Lu Yang Happily Acquires "Champion"; the Match Only Starts Now

They had finally made their move!

They were going to... restrict Brazil's attack!

Or rather... they wanted to turn the final into a match with a more lenient standard of officiating!

"Defending!" Ortiz, who played in Spain, understood this situation better than anyone.

When Barcelona faced weaker teams, whether they could win did not depend on how either side performed, but on whether the referee's standard was strict or lenient.

If the officiating was strict, Barcelona could practically keep possession indefinitely. Winning would be far too easy.

But if the officiating was lenient, the opposition could commit all kinds of brutal fouls. Barcelona would not only struggle to win and retain possession, but would also be prone to injuries.

There was no biased officiating, nor was there match-fixing.

It was simply that every match had different standards.

Within the same match, the standard was the same for both sides.

Only when the two sides were judged by different standards in the same match did it count as biased officiating.

What Italy National Team wanted was a lenient standard of officiating.

To that end, they had practically mobilized the entire world!

"They deceived the whole world!" Gerando was preparing to watch the third-place match with a friend.

His friend did not understand.

Although the Italians had stirred up public opinion, those issues did indeed exist.

At most, it could be said that Italy had been exceptionally skillful, influential, and high-level in getting Zizo to confront that red card head-on.

It could not be called deception.

But that was not what Gerando meant by deception. He meant that... after beating the United States 9–0, England 5–1, and Argentina 7–1... after making the entire world believe their attack could rival Brazil and France National Team, or perhaps even surpass them... Italy had abandoned