356 Who Had the Red Card? Part 2 (1/2)

”A penalty kick… Oh! This is too dramatic!” The commentator changed his tune in time as he saw that the referee did not point towards the penalty kick spot after he whistled. Instead, he ran towards Anelka, lying on the ground with his hand on his chest pocket.

Twain gaped in shock on the sidelines. He could hardly believe his eyes.

After a brief silence in the stands, a shrill jeering suddenly rang out.

The Forest players had originally rushed towards Anelka, ready to embrace him in celebration. But instead, they turned towards the referee midway.

Anelka jumped up from the ground when he saw the referee's hand reach into his chest pocket. He darted to the front of the referee and grabbed the referee's hand. He tried to push the yellow corner back into his pocket.

”I did not dive! They fouled! It's a foul!” He widened his eyes and argued. Usually aloof and detached on the field, the French striker suddenly became emotionally agitated. ”I'm not faking it! Damn…”

He knew what it meant if the referee pulled his hand out. But could he just stop the referee like that?

The referee jerked back by a step and broke free of Anelka's hands. With a grim expression, he pulled a yellow card out of his chest pocket.

”This is Anelka's second yellow card of the game!”

The Forest players surrounded the referee to try to stop him from pulling out the other colored card. Anelka was stunned for a second, and suddenly frantically wanted to rush into the crowd. But he was tightly held back by his two French compatriots, Ribéry and Chimbonda. They did not know what would happen if Anelka rushed in. But it was frightening to look at his ferocious expression.

”I did not dive! I did not! I did not do a damn dive!” Anelka, who was being held tightly, roared outside the crowd. But he could not change anything.

A hand raised in the crowd. At the top was a red card, a bright red which was brighter than the Forest team's jersey.

Everyone looked up at the red card, including Anelka.

When he saw the red card, he suddenly stopped the senseless shouting and quieted down.

”Red card! Leave the field!”

Ribéry and Chimbonda felt that Anelka suddenly no longer struggled within their grip. So they slowly released their grip. But they still hung around closely, just in case.

Anelka suddenly sneered and then turned to leave the field.

The hissing over the City Ground stadium was deafening. No other sound could be heard.