117 Henry the Cunning

"Judas! Judas! Judas! ”

"Traitor! Traitor! Traitor! ”

"Liar! Swindler! Swindler! ”

Very unified slogan. (Tens of thousands of fans across White Hart Lane chanted "Judas, traitors, liars," and they were targeting their former captain, Campbell, of course.)

Just this summer, Tottenham Hotspur was born and raised, Tottenham's own captain Campbell, the current number one local central defender in English football, transferred to Tottenham's north London rival Arsenal on a free transfer.

It was so infuriating that the entire Tottenham fans almost blew up.

Because Campbell is at his peak now, and his age is also when the central defender is at his peak. You say you transfer, you want a big stage, and Tottenham fans don't say anything. Indeed, Tottenham's stage is too small to satisfy the ambitious Campbell. They will also understand Campbell's thoughts.

You can choose to go to any wealthy family to achieve your ideals.

After all, Campbell is a free agent, and there are many giants who are willing to let him transfer freely. But Campbell actually chose the century-old rival Arsenal, which made Tottenham fans not angry.

Then the media broke another bombshell news.

Campbell's salary at Arsenal is £100,000 a week. This is currently the highest salary in European football, and he is also the first player in the Premier League to earn £100,000 a week.

This made Tottenham fans hate Campbell even more. It must be for the money that Arsenal will be chosen.

So before the game even started, the fans began to mock Campbell non-stop.

"Whew-"

Jack breathed a sigh of relief. This season was supposed to be one of Jack's big hits. After all, Jack has a year of experience as a Premier League referee and has just become an international referee. To be able to become an international referee is a referee who is highly touted by the national football association.

Jack was also one of the FA's most popular young referees.

However, because of the awkward falling out with Philippe Don at the beginning of the season, he was not able to catch any important games. Now with a new leader, plus a World Cup referee training course, so there has been no heavyweight competition so far this season.

But today we finally got a real heavyweight fight.

North London Derby.

Arsenal take on Tottenham Hotspur away.

For such an important game, the Premier League's top referees should have been allowed to enforce the law. It's just that the FA is now starting to protect Bol and Gallagher from officiating too sensitive games. It's good to be able to ensure that they can officiate the World Cup smoothly. As for Paul Dugin and Neil Barry, the old referees are old and will retire in a year or two.

So it's so important, and there are some controversial matches, so it's handed over to the new international referee Jack. Webber was also heavily used for this reason, even more so than Jack's game.

Match between Manchester United and Leeds United.

Of course, Jack wasn't thinking about Webb's side right now, but about this game. Arsenal and Tottenham, the two century-old rivals, have a very poor relationship. This summer, there was another Campbell defection, and the relationship between the two sides was even worse.

The match between Arsenal and Tottenham has always been the heaviest match in English football.

Because it's hot.

The ratio of red and yellow cards in a match is unmatched in any other competition. And more importantly, the game between Arsenal and Tottenham has always been a lot of goals and a lot of controversy.

"Toot-"

'This is White Hart Lane, and now it's Tottenham's home game against Arsenal. It was Arsenal's first game of the season against Tottenham and the first time Campbell has returned to play since leaving Tottenham. Just look at the boos from Tottenham fans right now to see how much they hate Campbell. We'll be waiting to see how Campbell performs at Arsenal. ”

"The referee of the match was Jack Lee. It's a very harsh referee. The Arsenal-Tottenham match was never short of goals and red cards, and certainly not without controversy. I ran into a stern referee Jack Lee today, I don't know what will happen? ”

Sometimes the image is fixed like this.

In fact, Jack is only strict with players who attach actions and go against sportsmanship, and for physical confrontation Jack still belongs to the more traditional type of English referee. Jack believes that football is a man's sport, and physical confrontation is part of the charm of football.

Like a physical collision, as long as it is not up with feet or hands, then Jack will generally not be awarded a foul. Jack is even more lax than many other Premier League referees in this regard.

However, Jack has sent off heavyweight players several times, and Jack's image has been slowly fixed.

Jack doesn't like that, but the reality is.

Derby can never be reasoned with common sense. Originally, Arsenal's strength was far greater than that of Tottenham, after all, Arsenal were last season's Premier League champions. Take a look at Arsenal's current squad.

There's Thierry Henry, there's Bergkamp, there's Pire and Ljungberg, and there's Patrick Vieira in midfield. Originally, there were some problems at the back, but with the addition of Campbell, Ashley Cole was born, and Keown became stronger, which made Arsenal's attack and defense improve a lot.

Compared to Arsenal, Tottenham's side is very poor.

Originally, Tottenham's strength was average, and Campbell's departure this summer was a very big blow to Tottenham. Tottenham's board of directors is in turmoil again, with Tottenham owner Suga and Tottenham fans at loggerheads, and there has been news that he is going to sell his shares. In such a situation, Tottenham will certainly not invest money in the transfer market, so Tottenham's results are getting bigger and bigger.

Anyway, on the whole, Arsenal is thriving now, while Tottenham is suffering from internal and external troubles.

But after the game started, Tottenham took advantage of the home advantage and attacked Arsenal instead. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, who have always been proud of possession, were firmly suppressed by a group of Tottenham veterans.

That's the derby.

The derby cannot simply be compared by strength.

"Poyet, Poyet passes...... Sheringham controls the ball, Sheringham passes back, Poyet shoots from distance! ”

'Poyet's long-range shot hit Keown, it was a corner.

"Corner, Ferdinand's header! The ball is high. ”

Tottenham's attack was fierce. Tottenham fans are also very happy and keep cheering for their team. The current head coach of Tottenham is Glenn Hoddle, the former manager of the England national team.

Although he was the head coach of the England national team, he really didn't have much praise for his achievements.

He didn't do much in the England national team and was able to become Tottenham's manager because he was a decorated player for Tottenham when he was a player. He forgot that Arsenal in front of him was a team that was quite good on the counter-attack.

'Poyet gave the ball to Iverson, who passed it...... Iverson's pass was cut off by Lauren, who handed the ball to Vieira. Vieira passed the ball to Ljungberg, who was very fast! ”

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal play beautifully, but in the final analysis, they are still a counter-attacking team.

The counterattack is very beautiful.

Or rather, Arsenal counter-attacked very quickly. A few passes can go to the front, and then it is a matter of speed and passing directly through your defense. This time it was the case, and from the moment the ball was broken, with just a few passes, Ljungberg's speed was already up.

The veteran Ziggy defended Ljungberg and couldn't keep up with his pace at all.

"Ljungberg wiped Ziggy."

Zieg was also known as one of the three left-backs in European football back then, but unfortunately the current Zieg is not Ljungberg's opponent at all. Ljungberg actually used his speed to complete the overdrive, but also wiped the ball directly in front of him.

"Ljungberg, pass...... Henry, it's a foul. ”

Ljungberg didn't play the ball down the middle, but with an inverted triangle pass that got to Thierry Henry just outside the box. But just as Henry got the ball, Iverson, who was following behind, pulled Henry down.

After all, Henry's shooting footwork is very good, this position is completely defenseless, and the threat is too great.

'Yellow card, it's a tactical foul.'

Good free-kick position, Jack also came to the scene of the incident. Henry is not the type who likes to fall to the ground if he is kicked down, so he quickly gets back to his feet.

Seeing Jack coming, Henry grabbed Jack and whispered, "Can I send it quickly?" ”

Jack was stunned.

This was the first time anyone had asked Jack that. Jack nodded, then asked Henry, "You don't need a human wall, do you?" ”

A quick free kick is a rule for making the game smoother. At the moment, there are no very strict rules for quick free kicks.

But if you want to take a free kick quickly, you don't have a problem. As long as you don't ask the opponent to step back 10 yards, you can take a quick free-kick in the middle of the game. These are all FIFA's rules in recent years to encourage a more consistent, smoother, faster and most consistent pace.

Even when Jack attended the International Referee Training Course and the World Cup Referee Candidate Training Course, those on the FIFA Referees Committee encouraged referees to support fast free kicks.

However, this group of people did not have strict rules on what circumstances can be used to take a quick free kick and what is an official free kick. So it all depends on what the referee thinks.

"Yes."

Ask for a wall back, then you can't take a quick free kick. If you want to take a quick free-kick, you are not eligible to ask the wall to step back. So Henry nodded.

So Jack said to Henry, "Yes." ”

With that, Jack retreated to the side. Tottenham's players are all going backwards, and they're all busy lining up the wall. But Henry immediately stepped forward.

'It's a good free-kick in this position, Arsenal have a lot of free-kick masters. Thierry, Pire, Bergkamp their ...... Thierry Henry, Henry's quick free-kick. Sullivan is still commanding the human wall, and this goal has gone in? ”

"Toot-"

Seeing the goal, Jack immediately blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid.