Chapter 435: Den Derby

Li Xuan has been working as an actor in Hollywood before, which is obviously not very short. From accepting the invitation to the All-Star Weekend in mid-February, to switching back and forth between major Hollywood movie crews in the future, many days have passed in an instant.

In addition, he has just gone on vacation for a while, so it is the end of April 2014.

The entire European football tournament has naturally entered various key battles again, and they are approaching the end, and even some leagues have decided the final champion in advance.

Compared with the previous selective enforcement game, now in this kind of major football leagues are coming to an end, and the Champions League competition has gradually reached the critical situation of the last few giants to fight for each other. Li Xuan, as a very popular top star referee in European and even world football, will inevitably have a lot of personal work tasks.

In fact, whether it is the World Football Confederation, or the Asian Football Confederation, or even the European Football Confederation and other football management of various power struggles, all kinds of football leaders go up and down, all kinds of new and old policies emerge in an endless stream, and clever tricks are constantly flashing. However, these many complicated changes in the administrative policy management of the Football Association obviously have nothing to do with Li Xuan, who is just a simple football referee, and they do not affect him at all.

Moreover, Li Xuan, who has huge commercial value and a first-class level of law enforcement, will always be reused enough, which is almost the inevitable first choice of all football leaders and associations with brains.

This is also why, when Li Xuan is now enforcing football matches, he already has an extremely strong independent choice, and he does not need to accept the mandatory orders and tasks of various football associations.

On the contrary, those football associations are vying to expect Li Xuan to enforce the law, and they often have very friendly and polite negotiations with him, hoping that Li Xuan can appear in their respective leagues with a glamorous identity and brilliance, bringing stronger attention, hot topics, and even commercial value.

Of course, out of work habits and personal hobbies, after returning to Europe in time, Li Xuan put his latest law enforcement opportunity directly on the field of the Premier League.

Yes, as a fan of the Premier League, especially a die-hard fan of Arsenal in north London, Li Xuan has never hidden his special love for Arsenal.

And Arsenal is about to go to Stamford Bridge at Stamford Bridge, one of the city's arch-rivals, Chelsea, to fight against the rising star of London City, the new giants, to fight for a place in the Champions League next season. At the same time, Arsenal and Chelsea each have a theoretical chance to compete for the Premier League title this season. In the face of such an important key event, how could Li Xuan miss it?

Therefore, before the game, he chose to join the FA's enforcement team for this game very openly, and he has always insisted on a fair, impartial and open work and penalty attitude, and he does not care that there may be some bad comments from some Blues or neutral fans.

Moreover, because the start time of this game was indeed relatively urgent, Li Xuan had just returned from vacation, and he had not completely reversed the jet lag in time, so he even took the initiative to ask to be the fourth official.

He is ready to experience the feeling of the game first, find out his personal form after not blowing a key game for many days, and then stand on the sidelines as the fourth official to watch this potentially exciting game.

In this game, the FA's original referee was Andre Marriner, a mature referee with a lot of experience in law enforcement. After learning that Li Xuan only asked for the identity of the fourth official, the FA went on to confirm that Andre Marriner would officiate the game as the referee.

In fact, after discovering that Li Xuan returned to the European arena in time and expressed his interest in this Arsenal vs Chelsea match. The FA simply replaced the fourth official according to Li Xuan's personal request, and the rest has not changed, and the referee Andre Marriner will certainly not have any opinions.

What's more, with Li Xuan's resounding fame and popularity in the World Football Federation, huge commercial value, and star-like identity, he was originally the heart of the FA. Referee Andre Marriner is not stupid, and it is impossible to have any opinions on Li Xuan, but he also took the initiative to say that it would be a pleasure to cooperate with Li Xuan as soon as possible.

Li Xuan did not intend to cover up the intention of referee Andre Marriner, if he really wanted to officiate this battle between Arsenal and Chelsea as a referee, I believe that the FA would be directly satisfied with him.

It's just that Li Xuan knew that due to the time difference, his personal physical condition had not yet reached the best, and he wanted to be a fan a little, so he was simply willing to be the fourth official standing on the sidelines.

Also, in the Premier League, or in the entire world football league, many times the referee and the fourth official, when facing different matches in a row, the two identities will often switch. This is the division of work in their different states, and it is not entirely based on personal qualifications to identify the incumbents.

The time for the official competition soon came in time.

Li Xuan, referee Andre Marriner, and two other assistant referees were in the Chelsea home lane, hugged the football used for the game, held the hands of the caddy, and led the two Premier League giants who were already in high spirits to appear on the field at Stamford Bridge!

The playing of the national anthem, the pre-match ceremonies, these situations almost all continue to come over as a routine. Li Xuan quickly returned to the football breath that seemed to exist naturally in the blood breath, and he had successfully returned to the identity of the referee, and his state was immediately adjusted!

Then, Li Xuan specially shook hands with the players on both sides in a friendly manner with several other colleagues.

Obviously, today's Li Xuan's fame and status are not necessarily smaller than those of the players on the scene. So whether it was the stars on both sides who shook hands with him excitedly and enthusiastically on the spot, or the fans on both sides who were watching around, they all treated him differently and paid special attention to him!

Soon, Li Xuan, as the fourth official, ran back to the edge of the court in time.

There, the respective managers of both teams, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, also took the initiative to come over to his special fourth official to shake hands or two, and show him a lot of respect.

And coach Wenger, who is more familiar with him, looked particularly dignified today, and even took the opportunity to pat him on the shoulder, as if deliberately hinting that he, as an Arsenal fan, acted as the fourth official today, and should ensure that Arsenal would not suffer in today's game decision.

"Tick ——!"

With the whistle of referee Andre Marriner, Li Xuan immediately adjusted his mood and entered this very important event.

The surrounding Stamford Bridge has finally changed from the "library-like" state described by Mourinho in the past, and completely broke out into a wave of frenzy!