When the game reached the 72nd minute, Barcelona's right-back Alves stepped forward to assist. He first broke through Zaza, who was returning to defense, and then made a cross from the wing. Sanchez received and shot in front of the goal, but this attack did not pose a threat to Sampdoria's goal. The football was firmly held in Romero's arms.

Just as Romero got up and wanted to throw the football out and quickly counterattacked, he heard a harsh whistle.

The German referee Felix Bruch, who called for the game, quickly ran to the penalty area.

Romero's ball was not able to be thrown out, he held it in his hand and looked at the referee strangely.

The players on both sides were also a little surprised, standing there, not understanding what was going on.

However, Barcelona fans were a little excited. Is the referee planning to give Barcelona a penalty?

Although they didn't see it, it must have been Sampdoria's player who had a foul in the penalty area just now!

The Sampdoria fans also felt their hearts rising and they looked inside the field nervously.

At this moment, Bruch ran to the penalty area. He came to the place where God Sanchez had just passed, raised his arm and faced Sampdoria's goal.

Caresa exclaimed: "Indirect free kick in the penalty area? Bruci actually awarded an indirect free kick in Barcelona in a penalty area?! Why is this?!"

The Sampdoria players also understood the referee's gesture. They surrounded them in dissatisfaction to appeal and protest, and booed in the stands.

Bruci told those Sampdoria players that before Romero got the ball, it touched the foot of central defender Alberto Masi, so this was a defender's goalkeeper's ball. According to the rules, the goalkeeper cannot catch the pass with his hands, and it is considered a foul if he touched it.

At the same time, the TV broadcast also gave a slow-motion replay of the moment just now.

It can be clearly seen from the slow motion that Masi did get a football.

"But this shouldn't be an indirect free kick...Masi obviously subconsciously extended his foot to block it while defending. He was defensive, not deliberately passing the goalkeeper back, and he shouldn't be awarded a free kick!" Caresa whined for Sampdoria.

"This penalty is really inexplicable..." He Ping shook his head, "Masi didn't deliberately pass the football back, it was the football touching his leg, and there was a slight change of direction... If this is the judgment, will the defensive players dare to extend their legs to intercept the opponent's shot in the future? Or if the defender stretches out his legs to block the ball, even if the football flies towards the goal, will the goalkeeper not be able to stop it?"

Sampdoria coach Di Francesco was also angry at the penalty, chattering on the sidelines, eventually attracting a fourth official who warned him to shut up or he would be sent to the stands.

Di Francesco immediately frightened.

The Sampdoria players on the court had no result in arguing. With the referee's constant gesture, Zhihao stepped back.

"... Because Sampdoria goalkeeper Romero received the pass back, Barcelona won the indirect free kick in the penalty area. This is an excellent opportunity for us to take the lead and break the deadlock!" The Catalonia TV commentator was excited and said with anticipation.

In the media seat, Italian journalists and Catalan journalists started to argue about whether the ball was a foul.

"This is not a foul!" the Italian journalist shouted in English, waving his arms.

"Then you have to ask the referee. The referee made the penalty, and he said that's it!" replied the Catalan reporter.

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After some intense arrangements, the Sampdoria player set up a wall of people in front of the goal.

Since Massi was on the goal area when he encountered football, the penalty spot for this indirect free kick was on the goal area, only 5.5 meters away from the goal line, which is six yards.

The danger is predictable when shooting at such a close distance.

Logically speaking, the man wall must retreat to 9:15 meters, but the indirect free kick in the penalty area is very special. The football is only 5:5 meters away from the goal line. If the man wall retreats to 9:15 meters, even if they block the football, the ball will also enter.

Therefore, the rules allow the human wall to retreat to the door line in this case, even if the distance is less than 9.15 meters.

Sampdoria's man wall stood in front of the goal, and they blocked the left side of the goal and gave the right side to goalkeeper Romero.

Barcelona has arranged free throwers, and three people stood around the football, including Messi, Neymar, and Sanchez, but the ten people who shot in the end would be Messi, because he is the one who stood in the center of the three.

"Listen to me! Listen to me, after a while, you will rush out and rush towards the football! Block their shot!" Captain Sampdoria in the wall, central defender Gastadro, loudly reminded his teammates. "Do you understand?!"

"I understand!" The Sampdoria player in each wall replied loudly.

Each of them protected their hearts with one hand and the other with the crotch with the other, with a nervous and serious expression.

Gao Zheng is also among the human wall. He is tall, and joining the human wall can effectively increase the height of the human wall and prevent the opponent from kicking the football in from the human wall.

After both sides were ready, referee Bruchy exited the penalty area and then blew the whistle!

Almost as the whistle sounded, Sampdoria's wall rushed out with a blast, all rushing towards the football.

It was also at this time that Messi in front of the ball gently rubbed the football, and the Brazilian Neymar next to him did not assist, but directly swung his feet and shot!

A bang!

The football flew towards the goal against the turf!

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

In the blink of an eye, the football passed through the scattered Sampdoria players and drilled through the gap between them!

Then fly into the goal!

The human wall failed to block the powerful shot, and goalkeeper Romero was powerless...

"Nemar!! He equalized the score for the team!" The Catalonian narrator roared excitedly.

"Oh!!" Caresa held her head with her hands, "Sampdoria conceded the ball! They failed to stop the indirect free kick in Barcelona in the penalty area!"

"Barcelona used a controversial penalty to equalize the score... The situation became unfavorable to Sampdoria..." He Ping said it very directly. He believed that this goal should not have happened because the indirect free kick in the penalty area should not have appeared at all. It was not a foul that received the pass back.

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Neymar, who scored the goal, opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area to dance. Messi was the first to run up to hug him and celebrate, while other Barcelona players followed.

The background for them was the Sampdoria players who were intertwined with frustration and anger.

After conceding the ball, someone still went to the referee Bruch to argue that they believed that the free kick was a mistake.

Berardi also wanted to go, but he was grabbed by Gao Zheng: "Don't go, Domenic."

Berardi tried hard to break free from Gao Zheng: "That bastard referee was deliberately trying to equalize the score for the opponent! He was bullying us for the first time in the Champions League! This bitch..."

Gao Zheng quickly covered his mouth: "Stop talking! Do you want to be banned for three more games?"

Berardi was stunned for a moment, thinking of his three bans in the league, and stopped struggling, but he was still very unwilling to accept it and stared at the German referee Bruch with an angry look.

Gao Zheng did not blindfold his eyes this time. After a few seconds, he felt that Berardi in his arms softened, and then he let go of his hand.

"I'm not willing..." Berardi muttered in a low voice. "We're obviously evenly matched with them, because of a bad punishment, our efforts were wasted... I'm not willing!"

"This is normal, Domenic, anything can happen in football games." Gao Zheng comforted him.

Berardi turned his head to look at him: "Aren't you angry? Gao? Don't you feel frustrated?"

"I'm angry, of course I'm angry."

"You are lying, you are clearly laughing."
Chapter completed!