Jack's outstanding performance, Jack's status as an international referee, and Jack Taylor behind Jack, these factors add up to Keith Hackett who can't ignore it. ww.3wx. Although he doesn't really like the referee as young as Jack, he can't take Jack lightly.

Keith Hackett seems that a young referee like Jack can easily cause conflicts between referees. Therefore, Keith Hackett is more conservative, and he wants the referee to be able to judge seniority.

In this way, there will be fewer conflicts between referees.

But now that things are like this, Keith Hackett can't blatantly suppress it. He himself didn't have the courage to offend Jack's group of young judges, and he didn't dare to offend old referees like Jack Taylor.

As a result, after officiating the third round of the Carabao Cup, Jack followed up with a Premier League game. Keith Hackett doesn't want to do anything to Jack in the allocation of Premier League matches.

After the match, Jack followed the Premier League's international referee to Japan.

Asia?

East Asia, Jack is here for the first time.

For Jack, East Asia is still very mysterious. Although he is Chinese, their family has been rooted in England for a hundred years and has never been to the land of their ancestors. Just learn a little bit about China from the English newspapers.

But Jack, the newspaper in England, was not very convinced.

Jack's father is a lawyer, and Jack sees too much shady things. The neutrality and objectivity of the newspaper are for those children who go to school. If you still believe this after many years of work, it shows that you are hopelessly stupid.

Jack would rather go to China than Japan.

Why, that's also where his ancestors are. When Jack was very old before, he had heard his grandfather talk about it. It was not easy for the Chinese to live in England back then, and China was strong, which was also good for the Chinese.

Of course, this time I didn't come to visit.

Jack came to participate in the referee training of the 00 South Korea and Japan World Cup.

England sent four referees this time, and they should have recommended four referees to FIFA. Graham Ball, Dermott Gallagher, Howard Webb and Jack Lee were the four judges.

"Howard, it's the first time I've seen so many levels of referees."

What is a candidate referee for the World Cup, that is, every country in the world recommends the best international referee in their country. FIFA then selects a few outstanding referees from among them, and then enters the shortlist of World Cup referees.

Therefore, the referees who can come to this shortlist are all referees in world football.

A lot of referees who have only heard their names are here.

Collina, Merck, and Friske, the three referees who stand tall in European football, don't need it, and the referees from Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands are all famous referees.

In addition to judges from Europe, there are also judges from South America, Africa, North America, and Asia. Among these referees, Jack is more familiar with the referees of European football. And for the referees of other states are almost unknown.

Of course, in addition to the referees in European football, Jack, a referee in South America, also listened to some. But that's about it.

"Me too."

"We're just here to be a foil for them."

Jack pointed to the referees, and said something envious to Webb.

"Yes."

Foil.

It's really a foil. In fact, in FIFA's mind, there is already a rough list of World Cup referees. After all, excellent referees are on the list of FIFA referees.

Jack's qualifications are entirely the role of accompanying the prince to study.

And there are really a lot of referees this time. Mainly because this time the World Cup is placed in Asia, South Korea and Japan. Moreover, in order to stabilize his position and cater to some weak football countries and countries, Blatter proposed to use more referees from weak football countries and countries this time.

After all, although football in those places is weak, it is also one country and one vote when voting. Wooing those countries and countries that are weak in football is very good for consolidating their position.

There are many world-class referees.

Now with the addition of referees from some weak football countries and countries, this time there are many more referee candidates for the World Cup than before. The number of referees alone exceeded 60, which is half more than 40 referee candidates in the previous World Cup.

With the addition of assistant referees, there are even more people.

This time, more than 150 head referees and assistant referees came to Japan to participate in the training of candidate referees for the World Cup.

Webb didn't talk much, and looked at the referees carefully. In English football, Webber is indeed a very good referee. But even in English football, Webb's qualifications are very low, and even more so among international referees.

Referees like Webber and Jack are completely unqualified.

Watching those referees and FIFA officials talk and laugh, and referees like Jack can only watch their performances with envy.

"Howard, I'll go over there and say hello."

"Anyone you know?"

Webb was surprised. In terms of seniority, Jack is the worst among the current World Cup referee candidates. Don't look at referees from football countries and football weak countries.

Although the football in their country is very poor, the referees who can stand out from their country and then be affirmed by FIFA are all very experienced referees. He has officiated many international matches before he is eligible to be selected by FIFA.

It is precisely because of Jack's lack of qualifications that Jack lacks a voice even in English football. In international football, you don't have any qualifications, and you can't have any friends.

"Nope. There's a Chinese referee over there, so I'm going to say hello. ”

"Chinese referee?"

Webb looked up at the side that Jack was pointing, and there were quite a few Asian referees talking. The people there all looked similar, and Webb couldn't tell which one was the Chinese referee.

However, Jack is Chinese, and it is understandable to greet the Chinese referee.

"Yes."

"Then you go."

Webb head. Webb is also trying to take advantage of this opportunity to get to know some international referees. Now that they are all international referees, Weber certainly wants to expand his network.

Jack stepped over to the other side.

In fact, Jack was very curious and came over to say hello. After all, although he is Chinese, he is too far away from China and has no impression of China.

For Jack, China is the Great Wall, the Yangtze River, and so on.

Seeing the Chinese referee, Jack was still very happy. So he walked over slowly and said to the Chinese referee, "Hello, I'm Jack Lee." ”

is in Chinese.

In Jack's community, in addition to blacks, there are also a lot of Chinese. A lot of Chinese people love to get together, and then it becomes a Chinese community. Jack grew up in such a community, so he still knows Chinese.

"Hello, I'm Lu Jun."

The referee from China is Lu Jun. Lu Jun, who is already 4 years old this year, is far superior to a young referee like Jack in terms of qualifications. When he was a young man, he officiated the Women's World Cup, at the age of 7 he officiated the World Junior Championships in Egypt, at the age of 8 he officiated the World Youth Championships in Nigeria, at the age of 41 he officiated the Sydney Olympics, and at the age of 4 he officiated the Confederations Cup this summer.

Compared with Chinese football, this referee is far higher than the level of Chinese football.

Lu Jun was more surprised.

I didn't expect to meet a young World Cup candidate referee like Jack. The referee and assistant referee are now mixed together, but they are still distinct. The referee is the referee, and the assistant referee is the assistant referee.

The assistant referee will never enter the referee's crowd because it will be ostracized and despised by the referee. And the referee will not mix in the assistant referee team, because it is too cheap.

So Lu Jun saw at a glance that Jack was coming from the referee team.

is so young, he is already a candidate for refereeing in the World Cup. And from his appearance and words, Lu Jun easily judged that Jack was a Chinese referee.

"Referee Lu Jun, hello. I'm a referee from England. ”

"Hello, Jack."

is from England, which surprised Lu Jun even more. To be selected as a candidate referee for the World Cup from the English league is simply amazing.

"It was the first time I saw a referee from China, so I came over to say hello. It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"I'm also glad to know you. Jack, if you don't take the liberty of it, I want to ask you. How old are you? ”

"Twenty-six."

"Twenty-six?"

Lu Jun almost called out. Referees in their twenties are no different from babies in the refereeing world. It is impossible for such a referee to even enforce the law in a league, and it is even more unlikely that he will become an international referee.

I didn't expect to be able to become a candidate referee for the World Cup.

"Jack, you're the youngest international referee I've ever met."

"Good luck."