Chapter 8 Misjudgment of the Goal Line

Li Xuan successfully became famous in the World Cup in South Africa under a rather strange situation, and he can be regarded as the spokesperson of the referees.

However, he has not really been completely carried away by such flashy fame. After reasonable excitement and pride, he still tried to maintain a relatively normal mentality, continued to prepare and work hard, paid personal labor and responsibilities for the law enforcement work of the World Cup events, and also seized the opportunity to perform for his personal law enforcement to enter the World Cup finals.

Of course, it is his extremely professional and fair existence, as well as all kinds of timely reminders and help for the referee on duty on the field, that make him almost no misjudgment and controversy in the next law enforcement games he participates in.

The referee team he has worked with is very well set off compared to the entire World Cup environment where misjudgments are rampant, coupled with his very handsome and sunny appearance, he has invisibly got a lot of good impressions in the eyes of fans.

It is also true that the referees of this World Cup seem to be competing for the protagonists, and they have made a lot of obvious misjudgments on the field, which has brought deep damage to many teams and made countless fans hate. Their stupid decision has caused an extremely serious topic and caused considerable trouble to the World Cup Organizing Committee, FIFA, and the Referee Organizing Committee.

This is also why, when a referee like Li Xuan, who not only has a beautiful level of substitute law enforcement and excellent cooperation on the sidelines, but also is injured by fans, will quickly be slightly used by officials such as FIFA and the referee organizing committee, showing that referees are part of the image of the weak.

They tried to prove through Li Xuan that the pressure on the referees was very high, and some misjudgments were not just due to the referee's personal reasons, and they hoped to be forgiven.

However, they also said that they would review the problems found in a timely manner and make changes, especially for referees like Li Xuan, who made precise judgments, and would use them more vigorously to show their determination and action in pursuing fairness and justice.

Fortunately, due to such special official reasons, Li Xuan was able to have more opportunities to participate in the law enforcement work of more events. Not only did he continue to be his fourth official, but he was also able to cooperate with different referees in a slightly abnormal way to provide a relatively fair environment for more matches in the World Cup.

Then, soon, a match that was the focus of the world's attention, a match between England and Germany, he successfully entered the referee team on duty.

The historical entanglement between England and Germany is simply a myriad of fetters and grievances, and there are countless cases that have happened. And just at the football level, there are many classic cases to continue, such as the 1966 World Cup in the 1966 World Cup of the century, which brought enough additional elements of controversy between the two national football teams.

It can be said that such a game really belongs to the highlight of this World Cup, and the work pressure of the referee team will be even greater, and Li Xuan will have to make more pre-game preparations to avoid problems.

Not surprisingly, when the match started as scheduled, the entire World Cup stadium was full, and the supporters of both sides were distinct, but they were all in high spirits, cheering for their respective teams, which was much stronger than the average African team supporter's woovuzzula!

And the whole game process, it can also be described as exciting, the attack continues, and the scene is very intense.

In the first half, Germany were led by Klose and Podolski, scoring two goals first, showing their strong technical and tactical skills.

However, England were not intimidated, and in the 36th minute of the game, Upson scored with a header and recovered a goal in time. This goal immediately boosted the morale of the England players, and a minute later, their attacking frenzy continued to return!

I saw England player James Milner receiving a football in the midfield, a long pass, and accurately found the striker Defoe at the front of the big penalty line.

Facing the siege of two people in the German team, Defoe just made a move to shoot hard, but was accidentally touched by the opponent with the football at his feet.

It was too late, but it was too fast, and I saw the same red figure flash quickly, and England midfielder Frank Lampard, who was not far from Defoe, snatched back the football destroyed by the German team for the first time.

Then, Lampard aimed at the door of the German team, and it was a decisive hanging door!

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was a little further away from goal and could do nothing about Frank Lampard's lob and had to turn frantically to chase back.

The next moment, I saw a football bang and smashed decisively on the crossbar of the German team's gate, and then it was rebounded and bounced directly into the goal!

The ball is in!

Even if Neuer had come back and hugged the ball again, it would have been ineffective.

As the fourth official, Li Xuan stood on the sidelines and nodded slightly, thinking like this.

And the England team bench not far from him, as well as the area where the British fans are, were immediately cheering and celebrating!

However, the situation did not seem to be going according to Li Xuan's expectations, and the referee at the scene, La Leonda, did not make an effective gesture to score a goal, but signaled the game to continue!

This time, it was a big surprise.

In an instant, the entire football stadium in Bloemfontein exploded!

Fans from the UK almost immediately made the loudest noise they could, countless times more powerful than the reaction they had just prepared to celebrate!

The abuse and protest with the prefix of the F word suddenly smashed like raindrops in the middle of the game, and it was obvious that it was attacking the referee's decision!

Obviously, many people thought that Frank Lampard's goal just now had bounced into the back of the net. Therefore, they are extremely dissatisfied at this time!

On the pitch, England striker Wayne Rooney also immediately ran forward to find the referee to get a reasonable explanation, but the referee continued to shake his head and deny Rooney that the goal had just been scored after asking the linesman Espinosa through the headset.

Such a situation made the English fans, who were already known as football hooligans, even more angry, and countless "referee obscene" voices quickly resounded on the field, which shows their indignation!

As for the head coach of the England team, Fabio Capello and their leader David Beckham, they were immediately very dissatisfied and rushed to Li Xuan's side to protest.

"The ball is in!"

"That damn ball is in!"

"Don't you see, we scored effectively!"

Capello don't have to be graceful, Beckham, who is a "heartthrob", also doesn't care about the image, and roars and complains to Li Xuan with extreme grievances!

"Okay, I know, I'll communicate with the referee immediately, don't argue. ”

Faced with such a situation, Li Xuan was also helpless, so he had to hurriedly pacify the two members of the coach's bench of the England team, and at the same time shouted to the referee Lalianda through the headset device for the first time: "Mr. Lalianda, I personally think that the goal of the England team just now was scored." ”

Indeed, when Beckham protested to him, he had already replayed the ball in his mind through his natural ability, and it was indeed a good ball, so he was confident to suggest it to the referee.

After listening to Li Xuan's report on the sidelines, La Leonda was immediately stunned, and then hurriedly suspended the game, and at the same time signaled to the linesman Espinosa to meet Li Xuan quickly.

In less than a second, the three of them were running together.

"Gentlemen, I think the ball just now has entered the goal in its entirety!" Li Xuan did not waste time, and made a gesture of pointing his finger in the direction of the goal, indicating that the England team's goal just now was valid.

His fingers moved, obviously indicating that the ball had been scored, so it immediately drew cheers from the England fans in attendance.

However, Espinos, the linesman at the place where the incident occurred, heard Li Xuan's suggestion and immediately shook his head: "Absolutely not entered, I saw it!"

"Are you sure?" said referee La Rionda, who also seemed to be biased towards the goal, turned to linesman Espinosa to reaffirm.

"I'm sure!" Espinosa nodded confidently.

Seeing this, head coach La Leonda pondered for a moment and suddenly made a final decision.

He didn't continue to pay attention to Li Xuan, who had only cooperated for the first time but still wanted to refute, but decisively signaled Li Xuan and the linesman to hurry back to their respective positions, and instead ran to the field to signal the game to continue, and did not overturn the penalty just now.

The German team saw the opportunity and decisively kicked off in time, so as not to give the England team more time to protest!

"The referee is obscene!"

"The referee is obscene!"

"The referee is obscene!"

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The abusive shouts that had just been extinguished during Li Xuan's gestures were decisively resounding on the pitch at this moment, and the English fans were completely out of anger!

If it weren't for the presence of stadium security, they would probably have some people coming off the pitch to attack the referee.

In the face of the referee's authority, Li Xuan had no choice but to express regret and acquiesce at this time, the other party believed in the linesman's opinion that he had worked with for a long time, and did not believe his opinion, and it was not good for him to continue to argue with the referee, which was not allowed. On the field, the authority of the referee must be respected, this is the rule of the industry, and he cannot break it.

However, such a situation is likely to cause trouble after the game, but Li Xuan is not willing to take the blame, so in the face of the anger of the more dissatisfied Capello and Beckham, after returning to his position, he first put aside his responsibility: "I have put forward my personal opinion to the referee, but he chose to believe the linesman's statement and insisted on the penalty, I can't do anything, you better calm down first, don't make more trouble!"

And when Li Xuan was explaining to the members of the England team's coaching staff, the big screen on the scene finally belatedly replayed the goal just now.

After switching several frames in succession, they finally found a camera from the linesman's position, proving that the ball had indeed entered the door of the German team.

However, the German team had already completed an attack quickly, and the referee did not look up to watch the video replay while continuing to enforce the law, and it was impossible to change the penalty in the game.

Faced with such an aggrieved situation, England fans suddenly witnessed the picture of Li Xuan telling the referee and linesman that the goal was valid in the new video, and they suddenly became even more sad and depressed.

"Change the referee!"

Suddenly, in the sound of incessant insults and attacks on the referee, such a voice vaguely appeared again.