29 First Assistant Referee's Pressure
"Foul, foul."
Blackburn head coach Sheatfort roared. For the first time since Jack became a referee, he was facing a head coach directly. Shaforte is not a well-known manager, he was an assistant to Blackburn's Premier League title manager Dalglish.
Later, after Dalglish won the Premier League title at Blackburn, he became Blackburn's director of football, and handed over the position of head coach to Shafort.
Sheafort has been under a lot of pressure lately, not ordinarily. Blackburn, who were the Premier League champions last season, have only been in the relegation zone for a season. The cries for him to get out of the way are not one or two.
After finally meeting the likes of Swindon in the Carabao Cup, Schafort was keen to get a hearty win to boost the morale of the team.
I didn't expect to get the victory, but fell behind Swindon. This made Shafort furious, especially since the ball was a foul on his position. So he grabbed Jack's shoulder directly.
"That's a foul, a foul. Bullshit, how do you guys become referees. That's a foul, a foul. ”
Jack has been an assistant referee since he became a referee, and he is the second assistant referee. As a result, he has never faced the head coach of the team directly in the middle of the game.
This is the first time to be the first assistant referee, so it's also the first time. Seeing Shafort pulling himself and roaring, Jack didn't know what he should be doing at this time.
"Coach Shafort, don't get in the way of the assistant referees."
When Jack didn't know what to do with Shafort, fourth referee Andre Marriner came over and grabbed Shafort. And Andre Marriner's expression at this time is very serious, which is completely different from what he usually sees.
"Didn't you see it was a foul? What are you doing with your eyes? ”
Shafort didn't come out of his rage at all, and began yelling at Andre Marriner. And Andre Marriner's expression was still serious, and he looked at Shafort coldly and said, "Coach Shafort, you have now hindered the work of the assistant referee. If you have anything to tell me, you can tell me. Otherwise, I'll have to ask the referee to deal with it. ”
Andre Marriner, the famous "red card king" of the English League C, is indeed very imposing when he is serious. Sure enough, under Andre Marriner's warning, Shafort let go of Jack's arm.
Jack ignores him, because the game continues, so Jack has to keep working. Shafort, on the other hand, went to Andre Marriner to continue his complaint. As Jack continued to enforce the law, he began to understand why the first assistant referee was under more pressure.
This time it's Shafort, if it's Dalglish, Ferguson, Kevin Keegan and other famous coaches who pull him, how should he be treated. After all, their deterrent power is far greater than that of Schafort.
But Jack looked at Andre Marriner, who had calmed down the situation, and began to understand something. The profession of referee requires authority. Therefore, it is absolutely important not to hesitate or show weakness.
Andre Marriner has only been in charge in League C for a long time, and this is the first time he has faced a Premier League side. But just now, he didn't have a good face for Xia Ford, so he warned people directly. It's also a great way to establish authority.
Now Jack is slowly understanding why there is so much emphasis on experience. Every time Jack works with different judges, he learns something different from them. These things are not something that can be understood by seeing them on TV, but can only be understood by experiencing them firsthand.
"Jack, it's okay."
The game was relatively uneventful, with Blackburn attacking Swindon like crazy, while Swindon FC kept defending. The first half of the game ended in a lively and lively manner.
"It's okay."
To be honest, technically, Jack doesn't have much of a problem as an assistant referee. It can even be said that there are very few assistant referees with accurate judgments like Jack in the entire English refereeing community.
But what Jack lacks most is experience. Especially when I was the first assistant referee for the first time, I couldn't completely let go of myself in the face of pressure from the head coach and fans. This kind of stuff is the accumulation of games that need to be played. After a certain level, Jack will naturally understand how to deal with these people.
"If you should be tough, you must be tough."
"Yes."
…………
Andre Marriner didn't pay attention to Jack as the referee, but he was excellent as the fourth referee. Seeing that Jack felt some pressure from the referee, he quickly took it.
Andre Marriner stepped straight up and gave Jack a lot of support. The team's coaching staff and players on the bench were not allowed to put pressure on Jack. This made Jack breathe a sigh of relief, and he was very grateful to Andre Marriner.
"Henning Berg, give the ball to Sherwood...... Sherwood, shoot! ”
'Sherwood passes, Gallaher...... Gallaher, shoot! ”
Blackburn Rovers really worked hard in the second half. It's really because Blackburn's results are so poor now, and it would be too demoralizing to lose to a lower league club like Swindon in the Carabao Cup.
Shafort's idea was simple, he must overtake the score. So Blackburn launched a tidal offensive. The goal for Swindon FC is really shaky.
Webb, as the referee, was basically in the Swindon half at this time. Jack stared at this piece, not daring to relax a little. Because Blackburn attacked Swindon FC with all their might, there were too many fouls, sideline kicks, and corner kicks here.
'Swindon's players are all on the back and Blackburn haven't found a good way yet. Lesocex, the thirty-year-old Lessox is not slowing down. Le Sox crosses! ”
Le Sox is currently England's best left-back and is the England left-back international after Pierce. The strength is very good, the speed of the ball is very fast, and after getting rid of Swindon's right-back, he uses his speed to get rid of Swindon and make a direct cross.
"Sutton, Chris Sutton. Sutton, header! ”
Chris Sutton and Shearer used to be the perfect pair, and at Blackburn they were a big hit. Now that Shearer is gone, Chris Sutton is Blackburn's number one star.
At 1.91 meters, his heading ability is very good. Lesaux's cross came and Chris Sutton leapt high and flicked his head at goal.
"Bang-"
Chris Sutton was heavily guarded in this game and finally got the best chance this time. Unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and the ball "slammed" into the crossbar.
"It's a shame...... Gallaher, Gallaher shoots! ”
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa……………… What's going on? ”
Gallacher was clever and Chris Sutton's ball bounced off the crossbar and was in front of him. It was easy to score the ball. It was 82 minutes into the game, and 80 minutes after the onslaught on Swindon, Blackburn finally knocked on Swindon's goal.
The moment the goal was scored, Gallaher was excited. The same goes for the other Blackburn Rovers, who are under a lot of pressure at the moment. Of course, the Blackburn bench became an instant sea of joy.
The whole stadium erupted in an instant, like a volcanic eruption, and the cheers made the entire Ewood Park stadium shake.
It's a pity that there is a guy who is very puzzled, so that this cheer came to an abrupt end. Because everyone saw a person, the assistant referee was already holding high the flag of offside.
The feeling of falling from the clouds was felt by Blackburn's coaches, players, and fans. Just equalized, everyone who was excited lost their voices for a while.
Terrible stillness, calm before eruption.
"Shhh
After the silence, there was immediately a flood of boos. Blackburn's fans gave all the boos to Jack. At the same time, Blackburn's head coach Shearford also immediately came to Jack's side.
Shafort was the angriest of them all. He is now in an unstable position as manager and desperately needs a win, whether it is a Premier League victory or a Carabao Cup victory. Anyway, a victory is needed.
Just equalized, Shafort still thought that his life was not bad, and if he equalized, he would have a chance. After all, Swindon is very weak, and there is a lot of luck in the first goal. As long as the equaliser is reached, whether it is a replay or whatever, Blackburn will be able to win.
But the flag held high by Jack was really dazzling, very dazzling.
"** Aren't you an idiot, where is the offside, are you blind."