"How?"

After Jack came out, he waited for a while, and waited for Mike. Riley. Originally, in a normal game, the referee's game report was sufficient. The fourth referee's match report and the referee's match report are not at all the same level.

The fourth referee's report is generally only a supplementary report of the referee. Write something that the referee didn't find out. But under normal circumstances, unless something really happens, the fourth referee will be stupid to write something different from the referee.

Really write in the report what the referee didn't find, what is the benefit to the fourth referee. On the contrary, he offended the referee, as if the referee's ability was not as strong as the fourth referee. Therefore, the smart fourth referee, the match report is all general, and there will be nothing substantial.

But because this time the matter was very big, the UEFA referee committee made an exception, and also met the fourth referee of the game, Mike. Riley.

Meet the referee Jack first, then meet Mike. Riley.

The meaning is simple.

It's about wanting to see things in its entirety. Let's see if there was a major error on the part of the referee. In fact, even if it is really the referee who makes a mistake, the referee committee will not punish the referee in front of outsiders.

At most, it is an internal punishment. Then there will still be a high-profile punishment of the club involved.

Because after all, the referee committee still has to maintain the dignity of the referee. If they punish the referee, then what do you think of the referee. What the referees think of their referee committee.

So it's rare to see a high-profile punishment of a referee by a referee committee. Even if the referee does have a problem, it is dealt with internally.

But if the referee's problem is bigger, then the referee committee is very high-profile to deal with the club involved. But the end result is that it is held high and not very harsh. It means that the club should not make trouble. We've already given you face.

And if it is thought that there is no problem with the referee, then the club involved is out of luck. For the sake of the decency of the referee. In order to maintain the dignity of the referee, the club involved must be severely punished.

Therefore, the referee committee must first determine whether there is a mistake in the judgment of this matter.

"Nothing. It was just a few small questions. ”

Mike. Riley shrugged. For people like Mike. For a referee like Riley, who is ready to attack the position of chief referee in English football in the future, it is one of his skills to talk to people and talk nonsense.

Don't say that he needs Jack's help to become the chief referee in the future, even if the two of them have a holiday, Mike. Riley wouldn't have said anything bad about Jack in such a situation.

Because both are English referees.

If you tear down Jack's table in front of the UEFA referee committee, you will be despised. Back to English football. Even the English refereeing community would despise him. He would even be ostracized by the English refereeing community. A referee who does not have a status in his home country cannot have a place in international football. Therefore, as long as a smart person does this kind of thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself, he will not do it.

What's more, there was no responsibility of the referee team in this case.

And Mike. Riley was even more serious than Jack. Lazio is described even worse. Like Jack, he doesn't have a good impression of Lazio.

"It took a lot of time. I've got Keith. Hackett's notice that neither of us has a game mission in this round. ”

Because something like this happened, Jack and Mike. Riley was unable to make it to the country within the allotted time. Therefore, the English referees committee drew the names of two people from the list of referees in this round of Premier League referees.

"It's just time to take a break."

"Yes. However, I don't know if there will be a chance to continue officiating the UEFA Cup this season. ”

The Champions League was not expected, but Jack had hoped to continue to officiate the UEFA Cup knockout rounds. Even if you can't enforce the League Cup finals, semi-finals, etc., but you can enforce the top 16 knockout rounds and the quarterfinals. Jack didn't think there was a problem.

After all, Villar is the chief referee.

As long as Villar likes, it won't be difficult to arrange a referee to officiate in the UEFA Cup knockout round. After all, this is only a UEFA Cup match, not a Champions League game, and it will not disgust those top referees in European football.

But now this kind of thing comes out. Even if it's not Jack's responsibility. Jack didn't dare to vouch for what Villar thought.

After all, such a thing is too rare.

"There's no rush. Isn't there still a chance next season? And if you look at the newspapers, none of them have questioned your decision. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. ”

"Hopefully."

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UEFA has to study the footage of the match and talk to people from Lazio. The referee committee is even to shield its own referees. It is also necessary to make an objective appearance.

The views of both parties should be heard.

Of course, it's not just Lazio FC, but also listen to what people say about the Graz storm. Anyway, everyone who has something to do with this game. The UEFA referees committee will listen to them.

But the specific punishment, in fact, the first basis is the referee's post-match report. For the referee committee. The referee's report comes first. Lazio, Graz Storm and the testimony of the fourth referee were only objects of reference for the refereeing committee.

That's the referee's right.

Many people just think that the referee is the boss on the field, but in fact, the power of the referee is far more than many people imagine. It's just that you can't usually see it. In a case like the one that comes out now, the referee's point of view completely influences the severity of UEFA's punishment.

This time UEFA is quite fast.

Although Lazio complained and listed a whole number of reasons, it had no real effect. Lazio's idea was simple, hoping that UEFA would allow Lazio and Graz Storm to play the remaining fifty-five minutes. They explained that it was only a small group of fans who were making trouble.

But UEFA dismissed their idea.

Regardless of Lazio's reason, with Jack as the referee's game report, with the fourth referee Mike. Riley's match report, the testimony of the Graz storm, no longer need Lazio's justification.

In addition, Jack's game report was vividly written, which gave Lazio a fatal blow.

On 17 December 2002, four days after the match, Villar, the boss of the UEFA refereeing committee, personally announced the verdict of the match.

Of course, everything is against the Lazio club. The referee committee said that there were no problems with the referee team in this match, nor did the Graz storm, and all the problems were with the Lazio fans.

Therefore, it is all aimed at Lazio's punishment.

Several penalties.

The first is the punishment for racial discrimination against Lazio fans. Lazio fans are not unfettered with this kind of thing, not once or twice in Serie A. It's just that it's not too big.

But this time is different. This time there was a lot of uproar, and Jack, who was both the referee and the victim of the game, wrote a lot about this in the game report. Therefore, UEFA is a heavy punishment for Lazio.

First of all, Lazio was fined 170,000 euros, which of course is not much for a club. The next thing is the real punishment. UEFA banned four Lazio home games because of racial discrimination.

Of course, UEFA bans European competitions. In other words, this only applies to European leagues.

But UEFA didn't stop.

UEFA first punished Lazio and then criticized the Italian Football Federation. UEFA believes that the Italian Football Federation has not made achievements in this regard, which is why Lazio has frequent such things. Therefore, UEFA has suggested that the Italian Football Federation should also impose some penalties on Lazio. Although it is a suggestion, it is a warning.

Although the Italian Football Federation has not yet spoken, UEFA has warned that the Italian Football Federation will also punish Lazio. That's for sure.

Of course, this is not the end of the story.

This was followed by penalties for fans throwing firecrackers and Molotov cocktails at the stadium.

This penalty is also relatively severe. UEFA fined Lazio 60,000 euros and then banned them again. Three home games against Lazio are banned, which means that fans are not allowed to enter the stadium for three more Lazio home games.

After everything adds up, the real punishment comes out.

Because of the racial discrimination of Lazio fans and the disturbance at the stadium, UEFA finally fined Lazio Club 230,000 euros. This is already the largest number of fines imposed on a team by UEFA in recent years.

Of course, this is not a big deal.

The ban on the home stadium is the big deal. There are seven games in total. This means that there are seven home games in Lazio where fans are not allowed to enter, and this applies to all competitions at European level.

Including Champions League qualifiers, UEFA Cup qualifiers, Champions League matches, UEFA Cup matches and a series of other competitions.

Lazio has been eliminated this season, which means that even if Lazio enters the Champions League and UEFA Cup next season, it is impossible for Lazio to have fans at all home stadiums in Europe next season.

This penalty is already quite severe.

If the Italian Football Federation also follows the punishment, Lazio will definitely lose more than five million euros in this round of punishment. It is even possible to lose six or seven million euros. That's not a small amount.

But in addition to these, there is one last penalty.

That's the outcome of the game. UEFA did not listen to Lazio's advice and followed the advice of the referee team, namely Jack. Lazio lost 3-0 to Graz Storm in this game, and there was no rematch.

In the end, Lazio lost 3-4 on aggregate to Graz Storm and were eliminated from the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup.

UEFA has had the biggest penalty in recent years.

The penalty also shocked the entire European football world. Despite Lazio's complaints, UEFA has no intention of changing.

This made Lazio stocks, which were already at the bottom, almost turned into waste paper. (To be continued......)