercepted by Antonio Conte, who then kicked the ball directly into the frontcourt with a long pass! In the frontcourt, Vieri easily squeezed away Galca behind him, and pushed the ball towards Toti, who was inserted into the attack from behind him!

Taking advantage of Galka's chance to be blocked by Vieri, Toti, who successfully counterattacked, accelerated with the opportunity and dribbled the ball into the Romanian penalty area before someone came! One-on-one!

Facing Stellani who abandoned the goal, Totti, who also got a one-on-one chance, made a different choice from Haji. The Roman prince shot a low ball in the run, and the ball passed through Stellani's open arms and then plunged into the goal behind him!

2-0! Italy further expanded its lead before the end of the first half!

If experienced Romanian players can still deal with it calmly when facing a goal behind, then the current situation of falling behind by zero to two undoubtedly makes them become impatient - after all, if the opponent is Italy, it will be quite difficult for Romania to turn the tables.

In desperation, Haji, who was the most flexible, made his mind a fake fall. He planned to create a penalty kick in this way to help the team recover the score. If he is lucky, he might even be able to fight one less person. Although this method is more risky and he was caught by the referee and basically couldn't escape a red card, Haji had no other choice. Italy, which led the score, could not easily conquer the fortress.

However, this time, God did not favor the Romanian superstar. When Haji, who was driving through the ball, fell headlong into the Italian penalty area along Zambrota's outstretched arm, what he got was not the long-awaited penalty kick, but a bright red card!

"Mr. Referee, have you made something wrong?" Out of confidence in his acting skills, Haji, who pretended to be innocent, tried to make the judge in black change the penalty, "Why should I give me a red card? It was the Italian defender who committed the foul!"

Hearing Haji say this, Zanbrotta glared at the other party with his eyes blazing, thinking how could there be such a shameless person? I just touched your jersey and saw you fall to the ground. I thought you just didn't stand firm, but I didn't expect you to be the idea of ​​cheating on the penalty kick...

"Come on, Mr. Haji." The referee of this game, Vitor Pereira from Portugal, was not fooled, but explained in front of Haji with dissatisfaction. "I can see everything that happened on the court just now. I don't think that a finger of Mr. Zambrota has such great strength. It's just that you can put you on the ground just after you touch your jersey. So, this is an unquestionable fake fall. Please leave the court as soon as possible and do not interfere with the normal progress of the game. If you have any dissatisfaction or questions about my punishment, please submit a written report to the European Cup Organizing Committee or UEFA Discipline Committee through regular procedures after the game."

Seeing the referee explaining so clearly and clearly, Haji, who realized that his tricks were seen through, no longer had the desire to continue to be entangled. Because he knew that he no longer had the ability to reverse the team's fate of being eliminated. If he continued to mess around, it would only damage his reputation in football over the years.

"My era is over. Romania will be supported by you two boys in the future." Haji glanced at Ziwo and Mutu who were staying on the court, and said in his heart, "I hope you can carry the banner left by us old guys in the future and not let Romania disappear on the stage of the international competition."

Then, Haji said goodbye to his teammates amid the blessings of Romanian fans, then walked off the court and returned to the locker room along the player's passage. Now, all he can do is to pray for his teammates and team off the court, hoping that the miracle will happen.
Chapter completed!