Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 153 The Referee Turmoil
The away win at Porto didn't diminish Arsenal's anger.
In interviews after the game, Arsenal's players angrily accused the Swedish referee of turning a fierce and exciting game on the back of the game.
Li Huan said angrily: "Yes, we have won, but this can't hide the stupidity of the referee, otherwise we don't have to wait until the next round to decide who advances to the top 8." ”
England veteran Campbell was one of those involved and was equally furious in an interview with Sky Sports. Campbell said: "He [Martin Hansen] picked up the ball and handed it to Michelle and got in front of me, I couldn't get in front of the ball, he blocked me so tightly, I dare say he ......did it on purpose," Campbell said.
Cesc Fabregas not only condemned referee Hansen but also criticized his teammate Fabianski after the game, "The referee has ulterior motives, and my teammate has made a mistake that only a schoolboy can make. ”
After the game, Arsenal fans on the Internet also ridiculed the referee and UEFA, "Our players have made full preparations before the game, but they still did not defend the referee Hansen and goalkeeper Fabianski in the game, otherwise we could have opened champagne in advance to celebrate the top 8." ”
Some also said: "Hansen is not familiar with the business, this official whistle has been smashed, and he will definitely be spanked by Platini when he goes back." ”
Professor Arsene Wenger, who has always been elegant and gentle, finally went crazy at the post-match press conference, and the professor believed that referee Hansen was deliberately targeting Arsenal, and if he endured such a blow that was obviously unfavorable to Arsenal, Arsenal did not know what would happen to them later.
"This is a great shame for 45 years! At least we should be given the opportunity to set up a human wall! Arsene Wenger roared, "How else do you have the chance to defend an indirect free-kick in the box?" It's ridiculous. His decision was incomprehensible because he couldn't defend at all, so had he never played football? If he had played, I don't know how he would have explained how we were going to defend the penalty. Hansen would have done this better than giving Porto a goal. ”
"He [Martin Hansen] simply doesn't qualify for the Champions League. I really don't know a lot of things, usually I trust the referee, Campbell's return pass was an accident, his decision was too subjective, okay, I admit it. Technically, he made too many mistakes in his position, and when he gave a free-kick, his position was completely wrong, he took the ball from Fabianski and they scored. ”
The more than 200 reporters at the scene were all suppressed by the professor, and they had never seen the professor so angry. But the professor didn't seem to be relieved yet, and he continued to lash out at referee Hansen.
'What he's done is completely contrary to common sense and against the referee's rules, and when such a guy makes so many technical mistakes and loses even the most basic judgment, I don't think he has the ability to blow the Champions League. A lot of the time, I trust the referees a lot, I always trust them to do a good job, and I don't ask who is the referee before any game starts. But he made a big mistake and it's not my job to judge whether he's good or not, and I just think he doesn't have that ability in terms of his performance this game. ”
What shocked the reporters at the scene even more was that Professor Wenger directly pointed the finger at UEFA, which is responsible for selecting referees. "They have to be clear about how the referees are chosen for a match, and they have to be more transparent about how they rate the judges. No one knows how they choose the referees. Where are the judges ranked? I've known so much in the last 30 years and everything that's happening now isn't good for football at all. ”
The reporters at the scene were surprised and delighted, and their hearts beat faster, knowing that tomorrow's newspaper would not be sold, and the editors-in-chief would not trouble them anymore.
The UEFA official who presided over the press conference looked embarrassed, he did not expect Wenger to be furious, and he quickly pretended to look at the time and let Porto head coach Ferreira speak.
Porto were the favours, but to Ferreira's dismay, they were unable to secure a home win with two goals out of thin air. Ferreira came around on the referee's question and mainly talked about the game.
'The referee's question is for the UEFA referee committee to judge, and in this game we didn't do well, after losing at home, it was very difficult for us on the road, but we must not give up. The main problem we encountered in this game is that we didn't watch Li Huan, Li Huan in TV and video is very different from Li Huan in reality, I think after this battle, the players should have an intuitive understanding of Li Huan, and we should be able to do better in the next game at the Emirates Stadium. ”
This night, Martin? Hansen "not fighting alone", the Norwegian Tom who is far away in Munich? Herning, along with his compatriot assistant referee Holen, first "replaced" the yellow card with a red card and sent Fiorentina player Gobby off the pitch; Then he let Bayern big man Klose score a header that was more than a meter offside.
Two controversial matches put the referee issue in the spotlight of major European media.
Italian national television commented that "it was the Norwegian referee Herning, the assistant referee Horen and Bayern who together defeated a great Fiorentina team".
"Milan Sports Newspaper" immediately hit the news headline - "Purple Lily Shamelessly Stolen".
Roma Sport reporter Sbrund is also extremely unhappy with UEFA: "In the UEFA competitive standings, Germany has scored important points, what if we think of the Germans who are in charge of the referee in charge of the Champions League, and then the cheers of Platini when he scored offside at Bayern? We now finally understand why Bayern were so super happy after drawing Fiorentina in the 18-year-old. ”
Although Arsenal defeated Porto in stoppage time away and promotion is in sight, the anger of British journalists is no less than that of Italy, in fact, since last season, the British media believe that UEFA President Platini has begun to focus on promoting European small and medium-sized leagues and cracking down on high-level leagues such as the Premier League, in order to prevent Premier League teams from suffering an unfair fate in the following games, the major media in the Premier League have also launched criticism of referees.
Sky Sports' beautiful host Georgia sarcastically said, "UEFA and Hansen should discuss how to defend this free-kick before implementing it in the game!" Arsenal's win can only be said to be an accident, if Li Huan didn't hold out until the last minute, if the stoppage time was shorter, could Arsenal still win? ”
"The Sun" commented after the game: "It's a pity, because of the existence of Li Huan, Hansen didn't get Arsenal, maybe Henin and Hansen should be swapped, so it's perfect, Hansen can still help Bayern get the purple lily, and after Henin punished Li Huan, it is estimated that Arsenal will have no confidence." ”
The Times, the most serious newspaper in London, also wrote an article criticizing UEFA's refereeing work for not being able to do it well, "two serious misjudgments, the referee's professional level is worrying, such a low-level mistake in the knockout round at the highest level of the club is really incredible, if such a referee appears in this year's World Cup in South Africa, I am afraid it will become a big joke that the world has noticed, which will affect football, FIFA and UEFA have been saying that they want to use high technology to replace human law enforcement, but they have not been implemented, This makes people have to maliciously speculate about the intentions of the Football Federation. ”
According to the Daily Mail: "Misjudgment is part of the game of football [Blatter], but it's the ugly part, and it's a disservice to the fans and football, and when it's always the Premier League team that gets injured, there's reason to wonder if there's something wrong with that," the Daily Mail said. ”
Previously, Blatter and Platini had been opposed to adding electronic video footage to football matches to help referees enforce the law, but Arsenal's matches against Porto and Bayern Munich and Fiorentina made Blatter change his mind. Blatter pledged to consider adding electronics to the game to help enforce the law. "I got up after a quiet night because I didn't even watch the TV broadcast, but when I got up in the morning to read the newspaper and I was shocked that the referee had once again been the protagonist of the news because of a misjudgement, so I can be sure that at the council meeting in Zurich on 6 March, we will discuss the introduction of electronic technology to help referees enforce the law."
UEFA President Michel Platini followed Blatter's lead, saying in an interview with the Daily Mail, "In today's increasingly advanced technology, it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain the complex game of football with a single referee, and we will consider adding referees and vigorously promoting electronic technology." ”
Wenger slammed UEFA at the post-match press conference, which was originally ready to be punished, and there was a precedent before, but Blatter and Platini did not blame Professor Wenger, and their speech was undoubtedly a disguised admission that Fiorentina and Arsenal had suffered losses, in this regard, Professor Wenger's anger subsided slightly, he believed that after this trouble, in the later games, Arsenal may be less wronged, and it is wise to accept it when it is good, the professor patted the two presidents a little bit in an interview with reporters, and said"The speeches of the two presidents are constructive, professional football is getting better and better under their leadership, after all, the game has passed, and if the grievances we have received can promote the development of refereeing and make the football game more fair and just, I think it is valuable." ”
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