Chapter 62 Enforcement of the Premier League
"Is he okay, just here watching the game with me, and now he has already run to the sidelines to be a referee, and the referee, Mr. Webb, agreed?"
Just next to the stand seat where Li Xuan's family watched the game before, there was a middle-aged British fan, who was still a little incredulous after seeing the fans at the scene giving Li Xuan considerable encouragement and applause.
Obviously, Li Xuan sat not far from him from the beginning, like a real ordinary fan, and he was clearly a foreign tourist who didn't know anything about Britain and was full of freshness, how could he be recognized by the referee Webb in an instant?
He was very suspicious, and subconsciously looked at Li Xuan's family.
Li Xuan's younger brother, hearing the British middle-aged man's question, couldn't help but immediately ask: "I'm sorry, sir, haven't you watched last year's World Cup final?"
"I've watched a few World Cups, but I drank too much on the night of the final and I didn't watch it. What's the matter, what does your brother have to do with the World Cup final?"
The middle-aged Englishman was even more puzzled.
Seeing this, Li Xuan's younger brother couldn't help but smile mysteriously: "Oh, that's okay, when you have time, you can find out the World Cup finals and take a look." Let's take a look, I still have some confidence in my brother's performance. ”
After hearing this, the middle-aged Briton had no choice but to temporarily set his eyes on Li Xuan, who had already warmed up.
In the technical area on the sidelines, the referee Webber was still helping to glue the microphone on Li Xuan's face, and explained: "Wait a minute, you will be responsible for the enforcement close to the coach's seat, and then when the fourth official needs to appear, you can also make a temporary cameo." After all, you're relatively young and physically taught, so please work hard. ”
"It's okay, I know, don't worry, the game is only a little more than ten minutes, and if you count stoppage time, it's only a maximum of 20 minutes, so I can still accept it. ”
Li Xuan is still relatively confident in his ability and physical strength in law enforcement, even if he does not have any experience in law enforcement in the Premier League.
Webber didn't explain anything to him afterwards, but chatted again with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who seemed to be very anxious on the side.
"Mr. Webb, you have to calculate the stoppage time of our game, this period is too much time wasted, you have to compensate us!" With Arsenal not taking the lead, Arsene Wenger clearly wants to use the remaining time to win the game, so he is very important about the game time.
Webb kept nodding: "Don't worry, I know it." ”
After Wenger finished talking about the game time, he tentatively applied to Weber: "Can you let this young Chinese referee go to the other side to enforce the law, I don't want the later decision to be unfavorable to our Arsenal attacking direction, it's not fair." Of course, I'm not doubting the youngster's ability, I'm just worried that he's never played in the Premier League. ”
Wenger looked at Li Xuan's eyes at the moment, still a little worried and even skeptical, and obviously did not trust him in whether he could enforce the Premier League game well, especially Li Xuan would mainly enforce the law in the direction of Arsenal's attack.
Li Xuan's English is very good, and his reaction is very fast, so he naturally knows exactly what Wenger is doing at the moment.
However, he did not speak for the time being, but smiled politely at Wenger, who looked more and more like Mr. Bean. The old professor was in some ways stubborn and cute, and he was clearly in a hurry at this time, thinking of any possibility that would be bad for Arsenal.
Naturally, referee Webber did not take Arsene Wenger's unreasonable suggestion to apply, or went back to the game as he had prepared to do so.
It had been a long time since the game was suspended, and at this time, the players on both sides of the field finally remembered to immediately stretch their bodies a little again, and try to return all their energy to the rhythm of the game.
"Let's see, the game is finally about to start again, Li Xuan has already put on the battle, even if the referee equipment on his body is obviously not prepared for him, but he is still quite suitable to wear at the moment, and it is perfectly integrated with the scene. Zhang Jun, a football commentator of Huaxia Network Sports Media, immediately followed the excitement when he saw that the broadcaster deliberately gave Li Xuan a close-up shot on the field.
Li Xuan was indeed holding the linesman's law enforcement flag, and he was already running with full attention under the whistle of the referee Weber.
The fans at the scene immediately cheered again, happy for the resumption of the game.
In the middle of the field, Arsenal quickly launched a furious attack. They are running out of game time and it would be a shame if they couldn't win at home against Wigan Athletic, who are currently in the relegation zone.
Therefore, they became even more anxious, the original mercury-like offensive routine was gone, but there were still some signs of chaotic fighting, and the style of play gradually tended to be simple and direct.
Especially the number of long passes from the backfield and direct lobs to the striker increased in that instant.
Since Arsenal's offensive direction coincided with Li Xuan's law enforcement line, Li Xuan immediately carried out fierce and agile switchback runs several times in a row to judge whether it was offside or not.
When Arsenal got the ball again on the spot, and completed a long pass from the midfield position, Li Xuan started it again at the right time.
However, maybe his shoes didn't fit well, or the turf in the second half was overwatered, Li Xuan actually snorted and slipped on the ground!
This situation immediately caused a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene, obviously very surprised!
However, fortunately, Li Xuan got up as soon as possible, and once again waved the flag directly at the Arsenal attack in time to make a penalty, proving that he had nothing to do.
The onlookers were all relieved, if they injured three referees in a row in a game, they would probably mumble in their hearts.
Everyone's attention was immediately put on the meaning of Li Xuan's flag, and the live broadcast camera also broadcast this shot in time.
Obviously, Li Xuan's intention to wave the flag was to punish the Arsenal players for attacking with the ball, and someone pushed someone to foul!
"I'm not pushing! This is the Premier League, this is a reasonable collision!"
Van Persie, the direct party of Arsenal who was sentenced to a foul, ran to Li Xuan's side as soon as possible and roared at him.
In the World Cup, Van Persie did this to Li Xuan, and there seemed to be a bit of entanglement between him and Li Xuan, and now it seems that he is dreaming back to the beginning. In short, Van Persie is very unhappy at the moment, and it is estimated that in his dissatisfaction with the penalty, he is slightly reminded of the heartache of the past.
Of course, Li Xuan also remembered the old events of the World Cup, and expressed disdain for Van Persie's obvious intention to demonstrate to him.
As a fan of Arsenal, Li Xuan understands that this guy looks good, but he actually has a very eccentric personality. Unfortunately, this discontent has no effect now and will only waste Arsenal's game time.
Li Xuan put his hands behind his back quite firmly, straightened his chest and faced Van Persie, without any timidity or hesitation, and insisted on punishing!
"If you're not ready, don't make a penalty indiscriminately, this is a Premier League game! You fell down just now, how can you see what is happening on the field clearly, your flag swinging penalty is wrong!" Van Persie continued to reiterate to Li Xuan, his eyes showing a bit of hatred and anger.
Seeing this, the referee Webber hurriedly ran over and asked Van Persie to leave quickly, don't trouble Li Xuan again, otherwise he will be polite.
Van Persie was a little unwilling, but he deliberately spat on the ground and walked back to the field with great reluctance.
Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help sighing, with the heart of an Arsenal fan, he suddenly had a little doubt about the character of Arsenal, the top brand.
There really was nothing wrong with his penalty just now, but Van Persie didn't have the consciousness of pushing people at all, but justifiably thought that the penalty was wrong.
Of course, Li Xuan quickly eliminated the distractions that flashed through his mind and seriously transformed into a professional football referee again.
Behind his head, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is also complaining loudly to him, and he is also deliberately pressuring, all for the benefit of the team, which is indeed understandable.