Christina Tong Guò checked the information and now has to admit that in the end it is the closest to the Premier League, and the players are also a lot smarter than the lower leagues, after all, many players have experience in the Premier League, so they are difficult to entangle in the face of the referee, after all, they are all old fritters, and they already have a lot of routines to deal with the referee, they will make reasonable use of the rules to put pressure on the referee, and they will not put themselves in a weak position in the face of the referee!

However, at the beginning of the 02-03 season, Christina was informed that she would be the fourth referee for the Community Shield matches, and the fourth referee has not been in world football for a long time, and there was no concept of a fourth referee a few decades ago.

Not to mention a few decades ago, even in the 90s of the last century, the current fourth referee is not available in every league. Just like the current Bundesliga, there is no fourth referee at all.

Originally, the German Football Association also wanted to set up a fourth referee, but most of the Bundesliga clubs were against it. Because once the fourth referee is established, then an additional salary of 400,000 yuan will be paid every season. It is only a little more than 20,000 yuan evenly distributed to various Bundesliga clubs, but in this way, the Bundesliga clubs still oppose the establishment of a fourth referee. Because in their opinion, this money is also a kind of pressure.

Therefore, until now there was no fourth referee in the Bundesliga. In these respects, English football is indeed ahead of the curve. The boom in the Premier League, especially in the commercial Premier League, has made these Premier League clubs deep-pocketed. There will be no organization for this amount of money, and a fourth referee will be organized. Therefore, English football is the first league in European football to establish a fourth referee system.

Speaking of the fourth referee, there is not much to do. It is just to determine the starting list and substitute list submitted by both sides before the game. Then determine what to make up and how much time to do these chores.

In the past, when there was no fourth referee, the game went smoothly. Therefore, there is no major task in the fourth referee game.

"Later, it was added to regulate the dispute on the sidelines. The coaches now know how to put pressure on the referee. And they don't put direct pressure on the referee, but the fourth referee. So the difficulty of the fourth referee is here, how to deal with these grumpy coaches, is to test the fourth referee, and the fourth referee also has the task of supervising the referee. ”.

And this time the opponent is the old enemy Manchester United vs. Arsenal, the Community Shield, in fact, is the Premier League's Super Cup, which is an annual tournament hosted by the English Football Association by the Super League champion against the FA Cup champion. If a team wins the double (league and FA Cup), the team will be runners-up. The format of the game is a tiebreaker, with a penalty kick after a 90-minute tie.

The Community Shield is indeed not very golden. So much so that in the FA referees' committee's inspection of referees, the referees of the Charity Shield are not as valuable as the referees of the League Two promotion play-off finals.

However, the Charity Shield has one advantage over them, and that is that the two clubs in the Charity Shield are played by champion-level teams. Don't look at the fact that neither of them attaches much importance to the game, but no matter how much they don't pay attention to it, it is also a game between the championship teams. The attention of the media and fans is relatively high.

For a young referee like Christina, being the fourth referee in such a high-profile game is a big experience for Christina.

As Wembley was under renovation, this time the game was played at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium in Wales, and when they came to the stadium, the fans of both sides began to shout!

Arsenal...... Come on Arsenal...... Arsenal!

The Gunners chanted: Startedouttheseason-nothingstoppedus, nothing can stop usEverythingwasgoingWrightWrightWright! (Let's) step into the wonderland of BergkampWhenParlourwasourRayoflight, Parlour is the light that shines in our heartsGunnerseetheArsenalplayingsomeHotStuff!Gunners make Arsenal the favourites to win the titleLet'sseetheArsenalshowingthemhow! Let's witness how Arsenal show themselves ComeonyouArsenal-yesyouaretheHotStuff, come on Arsenal - ah, you're the favourites to win the titleKeeptellingusweareboring-wewilljustkeeponscoringnow! TheArsenalComeontheArsenaltheArsenal!Arsenal...... Come on Arsenal...... Arsenal! WewereonthemarchwithArsenal'sarmy, we follow in Arsenal's footsteps

Charity Shield, a low-stakes tournament. However, for Arsenal fans, it is still very proud to overturn Manchester United's supremacy last season. They will be hoping to get off to a good start with another win over Manchester United from before the start of the season.

Singing their own team song.

This team song is not Arsenal's old team song, and the lyrics in it were re-written after winning the double in the 9697 season. It contains the stars of the Arsenal double, including Ian Wright, Arsenal's all-time top scorer, and Bergkamp, the current Arsenal frontlineman. There are also Petit and Parlor who are in this lyric.

Of course, there is no ambiguity on United's side.

"Manchester United! Manchester United!

We're red teenagers and we're on our way to Wembley!

Wembley! Wembley!

We are great Manchester United and we are on our way to Wembley!

Glory to Manchester United! Glory to Manchester United! Glory to Manchester United!

The Red Devils are on their way! ”

Manchester United fans are undoubtedly proud, especially since the establishment of the Premier League, England has not yet come out with a team that can really stand up to Manchester United. It doesn't matter if he's Leeds United, or Blackburn, or Newcastle, or Arsenal. They are all in the form of challengers for Manchester United, with only Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal successfully claiming the Premier League title.

But they are also challengers, and Manchester United are the kings of English football right now. Manchester United fans certainly won't give Arsenal fans an advantage on the pitch.

Fourth, the referee is still good.

There is a position for the fourth referee on the sidelines, and the fourth referee can sit there to enforce the law.

Before the start of the game, Cristina first greeted the managers of both sides. One is to say hello, and the other is to see if there is anyone else on the bench on both sides. This is the pre-match job of the fourth referee.

And Christina also met the two godfathers of the Premier League, Ferguson and Wenger, and the two old coaches also behave differently, Ferguson actually doesn't like women to participate in football, he has forbidden the players' families to come to the training ground, and he will also be very disgusted with female reporter interviews, the famous coach who rules the Premier League is not good-tempered, but at the moment Ferguson is looking at Christina with interest, the beautiful referee who embarrassed Liverpool last season!

"Christina, may I take the liberty of asking, how old are you?"

"In two months, you'll be twenty-three."

"The afterlife is terrible."

Ferguson chewed gum and sighed. The refereeing industry, like the coaching industry, rarely has a referee or coach who is too young. In the history of English referees, there has never been a referee under the age of 30.

But Christina was able to officiate the Charity Shield at such a young age. Although the Charity Shield has a low gold content, Manchester United and Arsenal are not taking it seriously. But the gold content is low, and this game is also a championship anyway, and it is a match between a champion team like Manchester United and Arsenal. And Christina's ability to officiate the Charity Shield was still a big shock to Ferguson.

Ferguson could even conclude that Christina would become a Premier League referee before the age of 30.

"Coach Alex Ferguson, it's over."

"Not at all."

Ferguson looked like he was giving Christina face. But Christina was still nervous, and Ferguson was almost like a tiger in her eyes!

"Nope. I was amazed. Ferguson, who has read countless people, naturally saw Christina's nervousness!

Christina and Ferguson were unfamiliar, so what was said was polite and had little substance.

And here, Wenger showed the elegance of the French, "Sir Alex Ferguson, don't play tricks on the referee, hello Christina, I'm Arsenal's head coach Wenger" The middle-aged uncle is not Christina's favorite style, but I have to say that Wenger, who is polite and polite with glasses, is still very charming!

This game is similar to a warm-up match, but the two sides still have a lot of main players!

Manchester United fielded: Howard, Philip Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Silvester, Fortune, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Keane, Bart, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, Jimba, O'Shea, Forlan

Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Ashley Cole, Parlour, Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Ljungberg, Henry, Bergkamp, Pire, Wiltord, Jeffers, Edu, Van Bronckhorst

It was also the first time Christina had seen so many superstars, and the game was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes. In the final penalty shoot-out, despite Ruud van Nistelrooy making his first mistake in 19 penalties for the Reds, United beat Arsenal 5-4 to become the winners of the Community Shield and prepare for the 2003/04 season.

And Christina, who is the fourth referee, will also start a new chapter in her law enforcement career in League One!