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49-year-old Inzaji roared and protested! 2 huge controversy: Penalty shot turned into a fake fall and was eliminated with an unjust

10:42am, 5 July 2025【Football】

In the early morning of July 5, the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, Riyadh Crescent vs. Fruminense. 1-2, Asia's only seedling new moon is not expected to continue to be upset. However, Xinyue was not convinced. 49-year-old coach Inzaji roared and protested: In this game, Xinyue encountered at least two penalty controversies!

The quarter-finals of the Club World Cup are defined as "the battle of dark horses". In the 1/8 final, New Moon fought hard to eliminate the favorite Manchester City 4-3 in overtime; Frumenense defeated the Champions League runner-up Inter Milan 2-0. The Orlando Camping World Stadium has 43,091 spectators witnessing the birth of the first four teams in the Club World Cup. In the first half, Martinelli broke the deadlock for Fruminense; in the change of sides, Leonardo equalized the score. In the 70th minute, Heckles scored the winning goal, and Fruminense narrowly eliminated Riyadh Crescent 2-1. Judging from the data and scenes, Xinyue is not at a disadvantage. Regarding the elimination, the entire New Moon team is more dissatisfied and angry!

The Dutch referees Markle and VAR in this game co-directed the controversial drama:

In the 45th minute, Riyadh Crescent's attack, Ruben Neves made a cross from the right, and Fruminense's Shaville brought down Crescent center Leonardo. The referee called a penalty immediately! The Fruminense player was very excited and surrounded the referee and signaled that Leonardo was a fake fall.

VAR intervened, and referee Malek confirmed after watching the video replay that there was no penalty kick. The statement given by Malek was: "After watching the replay on the court, I don't think there was a foul."

The referee canceled the penalty, and the whole team of New Moon was furious! Milinkovic and Ruben Neves glared and expressed their protest to the referee.

This is one of the controversies in this game. In the 90+7th minute, controversy appeared on the court again:

Riyadh Crescent's corner kick offensive formed chaos in the penalty area, and Kulibali was hugged by the defensive player from behind, which was one of the suspected fouls. At the bottom line, Hamdara headed the ball hard, and Kulibali shot with his left foot in the air. The crescent centre-back immediately stood up and prepared to control the ball. Fruminense defender stretched out his foot to intercept, and Kulibali fell to the ground!

This time, referee Markle called out Coolibali for fake falls, not only did he not have a penalty kick, but also showed a yellow card to warn Coolibali! New Moon coach Xiao Inzaji was furious and ran away on the sidelines, roaring to protest!

The penalty kick dispute occurred at the last moment of the first half, and there was another penalty dispute before the end of the game. Riyadh Crescent was the one who "suffered" and was sentenced to fake falls twice. It's no wonder that Inzaghi was so angry: if one of the penaltys was good for the new moon, the outcome of the game could change...

Riyadh Crescent was eliminated and returned home, and their dark horse path was also at the end. Even so, the record of New Moon's reaching the top 8 of the Club World Cup is worthy of praise and respect.