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Otherwise... if he gets another red card, it’ll really be too late for anything.

Thus, San Remo sounded the horn for attack.

Lu Yang began to frequently attempt dribbles past opponents.

The success rate was extremely high.

Among them, Lu Yang gave Talista a good pass, but Talista missed the shot.

This alerted Bayern.

There’s no need to pursue and attack recklessly anymore.

Previously, they went all out on offense, trying to create an exaggerated score.

Who knew San Remo would defend so resolutely in the second half, and Bayern hadn’t scored this half.

Seeing the match nearing its end, Bayern wasn’t insisting on a big score anymore and started to retract defensively at the head coach’s reminder, preparing to conserve energy for cup celebration later.

In the eighty-first minute, as Bayern retreated, San Remo pressed forward, nothing needed to be said as they needed to score.

Bai Zhami demonstrated his value and directly bypassed Tiger, then cut inside.

Gatman quickly shifted inward, and Santos also came to cover.

Before the two closed in, Bai Zhami made an outside-foot chip pass, sending the ball toward the right front.

Gatman slid for the shot but was a step too late.

Bai Zhami was brought down by Gatman.

Lu Yang made a successful off-ball cut on the right, received the ball, made a push and a cut.

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The sound of the whistle.

But Lu Yang couldn’t stop his movements.

His left leg was already prepared, stretched fully, not kicking would easily strain the thigh muscles.

Because if you don’t release the force, you have to withdraw it.

And abruptly withdrawing force is most likely to cause injury to the body.

Moreover... in such a split-second event, where’s the time to think?

A punch thrown, a foot kicked, a slap given, in these uncontrollable moments of impulse, everyone has experienced.

The ball went into the net.

But the goal was invalid.

Because the main referee had blown the whistle beforehand, and the gesture he made was... offside!

Apple caught Lu Yang offside again.

However, the larger reason was still limited by Bai Zhami’s passing ability.

That was the limit with his outside-foot, switching to Morici might have had a better outcome.

”Hey! Why did you shoot when the whistle had already blown?” Santos immediately charged towards Lu Yang, simultaneously exchanging looks with Apple, Bauer, and others.

The next moment, Bayern players rushed over one after another.

With the popularization of VAR technology, referees have slowed their offside calls, allowing offside players to attempt completing a strike.

The intent is to prevent incorrect calls from ruining a good scoring opportunity, which is beneficial for offensive football, even though there’s a chance a player might get injured defending such an offside offense.

But before VAR was widespread, shooting after an offside call was considered a provocation to the main referee and the opposing players.

Santos knew that Lu Yang had a yellow card already, and if he could exert pressure to get Lu Yang another yellow card...

Though winning or losing wasn’t important for Bayern anymore, as they were bound to win.

Yet Santos’s performance in this match was far from satisfactory.

He felt a bit like ”Bayern Naji.”

Most of Lu Yang’s offside goals, assists to Talista’s goal, and Bai Zhami’s recent pass were opportunities found right in front of Santos.

Santos could feel he was being targeted by San Remo.

And they had targeted correctly.

This made him very angry.

Am I really a pushover?

Thus, Santos was more than willing to show some color to the players of San Remo.

The main referee also walked over.

Santos’s thoughts were well understood by Talista.

In playing such tricks, Talista considered himself to be at the king level.

He directly charged at Santos, loudly shouting: ”He was just protecting himself; stopping suddenly in the middle of a shooting motion can easily strain the thigh!”

”Moreover, before the offside, you clearly fouled! Bai Zhami is still lying on the ground, what did you do to him?”

Santos was left bewildered and misled: ”I didn’t do anything to him.”

Talista’s face turned red: ”Still dare to argue? You clearly collided him! Not to mention your right back, that sliding tackle was way too harsh, definitely a red card offense!”

Upon hearing the word red card, Gatman instantly reacted angrily: ”Are you the referee? Who do you think you are? Whatever you say goes? We’re ahead three-zero, move back to your half for defense or we’ll score three more on you.”

”F*ck! Damn jungle!” Talista charged at Gatman, didn’t throw a punch but puffed out his chest.

Standing at five-foot-eight, weighing a hundred forty-five pounds, Gatman couldn’t withstand Talista’s bump?

Straight down he went.

Santos saw and leapt out, colliding with Talista.

Talista’s head preemptively braced against Santos’s chin, a bit of force and Santos would need a dental fix!

In the past, Talista might have done it.

But... since being defeated by Lu Yang in the crowning match of the Italian D Division, which allowed San Remo to turn things around, Talista’s understanding of when to take a card had become clearer.

So he didn’t do it, because he still wanted to stay on the pitch.

Sure enough, this dispute directly attracted the main referee’s attention.

Originally heading to Lu Yang, the main referee redirected to Talista’s direction and drew out a yellow card from his pocket.

He then proceeded to warn both Gatman and Santos.

This storm persisted for more than a minute.

On the sidelines, the staff held up the substitution card.