FIFA training courses are held in Zurich.

There are not many people, and there are only two people in the English refereeing world, Webber and Jack. Including Italy, Spain, Germany are one or two people, and many minor leagues don't even have referees.

If a league is good, then there will be top giants, top coaches, and great players. Of course, there will be no shortage of good referees. But if a league is not good, there will be very few good referees.

Therefore, the referees who can come here are basically from the top leagues of European football, and there are also some referees from the South American league.

The total number does not exceed thirty.

All of them are young referees trained by various football associations. Although they are referees from different leagues and different countries, they may cooperate in the future, so we still have an exchange.

"What is the nature of this training, I am sure everyone knows. Let me first introduce to you a few referee lecturers in this training. ”

This is not a training course for the issuance of referee qualifications, but a training course for the training of international referees. The purpose is different, and the degree of attention is also different. So here today is Senés Erger, the vice-president of the FIFA Referees Committee.

This is a powerful figure in FIFA, second only to the chairman of the FIFA referee committee in the refereeing world. He is also the honorary president of the Turkish Football Federation and has the opportunity to become a member of the FIFA Executive Committee. And many people believe that he is the best choice for the next FIFA chief referee.

His presence in person also shows that FIFA attaches great importance to this group of young referees.

"This is Mr. Rozari, this is ......"

There are not many referees and lecturers, only three people. Some of these lecturers specialize in lecturers, while others work as referees and come over as lecturers when FIFA needs them.

The referees who are qualified to be lecturers are all referees with sufficient qualifications and prestige in European football.

"The guy next to me should be familiar to everyone. Anders Frieske, referee from Sweden. He also finds time to give lectures. ”

Anders Frieske.

There is no one who does not know this referee. This is a top referee in European football who can be compared with Italian referee Corina and German referee Merck. These three referees are also the troika of referees in European football.

The 37-year-old referee was the 37-year-old referee who just concluded the European Championship final. Not only did he officiate the European Championship final, but Friske also officiated Portugal's 3-2 win over England and the Netherlands' 3-2 win over France. The games are all very important games in the European Championship, and they are all very exciting games. And Frieske's performance is also very perfect, which has been unanimously affirmed by European football.

In fact, according to the results achieved on the field, Frisker is ahead of Corina and Merck. Especially in this European Cup, it can be seen that UEFA values Friske more than Corina and Merck.

Of course, it also has something to do with Frieske's origin.

For example, in the final of this European Championship, Italy entered the final. So Corina automatically loses the opportunity to enforce the law. The referees of strong teams often have such problems, but there is absolutely no such problem for the Swedish Vrieske.

Neither the Swedish national team nor the club have any good results, but it will not affect the referee Frieske.

Despite his high accomplishments, Friske is relatively low-key, and he is from Sweden.

The Swedish media is not as good as Italy and Germany. Both the Italian and German media touted their referees, which made Corina and Merck far more famous than Friske.

Everyone was excited.

Unexpectedly, this training class turned out to be a world-class referee like Frieske.

"Everyone is a referee, and this training course is only held three times a week. On Saturdays and Sundays, everyone is busy, so we don't arrange classes. ”

Although it is a training course for FIFA, it is not a school for elementary school students. He also has to juggle these young referees, who are all valued in their respective countries.

There must be a whole bunch of law enforcement tasks.

It is impossible for them to really give up the opportunity to enforce the competition and listen to lectures here every day. So it's kind of very user-friendly.

"Okay, rest today. Classes begin tomorrow. ”

There are more than 30 referees, and most of the referees in Europe are English. But there are a few referees from South America, and they only speak Spanish or Portuguese. Of course, FIFA also takes care of them and arranges Spanish and Portuguese lecturers.

Looking at them, Jack also knows that if you want to be an international referee, it is also very important to know foreign languages.

Nothing is going on inside England. In the future, if you meet Italian teams, Spanish teams, German teams, and French teams in the Champions League and League Cup, if you don't know foreign languages, people won't know what to say when they scold you.

Fortunately, Jack was prepared.

Jack started his career as a referee with the goal of becoming a Premier League referee. International referee. Therefore, in his spare time Jack is trying to learn foreign languages. At the moment, Jack's Italian and German are all good.

Of course, Jack is still learning French and Spanish, not really a linguist. It's just that at least understand these things, that's Jack's goal.

"Howard, where do you say there are rules of football that we don't understand."

The so-called training class is actually no different from the study class that obtained the referee qualification back then. It's still there to explain the rules of football to these referees, and it's still that over and over again.

Those who can be referees and are qualified to come to this training class are not quite familiar with the rules of football. If you are not even familiar with the rules of football, it is impossible to become a referee. It is also impossible to be where we are now.

"If that's not the case, how can those lecturers eat together."

Webb also told Jack a joke. Like Jack, Webb is also very funny. The things that this so-called training course instructor talked about, even if any referee present went up, could say the truth. Even if you let those middle school physical education teachers go up, they can boast about it.

"Frisker is going to give a lecture in the afternoon, is there anything to look forward to?"

Jack was tired of listening to those lecturers' lectures. But Jack was looking forward to Friske's lesson. After all, this is the top referee in European football, Corina and Merck.

He is a referee who has officiated in European Championship finals.

I was curious about what he would say.

"Let's see."

English football has lagged behind continental football in the past decade, and even the level of referees is far behind that of continental Europe. From the 80s to the 90s, England did not have a truly world-class referee.

The current representatives of referees in England are Conor Gallagher and Bol.

However, there is a clear gap between them and the real top referees in Europe at the moment, Corina, Merck, and Friske. Not to mention that compared to the three top referees, even compared to some young referees on the European continent, including Italy's DeSantis, and Spain's Gonzalez, it is very inferior.

This is the current state of refereeing in England.

"Hey, you're talking about Friske, aren't you?"

"Why, you know."

Jack and Webb discuss Friske, and the referee from Italy joins the two in the discussion. This is a young referee, but he is an experienced referee.

Four years ago, he became a Serie A referee.

His other job is the director of the hospital, and he is Roberto Rossetti, who is currently the leading young referee in Serie A.

"It's not an acquaintance. In the past, UEFA had conducted similar training courses, where I had attended his lessons. ”

"How is he?"

"Very nice and humorous."

Rossetti is indeed more senior than Webber and Jack, and has more connections in the refereeing world of European football than two people. In fact, many referees in continental Europe are more well-connected than English referees.

There is some conservatism in English football, and by the way, English referees are also relatively isolated in the European refereeing community.

"Robert, are you about to get an international referee?"

"Difficult."

Rossetti's face was not very good-looking. Serie A is a mini-World Cup, and Serie A has been the strongest league in Europe for more than a decade. Therefore, there are a lot of good players and a lot of good coaches in Serie A.

Similarly, good referees in Serie A are also frequent.

There are kings of the refereeing world like Collina, as well as Paparesta who is comparable in seniority and ability to Collina, and DeSantis, a leader in young referees.

There are too many good referees, and there are good and bad things for young referees.

Needless to say, if you shoot their sycophants well, you can use their connections. And you can get the support of top referees. But the disadvantages are even more obvious.

Especially when you get the international referee qualification.

Even if Serie A is a mini-World Cup, even if Serie A is the best league in the world. Neither UEFA nor FIFA can let them endlessly export international referees.

There is always a number of international referees in a country.

Now there are too many good referees in Serie A, and they have occupied all the international referee places. Unless an old referee leaves, a young referee like Rossetti will have to wait.

It's also a sad thing.

"Howard, Jack, maybe you'll become an international judge before I do."

"Huh."

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