At this time.

Now.

The eyes of everyone in the audience focused on the referee standing in front of the goal.

The law enforcement referee in this game, named Steven Dole, is a middle-aged white man with short hair and handsome, and he can't say how handsome he is, but compared with most of the referees, he must be a high-value person, with the appearance of a standard mature uncle, and he also has a little capital to attract young girls.

It doesn't seem to matter.

Dole feels very important, his main job is a police officer, after the divorce three years ago, he has not been able to find a satisfactory girlfriend, he hopes to be a young girl, eighteen years old is just right, no matter how many years old can be accepted, of course the appearance must be very beautiful.

Ahem......

That's probably what every man thinks.

Relying solely on his mature and handsome appearance, it is still too difficult to attract a young girl, because he is no longer 20 years old, but more than twice as old as 40 years old.

Dole is well aware of this, and the deputy referee is very important.

Dole hopes that he can rely on law enforcement to become more and more famous, while also earning more pounds to support him in finding a young, beautiful girlfriend.

Dole has been doing a good job.

Since officiating the English third division and officially entering the professional league stage, his refereeing career has been improving, officiating the English League One, officiating the Championship, officiating the Premier League, and in just six years, he has achieved a quadruple jump, and is immediately hopeful of entering the Champions League, or even entering the World Cup.

Now Dole is in trouble, but he realizes it's also an opportunity.

If the complex situation in front of him can make an accurate judgment, the outside world will definitely praise him, praise his law enforcement ability is secondary, the most important thing is to increase exposure, he will become a famous person.

In the 21st century, fame represents money as well as external attraction.

Dole was even a little agitated in his distress, and he suppressed his emotions and carefully reminded himself what to do—to determine what was really going on.

Although what he saw in front of him could be clearly understood, nothing could be seen on the surface, and even if it was something that had already been determined, he needed to show caution and seriousness to let people know that his final decision was the result of careful consideration.

Dole beckoned to Friedel, who handed the ball over.

Dole carefully examined the ball, and he was very sure that the ball was broken, and the air leak was so bad that there was no gas in it.

"Is there a hole in the inner tank?"

"How is that possible?"

Dole was very surprised, counting back dozens of years, the ball in the game was broken, or occasionally, but after entering the 21st century, the development of football production technology has reached a certain level, and it is very rare for the game to be read and damaged, throughout all the leagues in Europe, including the cup, it may not be possible to meet together in a year, and even a few years are very difficult, he has not heard of it in recent years.

With the soccer ball so badly damaged, the odds are even slimmer.

And then.

The soccer ball was still broken during the flight, and it was a very coincidental thing that it changed direction because of the damage and fell directly into the opponent's goal.

Has anything like this ever happened?

Dordo carefully searched the memories in his mind and found that there had never been a similar situation at all, not even in a hundred years of history, how to punish him?

He hesitated.

After a few seconds of reflection, Dole decided not to make a penalty for the time being, but to consult with the other referees, and soon several referees gathered and began to discuss the relevant rules.

"I remember the case of a broken football, it should have been a penalty at the point where the ball was broken and fell."

"But where the ball fell was inside the goal? Do you want Newcastle to take another penalty? ”

"Then a heavy penalty?"

"Kick-offs, goal kicks, corners, free kicks, or penalties, throw-ins, he'll have a heavy penalty and he'll shoot in normal play."

"This should be considered an external factor, right?"

"But it's not a human factor, the rule is that the ball goes into the goal, the attacker doesn't foul, and the referee doesn't blow the stop, it should be considered a goal."

"But ......"

"Blackburn is so unlucky, too!"

After some discussion, the referee team was still unable to reach a conclusion, and it was up to the referee Dole, who walked back from the sidelines, glanced at goalkeeper Friedel, took a deep breath, and then whistled while pointing to the center circle.

The meaning of that action couldn't be more obvious - the goal works!

"Hula......"

The surrounding stands erupted in shouts of excitement, and every Newcastle fan was celebrating enthusiastically, in their opinion, it was more meaningful than an ordinary goal.

It is not worth bragging about that the goal of a football leaking air during flight was an accident, but how many times have similar accidents happened? They couldn't think of it anyway.

To be able to see such a goal is enough for them to talk about for a long time.

This is also one of the important reasons why Dole made the decision.

In fact, Dole has thought of another way to make a penalty, which will also leave the outside world speechless, that is, to award Newcastle United a penalty.

This approach will please many and can be considered a counterweight for referees, but it will also kill a classic goal in Premier League history.

Will the outside world praise him then?

No!

In English football, neutrality is not to be praised, good old people are not liked, the media will certainly criticize him, and his peers will feel that he has killed a classic goal for the sake of balance.

When people talk about this goal, they will say that it is the referee Dole, who invalidated the goal for the sake of balance.

He's definitely going to be affected.

Between praise from the outside world and criticism from the outside world, Doer decisively chose the former, as for the unlucky Blackburn, who made them so unlucky?

Who cares about them?

Blake is to blame, and should blame football, not him as the referee.

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Newcastle United did not celebrate the goal.

Zhen Shaolong's face was full of surprise, and he didn't seem to expect that he would encounter this situation at all, "The ball is in?" I thought it was going to be out of bounds, but this is a real surprise! ”

The rest of his teammates were even more surprised than he was--

"This ball is too fake, you can kick it like this, and the football is leaking?"

"Luck!"

"I don't think I'll ever see a second one again in my life!" Grami finally added, "I really wish it was me who scored the goal, so that when I retire, I will have the capital to brag about......"

Tugai thinks so too.

Although he was unable to defend Zhen Shaolong, Tugai found that the opponent scored such a goal, he was not too disappointed by falling behind, but was very excited.

Outcome?

For a veteran who is about to retire, it doesn't matter at all, because Blackburn will certainly not be able to win the league title and he will not be able to achieve any glory with the team.

Now that he can experience such a goal in person, he feels that it is nothing if he does not prevent Zhen Shaolong, and this experience is enough for him to brag about for a few years.

The rest of the Blackburn players could only smile wryly.

Who can they blame?

Newcastle United?

The referee?

Zhen Shaolong who scored a goal?

No.

They blame football, the sponsor of football - Nike!

The final match ended 2-1.

Newcastle United managed to pick up three points with a 'surprise' goal at home to Blackburn Rovers, but after the game, the focus of the media conversation had nothing to do with the outcome of the game.

Everyone is talking about the last goal.

To the regret of the media reporters, Zhen Shaolong did not accept the interview, and as soon as the game ended, he quickly returned to the locker room, and then disappeared.

At the press conference, head coach Sam Allardyce said of the goal: "It was a lucky goal, but football games can be affected by accidents. ”

"That's the beauty of football."

"No one knows what's going to happen in the game, that's why the fans come to see the game, and if it's because of the strength factor, the result is already doomed, no one will come to see the game."

It is rare for Allardyce to say such philosophical words, which has also been reprinted and quoted by many media outlets.

Meantime.

Blackburn was feeling very uncomfortable.

It would have been a draw but they dropped a point due to the unexpected factor of football breakage, any one of which is very important for Blackburn, who are currently seventh in the league and qualify for next season's European competition.

If you lose the qualification for European competitions because of this one point, you will definitely be greatly affected.

Blackburn immediately took action, and they directly sued Nike, the sponsor of football, and demanded a significant amount of compensation from Nike.

"Thirty million pounds!"

This is Blackburn's asking price.

The football was damaged during the game, which caused a huge blow to Nike's product image.

This in itself is a huge loss.

A goal in the middle of the game affected the outcome of the game and they were also in trouble.

The Economic News analysed the impact in detail and concluded that "this would cost Nike at least £20 million or more, not including compensation to Blackburn." ”

"Zhen Shaolong's shot on goal not only helped Newcastle United win three points, but more importantly, a kick flew more than 20 million pounds."

"If Nike had a choice, they would rather use gold to cast a football and give it to Zhen Shaolong than face the embarrassing situation in front of them."

"...... Now"

"What they are going to do immediately is to replace a batch of footballs for the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, to determine that there are no problems with the quality of the footballs, and at the same time to investigate in detail the causes of the breakage of the footballs......"

"For Nike, it's just getting started, and they have a lot to do!"