Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the League Cup semifinals arrived, and Cristina really received a notice from the UEFA Referee Committee to serve as the referee of the League Cup semifinals, which is the most important and valuable for Christina, Christina didn't feel a little nervous, and Christina didn't know that when Villar proposed to be enforced by Christina, there was also an uproar in the UEFA Referee Committee, what, a young referee who has only been an international referee for only one year at the age of 24, is still a girl, And Corina and Merck couldn't sit still, because Villar had communicated with them in advance, so Merck spoke first: "Referee Christina is a referee with strong professional ability, and now she is promoting equality between men and women, why can't girls enforce the law!" English football is so conservative and can have such courage, isn't there a UEFA referee committee? Merck's straightforward personality The German spoke first, while some other members of the executive committee still spoke: "Marcus, Christina's refereeing ability is good, but she just officiated the League Cup this season, and there is no precedent for the direct semi-finals!" "I know there's no precedent, but female refereeing is a new thing, and I know Cristina referee, she's very talented and capable, so I don't think there's a problem." www.biquge.info"Seeing that the two top referees are supporting Christina, others are not objecting, and Christina also began to prepare after receiving the notice, and Christina didn't know that the news of her officiating the League Cup semi-finals shook the English football referee committee, Christina is going to be focused on training by UEFA!"

And Christina is now starting to prepare nervously

This semi-final is a derby from Valencia.

Villarreal is located in the eastern part of the province of Casterón in the Valencia region, just over 60 kilometres from the city of Valencia, and by the evening more than 3,500 Valencia supporters had already appeared in the small city. "The league is more important, but we can't afford to lose this game, and hopefully we can win 4-2 like we did in the league", Valencia fans explained their derby sentiments in front of the camera, while Villarreal fans also said that they would never give up on miracles despite their lack of strength, because they were not afraid.

And it's not just the fans who are also excited, Villarreal president Roig was the former president of Valencia, and he and the current president Otti are still incompatible. This all-Spain derby filled the Madrid Gard Stadium that night, Villarreal of course attacked with the strongest line-up, and the visitors used a full squad for the first time in this season's UEFA Cup competition, despite the pressure of the league, coach Benitez used a full main line-up for the first time in this season's UEFA Cup competition.

Cristina found that the atmosphere was not ordinary from the players' tunnel, although the Spanish compatriots of the two teams such as Riquelme and Ayala had a good attitude, but the Spanish players were nervous, Cristina looked at the watch and the time was up, and Cristina led the two teams into the field.

"Well, now the game is on, the League Cup semi-finals between Villarreal and Valencia have begun, and the referee for this match is a female referee from England, Christina."

After the opening, both teams were very fast-paced in attack and defense, the scramble was very intense, and the two sides had a very threatening attack Valencia's Vicente had a long-range shot in the 13th minute but was saved by the goalkeeper, and Villarreal was not to be outdone, Belletti also had a threatening shot in the 16th minute but was defused by Canizares, and then the unmarked Jose Mari header was deflected off Cristina obviously found that the rhythm of the two sides was fast, and the second half of the gunpowder became stronger, from the second half Angulo, Albeda, Colocini and others successively received yellow cards from Christina, in the 65th minute, Baraja's header hit the crossbar of the home team, and then flew out, and then the two teams continued to fight fiercely, and in the 78th minute of the game, Riquelme had a verbal altercation with Baraja at the front of the Valencia penalty area, and Cristina who came to deal with it did not choose to play a card, but said: "Keep calm, none of you want to miss the final!" Listening to Cristina's words, both players calmed down, and off the field, whether it was Valencia coach Benitez and Villarreal coach Pellegrini, they were very nervous at the moment, especially Chilean engineer Pellegrini, he couldn't sit still, he began to complain next to Riley, and Riley couldn't bear it anymore, grandma's, Ferguson, Wenger didn't dare to bother me so much, so Riley called Cristina directly After coming, Pellegrini was still chattering and even questioning, Cristina pointed her right index finger directly at the stands, "Oh, the referee sent off Pellegrini." "But on the pitch Villarreal was tenacious

In the end, the two sides ended with a 0-0 draw, and Valencia maintained their unbeaten record of 10 games in all competitions at home and abroad, and this game was also the ninth consecutive home clean sheet in European competitions for the "Yellow Submarine" this season. The second round will be followed by a second match between the two sides in Mestya

"Even though the score was boring, it was a great first leg in the sense of a derby. Fierce, shocking, blood-donating, fighting...... That's the first 90 minutes of the Valencian European feast, now let's look forward to the second half of the show even more spectacular! After the game, the local newspaper Supersport depicted the game in an epic tone, and the front page of the newspaper the next day featured the 240,000 Valencians in the stadium composing a derby song. The Stadio de Madrid, which means "Stadium of Love Songs" in Spanish, was finally the night to be called, except that the love songs were sung not for the beautiful girls, but for the two Valencia teams.

In the post-match wrap-up, the "first hero" of the derby was awarded to Riquelme, the heart of the "yellow submarine", who put in a brilliant performance in the game, and of course the two goalkeepers who turned the tide were also well received. The derby was also a gathering for the Argentines, and after the game Ayala had a great deal to do with compatriots Riquelme and Batagria, despite their rivalry between River Plate and Boca.

The passion for the hot derby has passed, and the eyes are on the future. The Levante Post writes that everything will be decided in the second leg of the Mestya, and although Valencia have a draw, the situation is still evenly matched for the two sides due to the lack of away goals.

In any case, the Valencians have secured at least one place in the final, with Valencia having not won a European title in 18 years and Villarreal playing in the UEFA Cup for the first time, and whoever reaches the final will rewrite the history of Valencian regional football.

And in the midst of the disturbances, Christina has also been praised by the media, especially the English media "English beautiful referee shines in the League Cup"

"The female referee proved herself"......

And looking at these reports, not only Christina was overjoyed, but Villar was also very happy, he really didn't see the wrong person!