Same as Jack thought.

The FA and Chelsea were at loggerheads on the surface, but within days the two sides had reached an agreement in private. In the end, Chelsea relented and did not really take the FA to the European court, silently accepting the punishment against Mourinho.

Of course, Mourinho has spoken to him within the club.

Mourinho is very stubborn and has a very hard temper. But he is not a fool, on the contrary he is very smart. He knows when it should be hard and when it should be soft. It's a big deal, and it's not good for anyone. Now that Chelsea and the FA are starting to reconcile, Mourinho understands that it is useless for him to continue to be tough.

After all, without the support of Chelsea Football Club, Mourinho alone would not have been able to stand up against the FA. If the club doesn't support it, the FA has a way of playing a coach to death.

Therefore, Mourinho, who began to fight a lawsuit with the FA, also softened his tone and began to accept the FA's punishment on the surface. Clearly, the FA accepted Chelsea's apology. That is, the Premier League refereeing community will not continue to target Chelsea.

Fair? Justice?

It's all shit.

Who cares about that. Everyone thinks about profit. As long as both sides are angry and get what they should get in their hands, the two sides will automatically compromise. Because both sides know that if they continue to fight, everyone will get hurt. It doesn't do anyone any good to expand things.

Why bother?

The matter of Friske, although it made the European football referee community very angry. But to be honest, what does Friske have to do with the English refereeing community. What is there to do with other referees other than the referees who have a relationship with Frieske.

That's the way it is.

The matter of Friesk really shocked the English refereeing community at the beginning. Or rather, it makes many referees feel the same hatred. I want to give Mourinho a little color. But the matter passed, and the English referees committee only found out after calming down. I don't have much to do with Frisk, I don't have much connection.

Friesk is a referee supported by UEFA. And the relationship between the English Football Association and UEFA is not so good. It can even be said that the relationship between UEFA and the English Football Association is very poor. Just as the United Kingdom is somewhat unusual in the European Union and has not yet joined the eurozone, the relationship between the English Football Association and the Football Association on the European continent is not good. There is no personal relationship with Frisker.

Jose Mourinho has offended the referees.

But why bother with the English refereeing community. It was UEFA that hurt the most in this matter, and it was the UEFA referees committee who suffered the most humiliation. In the Champions League, UEFA has plenty of chances to clean up Jose Mourinho.

What's the use of the English refereeing community against Mourinho and Chelsea now. If Chelsea and Jose Mourinho really want to make a big deal out of it, the FA won't be upset. No matter how you say that Abramovich is a world-class rich, he really wants to work hard with you, and the FA will really be uneven at that time. After all, money is a good thing in this world. Abu could have made a big deal out of it with money.

Thinking about it this way, the attitude of the referee committee in England has also begun to soften.

And the matter of Friske is a shame in the refereeing world. But after calming down, some of the top referees in European football began to think that this matter is not too bad.

Anyway, it doesn't affect their interests, and it's even good for them.

If nothing else, let's talk about the World Cup.

It's the World Cup in Germany soon. Corina has officiated the World Cup final, and Merck is the referee of the host Germany and cannot officiate the World Cup final. The most likely referee can only be Frieske.

After all, there are only a few top referees in the world. In addition to Corina and Merck, it is Friske.

Until then, the refereeing community had almost completely assumed that Friske would be officiating at the 2006 World Cup final.

Now that Frisker is retired, the rest of the top referees are of course eyeing next year's World Cup final. World football and European football have always been the trio of Collina, Merck, and Frisker, and the world championship over the years has been a few of them.

Now, Frisk, the youngest of the three, has retired. This qualifies other referees to officiate World Cup finals as well. One person only needs to have officiated in the World Cup final. Then his status in the refereeing world is the same as that of a top superstar on the football field.

Of course, there are many other benefits besides this.

Corina is forty-five, Merck is forty-three, and the youngest is Friske. He was only forty-two years old. Collina and Merck are both too old to support Euro 08. That is, the era of the two of them is over.

Not only will the two of them not be able to officiate the '06 World Cup final, but they will not be able to make it in time for Euro '08. Only Frisker is very young. Even if Friesk was officiated in a European Championship final. Unable to enforce Euro 08 final.

But with Friske's status in the refereeing world, he can still officiate the heavyweight matches of Euro 08. If he is a top referee, if he officiates more games, then other referees will naturally enforce fewer games. After all, there are not many referees who can participate in the enforcement of the law in a European Cup. Hundreds or thousands of referees in Europe are staring at that little bit of places. One less person, one more opportunity for everyone.

So with Frieske's retirement, it's time for other referees to come to the fore.

After those top referees calmed down, they found that Friske's retirement was only good for them, and there was no harm in it. Since there is no harm, why bother arguing with a top coach for the sake of a retired referee.

Reality is so unforgiving.

No matter how bullish you Friske were back then, as long as he quits the refereeing world, then he will no longer have anything to do with these referees, and there will be no more interests. If you still stay in the European football refereeing world and enter the UEFA refereeing committee or something, everyone may give you back face. Now that you're all retired, who cares who you are.

Therefore, the matter of Frisk made a big fuss, but it came and went quickly. Soon everyone's attention was not on this matter. After all, no matter how you say it, the referee is not the hero of the stadium, the protagonist of the stadium is still the player.

Especially at the end of the season, the focus is still on who wins the championship and who will be relegated.

The refereeing community began to pay a little attention to this matter, but as the German World Cup is getting closer and closer, everyone's attention at this time is on the selection of referees for the 06 World Cup.

In any case, this is a matter related to the interests of every referee.

After a year of screening, the list of referees for the World Cup in Germany was slowly decided. A number of referees have been eliminated from the competition. There were only three people in England who had the opportunity to officiate at the '06 World Cup.

Pol, Webb, and the last one is Jack.

This time it was Webb who was unlucky again.

No matter what mistakes Bol made in the '02 World Cup and Euro '04, he is currently the first person in the English refereeing world. It's not just the English refereeing community that wants to give him face, it's FIFA that wants to give Bol face.

And Bol doesn't look at the mistakes constantly, but he has a lot of seniority. Not only is he very senior in the English refereeing world, but even in the world refereeing world, he is also very senior. The strength may not be as good as many Italian referees, but in terms of seniority, those Italian referees are not as good as Bol.

Coupled with the fact that Friske, who was supposed to be a certainty, this incident suddenly made a vacuum in the refereeing world of world football. So instead of Bol, it came to the fore, and many people thought that next year's World Cup final would be Bol's enforcement.

Therefore, there was not the slightest objection to Bol's election.

The rest are Webber and Jack, who have risen the fastest in England in recent years.

In terms of standing within the English refereeing community, it is definitely Webber higher than Jack. But FIFA clearly favored Jack, so among the two people's choices, Jack was finally chosen.

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"Martin, I cordially invite you to join my team of judges."

After getting the exact news, Jack immediately approached Atkinson.

This World Cup is very different from the World Cup in South Korea and Japan. During the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the referees were completely mixed and matched. The referee will not be able to know his assistant referee and fourth referee until a few days before the game.

But there are too many problems with this approach.

The biggest problem is the lack of communication between the referee and the assistant referee. If a referee does not communicate with his assistant referee, it is easy to make mistakes during the game. The 02 World Cup is also known as the World Cup with the most referee errors. Not to mention the knockout round, even in the group stage. The referee made all kinds of low-level mistakes.

As a result, FIFA has changed its approach to refereeing this World Cup.

That is, the head coach is eligible to choose his assistant referee and fourth referee. But at the same time, the entire referee team became one. That is to say, in the future, when the assessment is carried out, as long as one person in a team fails the assessment, the whole team will be brushed down at that time.

Therefore, Jack was very careful in choosing his own team of referees.

The choice must be your friend, and it must be very strong.

Jack's first choice was Atkinson.

"Jack, I guess there are not a few people looking for you during this time."

Going to the World Cup to enforce the law is definitely the best resume for referees. Like Bol, he's an old referee. Have a team of referees that you are familiar with. But Jack was different.

Jack doesn't have his own mature team, and there are many people who want to go to the World Cup, so they will look for Jack.

"I trust you the most."

"Thank you. Thank you Jack. ”

Atkinson was very pleased.

Going to the World Cup, whether it's a fourth referee or an assistant referee, is a great qualification. There are huge benefits for a future refereeing career. How could Atkinson not know this?

That's why I'm so grateful to Jack.

"Don't thank me. On the World Cup stage, I still need your help. (To be continued......)