I Want to Go Out There and Get Revenge!

When Yang Yang dropped back to receive the ball and turned to shake off his marker, Valladolid midfielders Lazaro and Nivaldo closed in on him from both sides. Lazaro struck out first, committing a foul as he tried to tackle the ball away from Yang Yang.

Yang Yang reacted faster, sending the ball forward a step ahead of him, but Lazaro still tripped him and sent him crashing to the ground.

Just then, Nivaldo, who had arrived a step late, suddenly stuck out his foot and stomped hard with his right boot on the lower part of Yang Yang's left leg, just below the knee. The foul was extremely well hidden. After stomping down forcefully, he quickly pulled his foot back.

The referee may have been distracted by the ball Yang Yang had passed, so his attention was not on Yang Yang. On top of that, the noise from the stands was deafening. He did not hear Yang Yang's scream of pain or call the foul. It was only when Xabi Alonso shouted for a teammate to kick the ball out of play that the forty-five-year-old Spanish referee noticed what was happening to Yang Yang.

By then, Yang Yang had fallen to the ground and was clutching his left leg, writhing in agony.

Referee Mejuto González quickly ran over. He first looked suspiciously at Lazaro and Nivaldo, who were standing on either side of Yang Yang, then saw Yang Yang rolling around in pain. Bending down, he asked with concern, "What happened?"

Yang Yang pointed at his left foot, but he was still in too much pain to speak. His whole body trembled.

Lazaro and Nivaldo both wore innocent expressions. The latter shook his head vigorously. "I don't know. He just suddenly fell down."

The situation had changed in the