At the end of the UEFA Cup final, Valencia won the UEFA Cup this season with a 2-0 win over Marseille.

Jack's performance was not criticized, on the contrary, the overall evaluation was good. Even the yellow card shown by Jack in the first half was well received after the game. The media did not think that Jack was soft, but that Jack ensured the smoothness and integrity of the game.

However, because there were no major controversial pictures, and the game went relatively smoothly. Valencia did have the upper hand, while Marseille had nothing to say if they lost. So it's not about Jack's performance as a referee.

It's about Valencia.

Valencia was a very strong team in European football at the turn of the century, and it was also the team that the giants of European football were most reluctant to encounter. Valencia is the team that can reach the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons. It's just that Valencia's internal friction has been very serious in recent years, and the debt is even more serious.

Valencia's main internal friction comes from its own board of directors. In order to fight for control of Valencia, several major shareholders of Valencia fight every day and tear each other down. This has seriously depleted Valencia's strength.

So much so that when Valencia appointed Benitez, a young coach, the whole Spanish football world was surprised. Although Valencia had a lot of problems at the time, it was not enough to appoint a young coach like Benitez. Benitez was a man at the time, but a young coach who had just made his mark in La Liga. Not worthy of Valencia at all.

But no one could have imagined that this little-known young coach had very good results in Valencia. won the La Liga championship in his first season in charge, leaving Real Madrid's centennial celebration without a La Liga title.

And this season, he has won the La Liga championship and the League Cup in a row. This has pushed Benitez's reputation to a higher position.

Therefore, everyone is paying more attention to Benitez, a young coach.

He doesn't have a good relationship with Valencia's top brass, that's something that many people understand. Even in March of this year. There are already rumors that Valencia are going to sack Benitez. But now that Benitez is doing so well, what should Valencia do with him? Benitez is Valencia's decorated coach no matter what he says.

Again, Benitez is doing so well now. Whether you can see the declining Valencia is also a thing. The current momentum of Benitez is estimated not to be a European football giant, and there is no one who can match.

Therefore, the media after the game, in addition to congratulating Valencia on winning the League Cup, is more about introducing Benitez, a young coach. In recent years, young young marshals have emerged in batches.

In the past, European football believed that coaches should be in their golden age until they were 50 years old, but in recent times, young coaches around the age of 40 have been appearing.

It should have been Chelsea's Vialli at the start, but Vialli was more of a flash in the pan. After that, it should be the current Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti who shocked the European football world. He is a real young man, a real young marshal in referees.

After that, there was Mourinho and Benitez, and their choice attracted a lot of attention.

First, there was Benitez, a young young coach who shocked the European football world. But after a few days, few people talked about Benitez. Because just a few days later, in the Champions League final, Mourinho led Porto to win the Champions League this season.

This is the real coach against the sky.

Compared to Benitez, Mourinho is the young coach who really shocked European football. Jose Mourinho led Porto to the treble last season and has become a favorite in European football, winning last year's European Manager of the Year. Unexpectedly, this season led Porto to win the Portuguese Super League championship, and even won the Champions League. The important thing is that Mourinho is now only 41 years old.

Jose Mourinho, if last season his name is only known to people inside the football. Then after this season, all the fans will also remember this cool, handsome Mourinho.

Season of the dark horse.

2004 was a season of disruption.

Valencia won the UEFA Cup, albeit with some surprises. But there weren't many problems either. After all, Valencia itself is a strong team in La Liga, and compared to Valencia, Marseille is the real dark horse. But then the Champions League brought a huge subversion, and the Champions League was won by Porto from the Portuguese Super League.

This was something that no one thought about before the start of the season. Even if it's to the knockout rounds of the Champions League. No one thought that it would be Porto who would reach the final and win the title.

But the reason why it is said to be a subversive season is not just the Champions League. The European Championship is even more subversive. No one could have imagined that Greece would win the championship. However, the European Championship has nothing to do with Jack, because Jack was not able to go to the European Cup.

As a result, there hasn't been a single star this season.

If you talk about the performance of the league. There is no match for Thierry Henry in the whole of European football. Thierry Henry went on a spree in the Premier League to lead Arsenal to an unbeaten title. Then there is the fact that Ronaldinho is doing well. He led Barcelona to perform extremely well in the second half of the season, finishing second in La Liga. It's a pity that both of them are mediocre on the European stage.

When it comes to UEFA Cup performances, the top performers are Marseille's Didier Drogba, Valencia's Vicente and Mista. Of course, the best performer in the Champions League was Deco in Porto.

And the European Championship really can't find a good performance. Deco's performance was okay, if anything, but the winner was Greece. Greece doesn't have a single star to look at.

It's the least dominant year yet.

…………

"Jack, what have you been doing lately?"

The European Championship is over, but for the Premier League, it is about to enter a busy season. About half a month before the start of the Premier League, the referees have already begun to assemble. Because before the league, the Premier League referees still need some training.

It's a physical fitness test.

The training alone took about ten days, and with the final test, it took about half a month in total. In the past, there was only some subsidy for food. But in recent years, the Premier League has begun to have money, so now this part of the subsidy is still very high.

Almost a few hundred pounds a day can be thousands of pounds in half a month. Food, lodging and accommodation are included. And so much more for the referees. It's a good workout.

Because the physical fitness test of the Premier League is not as strict as that of FIFA and UEFA. After all, English football is not small. But it's not big. You FA can't just stop you from working because of the slightest physical problem. So how do you see people in the future, everyone will look up and not look down. Therefore, the so-called assessment is actually to turn a blind eye.

If it's really strict, like Paul. Dugin has long been eliminated. With his physical strength, he can't get a Premier League referee's certificate at all.

"Can you do it? Play. ”

"With your pretty girlfriend?"

In the cooperation between Jack and Webb, Webb and Clattenberg had a very good relationship, and Jack and Atkinson had a good personal relationship. But in terms of age, Jack and Clattenberg are only one age group.

Clattenberg was only half a year older than Jack, and the two were the same age.

So while Weber and Clattenberg had a deeper friendship. But there is also a good relationship between Jack and Clattenberg. And both Scherel and Clattenburg were born in Newcastle and are both Newcastle FC fans.

So usually everyone has a good relationship.

"She's busier than me."

"Yes."

Clattenberg nodded, then smiled and said, "She's still making more money than you." ”

"Yes."

It's not natural to talk about this Jack. As a referee, he is still the most profitable in the referee world. Since the 02 World Cup, Jack's income has really been getting higher and higher year by year.

For example, last season's income of Jack has exceeded 400,000 pounds and is about to reach 500,000 pounds.

But compared with Cheryl, there has begun to be a gap between this income and Cheryl. As the singer group with the most fierce momentum among the idol groups in the English entertainment industry in the past two years, Cheryl's income has also risen.

Now Sheriel shoots a set of commercials. will be able to reach Jack's income for a year.

This made Jack more unhappy. No matter how you say that you are also a man, your income is far less than that of a woman.

"I heard that Paul. Is it true that Dugin is retiring? ”

Clattenberg saw that Jack was unnatural, so he naturally changed the subject. Jack nodded. "Yes." Paul. Dugin has already submitted his application and the referee committee has approved it. He has not been seen since the beginning of the season, and it is estimated that another Premier League referee will be promoted. ”

"I thought he was going to work until he was sixty."

"Huh."

Paul. Dugin retired. Definitely a big deal. It may be that the retirement of a referee is nothing for the entire English football world. And no one pays attention to this kind of thing. But it's definitely a big deal for the English refereeing community.

Don't look at Paul these years. Dugin was depressed. It doesn't seem to be squeezed by others.

But Paul. After all, Dugin is the oldest Premier League referee in English football. As a veteran referee who started as a referee in 78, he has a huge network in the refereeing community. The referees he single-handedly promoted are definitely not a small number in the refereeing world. And he has been a pole in the refereeing world for more than ten years.

Anyway, he himself was once the first referee in England, and the Gallagher he promoted was also the first referee in the Premier League. With such a combination, there is no need to say that the strength is not to mention. If you talk about the number of best referees in the English top league in the past two decades, it is estimated that Paul. Dugin and Gallagher were able to occupy half of the spots. Therefore, his deterrent power is not comparable to that of ordinary referees.

Now he's finally retiring.

It's a big event that could revolutionise the current world of refereeing in England. Jack was very welcome to Paul. Dugin is retiring, because with this batch of old referees choosing to retire, Jack and these young referees will slowly occupy the mainstream.

If Paul. Dugin doesn't retire, even if Jack they can really run on Paul. Dugin, but can't overdo it. Everyone should consider the negative effects. Now that he has finally retired, how could Jack not be happy.

Jack is now waiting for when Gallagher will retire. In terms of age, he will soon be forty-five years old. Estimated he could not have been with Paul. Dugin, like that, has stayed in the Premier League. In that case, that is, within two or three years, this person will also retire.

That's when Jack and Webb really become the top referees in the Premier League.

"What is this. Jose Mourinho became Chelsea manager. ”

"Why, you have a bad impression."

"Not really. It's just that this coach is not an ordinary coach, and his temper is not good. It is estimated that it will be as difficult to deal with as Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. This is a character coach who should be aware of future Chelsea games. ”

"This is an upstart. It's going to look good this season. ”

Chelsea spent 100 million last season and another 100 million this season. Then the most popular coach in European football, Jose Mourinho, was invited, which shows the ambition of the Chelsea owner.

"What about the new Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez?"

This season's Premier League refereeing scene has been followed by Paul. Dugin's retirement will change dramatically. But the Premier League is a big change. Chelsea and Liverpool, two strong teams, have begun to change coaches, and the power of the Premier League will change dramatically.

Jack officiated the Valencia game after Clattenburg asked Jack how Benitez was.

"It's not very clear. But it shouldn't be as difficult as Mourinho's. ”

"That's good." (To be continued......)