Chapter 4 Enjoy the game
Li Xuan let the live game continue again, ending some unexpected episodes that had just happened.
The Brazilian team and the Ivory Coast team once again entered a stage of slight stalemate, with some offense and defense against each other, but it was very harmonious, making the game slowly and excitingly smooth.
Li Xuan, who acted as the referee, always looked very experienced, and did not seize the attention on the field again, so that the game returned to the essence of the competition between the athletes on both sides, and controlled the rhythm quite well.
However, at this moment, on the major sports forums in Huaxia, in addition to continuing to pay attention to the game, a considerable part of the fans' attention has gradually shifted to the young Li Xuan......
"I didn't expect that even the referee could be substituted, and it was worth it after watching the ball for so many years!"
"It seems that the referee is also a dangerous job. Haha, Li Xuan was really lucky, watching the game live. ”
"Who said that there are no Chinese people participating in this World Cup, isn't that it?"
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"The World Cup allows such a young Chinese referee, why don't I know?"
Li Xuan, 24 years old, the youngest member of the referee team in this World Cup, is a substitute into the team. ”
"Li Xuan is my junior high school classmate, and he once gave us a campus league law enforcement, I thought he was very talented in law enforcement, he was great!"
"The law enforcement is really tough, dare to blow off the Brazilian team's goal in the World Cup, and give the Brazilian team's goalscorer and the head coach a yellow card each, really awesome, the first person in Chinese football in this World Cup!"
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"Give yourself a yellow card, see who dares to dispute his penalty?"
"What about the Brazilian team, it still depends on my Chinese face!"
"In other words, how much does a referee like Li Xuan cost to enforce the law?"
"Upstairs, you're crooked, but Li Xuan is really handsome, like a star, why don't you go to the acting school and become a referee instead?"
"Stupid, when the referee can watch the game for free!"
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The attention of the World Cup is really strong, and after a while, all kinds of true and false information about Li Xuan were dug up, and it easily became the focus of discussion and became the talk of fans.
Then, many senior fans suddenly came to their senses and remembered that they had actually heard Li Xuan's name, he had broken various records in China to become a national-level referee, and he had also officiated many football matches in China, leaving some impressions on them.
It's just that the results of Chinese football in recent years are really bad enough, and the attention is very average, and the attention of the media is often on the players' lace news or the officials of the Football Association.
A young referee like Li Xuan, who rarely misjudges and has always controlled the law enforcement game smoothly and convincingly, was covered up by the game itself, which turned out to be low-key enough.
Of course, a qualified referee should be game-oriented, in addition to the necessary penalties and control in the game, to minimize his own presence. If you can make both sides of the game and even the fans ignore his presence, it is the best control of the game. Moreover, in the past, because Li Xuan was young and had no background, he deliberately tried to keep a low profile, so as not to cause more unnecessary trouble.
In any case, judging from the current situation of law enforcement on the field, Li Xuan did not disappoint the majority of Chinese fans, his level of control over the live game is really first-class, and he has a mature feeling that is completely inconsistent with his age.
Originally, some people were worried that Li Xuan would come off the bench to enforce the game, and his psychological quality might not be up to par, and he would get lost in the game of a strong team like Brazil and Ivory Coast, and be frightened by the big-name players on both sides and the momentum of the game itself.
But as time passed, these people's worries quickly dissipated, and they gradually sank back into the excitement and fluidity of the game itself.
Brazil played very aggressively, and the players felt that relying on just one goal in the first half was not a very safe score, so they began to increase their attacking intensity on the field.
The players, led by the world superstar Kaka, through a period of scheduling, suppressed the African elephant Ivory Coast team in their half and began to suppress it.
This is a rare sight for the Dunga team, which is known for its conservativeness, and Li Xuan, who is the chief referee, is a little shocked by this momentum.
During this time, he didn't need to run back and forth, he just needed to follow the players of the Brazilian team closely behind the enforcement game, which was a little easier and did not need to consume too much.
He watched the Brazilian players play with each other's delicate footwork and cooperation up close, and enjoyed it with pleasure. Although he did not have the talent to become a professional footballer in his life, it is a wonderful experience to be able to run on the same field with professional footballers, not to mention that this is still a five-star Brazilian team.
The only pity is that this Brazilian team is not the Brazilian team in its heyday, the star has faded, if all the superstar players such as aliens are on the field, I believe that the Ivory Coast team would have no power to beat it a long time ago.
Just when Li Xuan was a little distracted, there was a sudden change in the live game, and Kaka, the number one star of the Brazilian team, suddenly pulled aside!
Immediately afterwards, the Brazilian players immediately distributed the football to the left wing where Kaka was.
Kaka started as soon as possible, and as the chief referee, Li Xuan naturally couldn't be pulled too far, so as not to be unable to see some of the conditions on the scene.
Li Xuan followed Kaka's direction for a few steps, and saw Kaka with a football, quickly rushing along the left side, rushing forward, and starting a performance of personal ability.
Kaka is really strong, just a few light feints and speed changes, and successfully shook off the Ivory Coast defenders and killed the opponent's penalty area!
Another defender of the Ivory Coast team, who has barely made up for it at the moment, wants to force Kaka out of the line.
It was too late, it was too fast, Kaka turned around and moved the ball in the direction of the goal frame along the baseline, and the ball rolled near the baseline, and the easy ball shook off the defender's block.
At this time, Li Xuan subconsciously rolled his eyes again to mobilize the scene replay in his mind.
Kaka's ball was headed along the inside of the baseline towards the goal frame, did not cross the baseline, and was not out of bounds, so no penalty was awarded.
After Li Xuan made this clear, without any action, he saw Kaka successfully catch up with the football, followed by an emergency stop, a 45-degree diagonal sweep cross with his left foot, and in an instant, the football rolled along the turf at a very high speed to the right in front of the goal.
At the same time, the Brazilian player Elano, who was always running, slapped the horse in time and shot at the goal frame!
The ball went in and went straight into the net!
The whole process is extremely fast, but it has a bit of a fluffy taste.
The Brazilian team's cooperation this time was really exquisite, and the goal was quite chic and freehand. They are like a martial arts overlord who has long seen the mountains and small mountains, picking leaves and flying flowers, very dexterous, but killing people invisibly.
The Ivorian players' previous efforts did not pay off, and the score could not be recovered before they were beaten again, and they were already 2-0, two goals behind Brazil.
Li Xuan clearly witnessed the whole process, so he decisively took action at the first time, and pointed to the center circle point with his right arm, indicating that the goal was valid.
"Good!"
Although the vast majority of the fans at the scene were local African fans and purely watched the excitement, they still did not hesitate to applaud and cheer for the goals scored on the spot. As for the die-hard fans of the Brazilian team who gathered together, it was already more like entering a boiling iron pot at this moment, shouting, jumping, making noise, all kinds of madness, and the momentum seemed to be able to drive the vibration of the whole stadium!
And the players of the Brazilian team on the scene have already begun to celebrate frantically for the first time. Elano, the scorer, immediately ran towards Kaka, and the others followed, laughing and celebrating, hugging each other, not caring how much the other's sweat was already wet.
That's the beauty of football!
Li Xuan raised his eyes and looked at his watch, sighing slightly while recording the time consumed by the Brazilian players in celebration.
On the side of the Ivory Coast team, the players did not seem to be able to accept the unfavorable situation that the team was already two goals behind, and their dark faces were full of confusion and unwillingness.
Didier Drogba, the Ivory Coast striker and leader, had to work hard to boost the morale of his team-mates, shouting for them to cheer up and do it all over again.
Of course, Drogba did not forget to complain to Li Xuan, just now Kaka dribbled the ball along the bottom line, maybe the ball went out of bounds.
Li Xuan could fully understand Drogba's mentality, but he still shook his head with a smile and replied firmly: "No, it's a good ball." ”
In the end, Drogba reluctantly accepted the reality, and at his request, the Ivorian players returned to their positions with a tired look on their faces, while he himself walked to the centre circle and waited for the kick-off.
Seeing that the Brazilian players were almost celebrating at this time, Li Xuan decisively took a strong summon to let them end their celebration and return to the game.
Standing in the arc of the center circle and putting down the football, holding the whistle, Li Xuan faced the players with different expressions on both sides, and felt more and more that being a referee who controlled the whole field was really a wonderful job.