In stark contrast to the excited Madrid Kings players, the Manchester Athletic players were all dejected, and some were so painful and disappointed that they lay on the ground with their hands covering their faces.

Although it was not the last moment of the game, losing the ball at this time also caused a heavy blow to the mentality of Manchester Athletic players.

When Melly shot, Chen Xingyi got up from the ground.

Seeing Melli score, he almost sat back down again.

Fortunately, he finally put his hands on his knees to support his body and prevented himself from actually sitting down.

"This ball...oh!"

Facing this lost ball, He Feng was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

His inner emotions were very complicated, and he could only console himself by saying, "At least Chen Xingyi doesn't have to miss the national team's training camp."

At this moment, the broadcast camera suddenly cut from the celebrating and sad players to the referee.

I saw him holding the headset with his hand and talking about something...

Everyone will understand instantly when they see this picture.

He Feng, who was still depressed just now, immediately shouted: "The referee is communicating with the video referee team! There is a problem with this ball! Could it be... offside?"

Yan Kang also helped by saying: "I guess Mendy Paye was offside when he caught the ball!"

There was no problem when Melly received the ball. Everyone could see clearly that he was not offside.

So if anything could have gone wrong, it was when Melly passed the ball to Mendy Payet.

The Madrid Kings players, who were celebrating the goal crazily, also stopped, turned around, and looked in the direction of the referee in shock.

The Manchester Athletic players, who were still in a low mood before, also became nervous and looked at the referee nervously.

The noise in the stands has been reduced a lot. Both the home team fans and the away team fans are quiet, waiting for the fate to be pronounced.

The referee did not keep everyone waiting for too long. It only took a short time for him to end the communication with the video referee team and make the final penalty:

I saw him standing there, with one hand raised high and the other flat, pointing to the middle of the Manchester Athletic penalty area... That was exactly where Mendy Paye caught the ball just now!

Immediately afterwards, the television broadcast also provided slow-motion replays of key moments.

When Melly knocked down Chen Xingyi and then pushed the football to Payet, the scene was frozen.

With the help of auxiliary lines generated in real time, every TV viewer can see that Mendy Paye is indeed slightly offside - half of his foot is trailing behind and is in an offside position!

"Offside! Offside! When Melly passed the ball to Paye, Paye was offside! This is... half a foot offside!"

"Due to Payet's offside, Melli's goal was invalid and the score was still tied at 3:3! The buzzer-beater was not established!"

Following the commentators' exclamation, huge cheers instantly erupted from the shuttle field.

The Madrid Kings players who were cheering just now put on "pain masks" in response to this sudden change.

Some people ran to the referee, while others went to the linesman, wanting to discuss their different opinions on offside with them.

Mendy Payet was particularly excited. He yelled at the referee and shook his finger desperately to indicate that he was not offside.

As the captain, Melly did not join in the "siege" on the referee.

He stood there, looking at the referee and then the linesman. The dull expression on his face had not completely dissipated.

From the cloud of happiness when the opponent is defeated to the bottom of the quagmire where the first goal is invalid due to offside, even a experienced player like Melli can hardly withstand such a huge psychological gap for a while...

While the Madrid players were "besieging" the referee, the Manchester Athletic players cheered and celebrated the aftermath of the disaster.

Chen Xingyi, who had been holding on to his body just now, fell down on the turf. His whole body seemed to have collapsed, and he no longer had any strength.
Chapter completed!