Chapter 60: The Curse of the Judge

Arsenal is a strong team in the Premier League, which is still relatively eye-catching.

First of all, their style of play is quite beautiful, one of the typical representatives of modern pass-and-control football, and the style of play is very gorgeous.

Secondly, their record has been relatively stable. Although they are no longer as confident as a few years ago, they still manage to maintain their position in the top four of the league every year and reach the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Their home games will naturally attract a large number of fans and supporters, even if the current opponents who are coming to challenge Wigan Athletic are not very good.

Li Xuan spent a lot of pounds with his family to buy a seat closer to the front row and near the aisle, and then he was ready to enjoy the Premier League game up close.

As with most football matches, the pre-match ceremonies in the Premier League are similar to those elsewhere, with no particular differences.

Li Xuan personally thinks that in the Emirates Stadium, the only different aspect before the start of the game should be that the ceremonies and activities are slightly more beautiful and atmospheric, and it should be that the Arsenal side is trying to reflect the benefits of this modern top stadium as much as possible.

Then, the game quickly began amid the singing and warm applause of tens of thousands of fans at the scene.

Li Xuan then suddenly woke up and found that the supportive attitude of the fans at the Emirates Stadium to participate in the game was really different from the football fans in China!

It's not that Chinese football fans don't understand football and don't love football games, it's just that they haven't formed a certain habitual fan viewing culture.

But in England, at least at the Emirates Stadium for now, Li Xuan immediately discovered a certain tacit understanding of the fan organization here, as well as the various styles of on-site cheering methods they are proficient in, especially the team cheering behavior of constantly singing together, which is very new to Li Xuan.

Whether it's a fan of the home team Arsenal or a fan of the away team Wigan Athletic, they are very good at making the most effective on-the-spot support response for the team they support.

Of course, Li Xuan's attention was not always looking for the difference in Premier League football, nor did he stay on the fans for too long, he was soon attracted by the live game.

I have to say that Arsenal's team's technical and tactical play is really beautiful and tacit, pleasing to the eye, very elegant, and vividly shows the charm of football in terms of offensive technology.

The more Li Xuan looked, the more he enjoyed such an offensive style, which completely exposed his true background as an Arsenal fan.

It's a pity, it's a pity that Arsenal at this stage can't do as well as they could in terms of defense.

Perhaps by putting more energy into the tireless, tireless, and even overly complex offensive side, they lacked focus on defense. Or in Arsene Wenger's dictionary, he doesn't pay enough attention to defense, and with his gentle and stubborn personality, the team simply doesn't have the temperament of iron-blooded defense.

Even when facing a relegation team like Wigan Athletic at home, Arsenal did not do a quick and thorough timely strangulation of the opponent, but instead gave the opponent many dangerous counterattack opportunities.

As a result, the rhythm of the game was not smoothly controlled by Arsenal, and their mentality of abusing vegetables was unbalanced, and then they gradually became anxious, and involuntarily further relaxed their emphasis on defense. As a direct result, the game is getting bigger and bigger, the players on both sides run extremely fast, and the offensive and defensive transitions are often formed in an instant, and the scene is extremely fierce and lively!

Li Xuan habitually complained about Arsenal's lack of strength, but he was still quite happy looking forward to what could happen in such a crazy situation in the field.

Sure enough, soon, the scene of the live game really changed!

However, when Li Xuan and the majority of fans at the scene quickly looked over, they found that a linesman was out of balance due to several consecutive crazy switchbacks and runs, and the amount of exercise was too large, and he actually hit a player's body directly, and then it seemed that there was a serious tragic situation of fracture!

At that moment, not only was there an uproar at the scene, but Li Xuan himself was also suddenly a little speechless, and he almost immediately remembered that people had joked that he had a powerful curse ability that prevented other referees from having accidents.

He was just watching the game today, and he didn't expect to encounter such a special accident. And the referee on the field seems to be his old acquaintance, Webb, a famous whistle in the Premier League who experienced similar referee problems in the World Cup final!

The more Li Xuan thought about this situation, the more amazing he felt. Unfortunately, after carefully conceiving any specific and reasonable explanation, he had to first give a small blessing to the hapless linesman, and then feel a little happy for the fourth official who was about to appear on the field.

The linesman who was injured and fractured was quickly sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and the fourth official immediately put on the field, and there was no fourth official for the game for the time being, and it is estimated that the referee Webber may have his own special response plan.

Li Xuan didn't dwell too much on these, cleaned up the mood of a little miracle, and continued to watch the follow-up games seriously.

The players on both sides of the pitch were not affected by the referee's injury, and they continued to play at their best according to the previous rhythm.

Arsenal is at home, and for the sake of face and the support of more home fans, they must continue to attack and not have any retraction.

It's just that Wigan Athletic has obviously seized Arsenal's impatient mentality, and after doing a rough defense of Arsenal's passing and controlling play, they also boldly used the-stirring ability of the frontcourt players to continue to counterattack as quickly as ever.

The battle scene of the game is still quite fast and open.

Then, as the game continued to deepen, and into the latter part of the second half, most of the starters on both sides showed signs of serious decline due to excessive consumption.

The professional football players are almost unbearable, and the referees who are older on the field must be extremely uncomfortable.

It may be that he hasn't been a linesman for too long, and he frantically turned back and ran, and the fourth official who came on as a substitute in the back actually ran to the back, and the whole person was in a serious state of prostration, and he couldn't insist on enforcing the game again!

The entire Emirates Stadium was in an uproar and sensation again!

Fans couldn't help but look at each other, and they had never seen two referees in a row unable to finish the game. What can I do now, will the game have to be temporarily suspended at the 80-minute mark?

A lot of people are talking, looking forward to speculating about the next choice of referee Webb.

Although the head coaches of both sides were also speechless, they still took advantage of the rare interruption of the game due to accidents, hurriedly let the players rest more, and then took the opportunity to arrange tactics, and also waited for the final arrangement of the referee.

In the face of countless people's expectations, Webb, the referee who experienced the big scene of the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa, suddenly contacted the announcer of the Emirates Stadium directly after thinking for a while.

Immediately afterwards, there was a radio sound in the sky above the Emirates Stadium that surprised the fans: "Please go down to the stadium as soon as possible and meet the referee Webb!" ”