'Eto'o gave the ball to Vivianfo, who gave it to Messalo. Messalo moved the ball to the wing and Atuba took it. ”

The game began in silence.

As with the quiet pitch, the game is quiet. Cameroon kicked off first, and Colombia did not come forward to press. Therefore, after the start of the Cameroon game, the ball was passed slowly without any rush.

Both sides started the game peacefully.

Of course, there's a reason for that. The intensity of the competition in European football is in English football. Because the Premier League has one more League Cup, not to mention the lower leagues. There are already more league competitions in the lower leagues in England, plus a variety of cup competitions, and there are even more games in a season than Premier League clubs.

It's because there are more games in English clubs, so sometimes there are three games a week, and it's not a small one. This is the time to test the depth of the team's bench.

And this kind of schedule is the most test for those dark horse teams.

There is no shortage of dark horses in every league and every season in European football. Especially at the beginning of the season, there will be a lot of fierce dark horses in every league. But in the end, there are very few who can be blacked out for the whole season.

There is only one reason.

That is, the depth of the team's squad is not good. At the beginning of the season, those dark horses can soar into the sky with a breath, but when they encounter this situation of two games a week and three games a week in the middle of the season, they immediately show their original shape. Because there are not enough rotation players.

Under the dense competition, the main players who cannot be rotated will play too many games, resulting in their physical fatigue. Then the tired players start to have a massive number of injuries. Once the main player has an injury. Those dark horses will have a big drop in performance.

This is true for leagues, and even more so for cups.

In particular, the intensity of the Confederations Cup is much more intense than the so-called intensive schedule. More tiring than the most intense schedule in the league. Cameroon, Colombia, including this match, is already the fourth match in eight days. Even Cameroon did not play on the first day of the Confederations Cup. It was the second day before the start of the race. So this is the fourth game in seven days. This is something you can't see in any cup competition.

Really high-intensity competition.

A two-day game. And in the summer, the temperature in France is not low. As a result, everyone's physical energy consumption is very large.

How to say that players are also people, they are not machines. A two-day game, it is estimated that the machine can't stand it, let alone the people.

These players have only finished a season and are already tired. They would have needed a summer to recover, but now they are facing this high-intensity Confederations Cup competition. Even the players who are very physical can be very difficult at this point.

The lack of fitness can easily be seen in the competition.

You can see it from the beginning of the game. Originally, Cameroon was a team from Africa. Cameroon has also achieved good results in recent years. The best thing about them as an African team is their physicality. They have a lot of fitness, they have a lot of flexibility, they are a team with a lot of physicality.

The same is true for Colombia. Although Colombia is a team from the Americas, they are also a team with excellent physical fitness in the Americas. Originally, when two teams met like this, physical confrontation was inevitable.

It's Colombia's speed, it's Cameroon's body, whoever can play to their strengths will win.

However, after the start of the game, neither team showed their own characteristics. On the contrary, the pace of the game was very slow, and both sides deliberately slowed down the tempo. Because the two sides really don't have that much physical strength to support a high-intensity game.

As a referee. This game is relatively easy.

Yes, it's easier.

The pace of the game is not fast, there are not many physical confrontations, and there are no conflicts. There are no conflicts. There won't be too much controversy, and there won't be much need for the referee to give a penalty. It's very easy to referee a game like this. However, in terms of strength, Cameroon is still superior.

These years should be considered the peak of Cameroonian football. Colombia is not.

At the twenty-sixth minute of the first half. Cameroon scored a goal to take a 1-0 lead over Colombia. The game was uneventful.

Colombia would have been a strong national team. They are very fast, they have a lot of impact, and they are very good at their feet as an American team. It's a very strong team. It's a pity that this game didn't show any quality at all.

After falling behind, albeit hard. But the physical disadvantage makes it impossible for them to play their own characteristics. As a result, it is not possible to pose a sufficient threat to Cameroon.

"Jack, the Confederations Cup is not arranged. Look at these players tired. ”

Intermission, Michael. Muraki smiled and spoke to Jack. It may be that the chaos of the South Korea-Japan World Cup has brought too much impact to everyone. FIFA in particular has taken on too much pressure, so they have had to make changes in that area as well. The choice of referees for the Confederations Cup has changed a lot this time.

The biggest change is that it's no longer a mix of referees and assistant referees.

During the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the referee could not decide on his own assistant referee. Even before the game, the referee didn't know which assistant referee he would be working with. The referee and assistant referee are completely a random match of FIFA. This has resulted in very unfamiliar referees from each other.

A referee on the European continent has to work with assistant referees in Asia and assistant referees in the Americas. How could such cooperation not bring confusion to the referee team. After the various controversies of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, this has also become a point of attack.

So the Confederations Cup abolished such a referee option.

In this Confederations Cup, the referee came directly to the Confederations Cup with a set of referees. The same goes for Jack, as the referee of this tournament, Jack brought his own set of English referees here. It is completely the referee team that Jack is most familiar with in English football.

"Haven't you heard it's the Blatter Cup?"

This kind of high-intensity cup competition, Jack is definitely the first time to come across. I despise FIFA in my heart. It's no wonder that so many stars have turned down the Confederations Cup. It's not just that the Confederations Cup isn't attractive enough, it's also that the schedule is poor.

"Blatter does this."

Blatter is the president of FIFA, but for Jack, Michael. For an English referee like Mullachi, Blatter is not as intimidating as the president of the English Football Association. Not even as intimidating as some of England's old referees.

Blatter is unlikely to have direct jurisdiction over them. Therefore, they are all casually teasing Blatter. Don't say it's a private comment on Blatter, even if this word spreads, everyone is not afraid.

Anyway, it wasn't one or two who abused Blatter for the Confederations Cup.

"Whatever he does. Just enforce the game well. ”

At the beginning of the second half, there was a big problem with the physical strength of both sides. Both sides wanted to play hard, but they just couldn't make it. Colombia are currently lagging behind and they are desperate to attack well, but their players don't have the physical strength to support their attack.

As a result, both sides simply concentrated in midfield and began to fight for possession.

"The game was calm and the pace of the game was slow. Colombia's attack is not threatening, and it looks like Colombia will struggle to equalize. ”

The narrator is also listless. At the very least, you have to play with a little passion, so that the commentator's commentary can also be passionate. But now that the game is playing slowly, how can the commentator be excited.

The same goes for Jack.

The pace of the game was slow and the ball was basically rolling around in the midfield. Jack didn't run much either, just staring at the ball in midfield.

Time passed quickly, the game was already seventy minutes old, and slowly came to seventy-two minutes. Jack was still in midfield, and because the tempo was so slow, Jack sometimes even stopped there to watch the game.

Jack found that both sides were already in a very tired state anyway. So the pace can't be fast if you want to.

"After more than 70 minutes of the game, the score on the field was still 1-0, and Cameroon was ahead of Colombia. Fernandez handed the ball to Patino, who took it...... One of City's team-mates fell to the ground. I don't know what's going on. ”

The commentator looked at the game and suddenly wondered.

The commentator was puzzled, but Jack on the field was taken aback. Jack didn't run in the midfield, but walked slowly. Because the ball is in the middle of the field, there is no need for Jack to run with the ball.

And right next to Jack, all of a sudden, a player fell to the ground.

There was no warning at all. Jack saw the man, and it was Vivianfo, a Cameroonian player who played at Manchester City. There was no one beside him, but he fell to the ground on his own.

This wasn't what surprised Jack.

Instead, when Jack looked back at Vivianfo who had fallen to the ground, he felt his scalp tingle. It really is. Because Vivianfu, who had fallen to the ground, had already begun to roll his eyes, and his hands were weakly placed on his sides.

For a moment, Jack was really scared.

What's going on? Jack has been a referee for so long and has never seen anything like this. Jack is still young, but he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old. When have you ever seen such a horrible situation.

The Cameroonian players and Colombian players next to him were also stunned for a moment.

Nervous, very nervous.

"Vivian, Vivian."

Mbami's cry finally brought Jack to his senses. Looking at the situation of Vivianfu, this is not a trivial matter. After all, he fell to the ground by himself without external force. Originally, if he fell to the ground, it would be a more serious situation. It's dangerous now.

Therefore, Jack immediately made a gesture to the sidelines to enter the field.

In fact, Jack's reaction has been slow, and the team doctor on the sidelines has already entered the field. The team doctor didn't take a closer look at Vivianfu, but after taking a look, he directly beckoned the stretcher to come in quickly.

"Bang bang bang-"

Looking at Vivianfo, who was carried out on a stretcher, Jack's heart was pounding. (To be continued......)