He felt a bitterness he couldn't express. How could he have predicted that Navas would charge ahead at high speed when he was receiving the ball with his back?
Bonucci steadied himself, suppressed the frustration in his heart, and turned his gaze to his teammate, the defensive midfielder Marchisio.
"Why didn't you retreat then? When I moved forward, you should have retreated to cover my position as the center-back!" He tried to make his tone sound less angry, but it was still hard to hide his dissatisfaction.
Marchisio was equally aggrieved, with unspoken bitterness.
As soon as the goal was lost, he rushed to the referee, complaining that Tang Long blocked his retreat path.
But in such situations, even if the referee saw it, they wouldn't easily enforce the penalty.
Because Tang Long and he didn't form effective control over the ball at the time.
