Chapter Three Hundred and Seventy-Ninth a Blessing in Disguise

I don't know the meaning behind the referee's random decision, and I don't want to know. I just know that our victory was taken away by a shameless robber. Notts County will appeal after the game. We hope to be treated fairly. We will fight with our firmest attitude, not just one person can take away the three points we have!

David's words were decisive and completely inviolable.

The reporters are very happy. Although David did not attack the FA by name, the insinuation is very obvious. If Notts County persists in protesting, the FA will definitely have a headache. Everyone is well. I watched the play.

The next day, the major newspapers put the match between Arsenal and Notts County on the front page, and among them, there are indeed extremely eye-catching things.

"The first game ended in a draw, Arsenal equalized with a penalty kick in stoppage time"

"Henry, hero or bear? 》

"Controversial penalty decides the outcome of the game, Henry is silent"

"Notts County suffered a dive and vowed to fight to the end"

At this time, the fans realized that so many stories happened in this first battle.

Henry diving?

So everyone found the game video with great interest, and watched the last-minute game countless times, hoping to see the truth about diving and penalty kicks.

Many fans were shocked to find that it seemed that Notts County defender Carvalho really didn't take the initiative to touch Henry with his body, and Henry's fall was too exaggerated, completely contrary to the laws of physics, as if it was not controlled by the earth's gravity.

Although it is not very clear from several angles, it turns out that Henry's suspicion of diving is too great.

It was lively all of a sudden. Arsenal got a draw through Henry's diving and kept the pressure on Notts County in the standings. If it wasn't for this unwarranted penalty, Arsenal would have been thrown farther. .

With the help of Notts County, Henry became the target of public criticism all of a sudden. The fans turned up the previous example of Henry's diving, trying to prove that the French forward had a history of diving. This time, there is nothing to doubt it. .

Only Arsenal fans were weakly defending Henry, and even a professor from the Department of Physics at University College London publicly proved that Henry's fall did not violate the laws of physics through verification and simulation, but soon this good-looking guy was exposed to the scandal of academic fraud

things intensified,

Notts County, just as David said, resolutely and tenaciously appealed to the FA, swearing to seek an argument for Notts County. It can't be so wronged to die and no one cares.

The FA and the English Professional Referee Committee have also been devastated. Whenever something major happens in English football, they are always the first to be bothered.

In fact, several giant teams in the Premier League have some special preferential treatment. They used to be Manchester United and Liverpool, and now there is one more Arsenal. These three teams are the giant teams in the Premier League. How many referees will there be? Certain bias.

For example, the famous Ferguson time, such as Liverpool and Arsenal are the two clubs with the most penalty kicks in the Premier League era, etc. Maybe this is only a trivial preferential treatment, but for other clubs, it is very unfair.

Facing increasing pressure, the FA had to launch an investigation and meet with the referee committee frequently, and finally came to a preliminary conclusion.

However, this conclusion made everyone scratch their heads, laugh or cry, and even didn't know how to make it public.

The referee in this game did not obviously favor Arsenal, which can be proved in most of the game, and even the slight so-called home whistle did not appear. Except for the penalty kick at the last minute, the referee is absolutely fair and strict.

As for the penalty kick in stoppage time, the referee did not want to stand out for Arsenal. From his point of view at the time, it was a penalty kick. You must know that he also had to bear a lot of pressure to award a penalty kick at that time.

After the game, after the referee observed the movements of Henry and Carvalho through multi-angle lenses, he had to admit that it was a misjudgment

How to explain this to the public?

Notts County has indeed suffered an unwarranted disaster, but they have never heard of the result of the game being changed after the game because of a misjudgment, let alone a rematch. They are really worried that the announcement of the truth will cause Notts County to rebel.

As a result, the FA sent someone to contact Notts County secretly, hoping that Notts County would be able to turn the big things into trivial matters and give the FA a step down, which would be beneficial to everyone.

If not, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation. The FA announced the results of the investigation, and Notts County is still reluctant. Not to mention the shame of the FA, Notts County will definitely face serious penalties, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

But David doesn't care. Since there has been such a result, he knows that he can't change it at all. Instead of this, it is better to ask for an attitude. If Notts County encounters similar things in the future, should it die?

So the FA understood what David meant, and held a press conference on the third day after the game to clarify the misjudgment in this game.

The FA and the referee committee made it clear that this was a misjudgment. The reason for the misjudgment was that the referee's position was restricted and the line of sight was blocked at that time, rather than the rumored inside story. The FA and the referee committee will meet. We have been committed to creating a fair and just league atmosphere.

The referee on duty also stood up to publicly apologize to Notts County and stated that he had absolutely no position on the issue. This was just a misjudgment.

Afterwards, the FA graciously fined Notts County chairman David £20,000 because he spoke too much to the fourth official on the sidelines.

A spokesman for Notts County also said that it accepts the FA's punishment and accepts this result. Misjudgments are inevitable in professional football. It is hoped that similar things will happen as little as possible in the future.

The media reporters are not fools. Obviously, the FA Referee Committee and Notts County have reached some kind of consensus. This press conference is completely a aftermath, so they have no time to play.

Notts County did benefit from this misjudgment, because the FA promised in private that Notts County would receive the same treatment as a giant team from now on, rather than a natural weaker party.

The FA and referee Hu also won the support of the fans to a certain extent because of the courage to admit their mistakes and Notts County did not pursue further investigations. After all, everyone likes a fair official! ). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please. )

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