Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 369: Penalty Scale (Second Update with Guarantee)

After the game started, Moyes' anxiety became more serious.

He is always worried that his problems will become a breakthrough for Liverpool. This emotion has always affected him and left him with no time to think about anything else.

He was worried that the team would concede the ball first, maybe within five minutes, maybe within ten minutes, maybe within fifteen minutes.

And there was nothing he could do about it.

But what he worried about didn't actually happen.

Twenty minutes into the FA Cup final, the score was still 0:0, and the two sides were tied.

It's not about how tenacious Everton's performance is, nor how weak Liverpool's offense is.

The reason for this draw is...the referee's penalty scale.

James, the referee of this game, is the referee who has caused huge controversy this season. When he was officiating in the Merseyside Derby, he made many decisions that were obviously biased in favor of Everton.

Later, when the FA decided to let him enforce the FA Cup final, it caused some controversy.

However, the FA’s reasons are also impeccable. As the leader of England's young generation of referees, Jameson is naturally qualified to play in the FA Cup. Although he made a mistake in the Merseyside derby, he was also punished by being suspended from officiating for the rest of the league season. This Will suffice. You can't ask the FA to ban the referee they focused on training for life, right?

Who can see that the FA asked James to officiate the FA Cup final to comfort or compensate the young referee who was suspended by them until the end of the season.

Some media said that they deliberately targeted Liverpool. The FA also had something to say.

"When we made this decision, the FA Cup semi-finals had not yet started, and we did not know that Liverpool could eventually reach the FA Cup final. So any doubts that the Football Association is targeting the Liverpool Club are unreasonable! "

Taken literally, there is nothing wrong with what the FA said. They are not prophets who can predict the future, so at the time they did not know whether Liverpool could reach the final, so it is wrong to say that they targeted Liverpool.

No matter how strong Liverpool's reserve team is, football is round. Who knows what will happen then?

What if Liverpool are eliminated?

No matter how small the probability is, it still exists, even if it is only 0.001%. That cannot be ignored.

Therefore, the FA's explanation is perfect. Even if everyone knows what is going on, there is no way to blame them.

James' penalty standards in this game were very loose.

Loose enforcement standards ensure the smooth progress of the game, which should be a good thing.

However, specific issues need to be analyzed in detail.

Loose enforcement is not good in all cases.

For example, when Everton players move a lot...

This time James did not obviously favor a certain team. He didn't make as many decisions in Everton's favor as he did in the last game. And made many decisions that were not favorable to Liverpool.

This time, whether it was Liverpool invading Everton or Everton invading Liverpool, James's penalty standards were very loose, and he would not call it even if he didn't, allowing the game to proceed smoothly.

It seems fair.

But anyone who has watched the game, as long as their IQ is not negative, will know that there is a big problem here.

Because Everton is on the defensive, they defend a lot and need to make big moves to commit fouls a lot.

Therefore, this loose penalty scale is actually more beneficial to Everton. Liverpool enjoyed fewer opportunities.

As a result, Liverpool's offense was repeatedly interrupted by Everton's rude defense, but the referee James showed no sign.

Of course, Liverpool players can also use rude actions to fight back.

But after all, Everton still has the advantage.

No one noticed it at first.

An Everton player made a tackle on Carlton Cole from behind, knocking Cole to the ground with the ball. At that time, there were exclamations in the stadium stands, and even the commentator shouted: "This is a foul! It should be a card!"

The Everton player who committed the foul was also frightened after the foul. As a professional player, he knew very well what this action meant.

So he quickly jumped up to defend himself, saying that what he tackled was the football and it was not an intentional foul.

In fact, this excuse is far-fetched. Everyone can see how cruel his kick just now was.

The problem is that James really believes his excuse!

Although he called a foul. But he did not show a yellow card or a red card. He just gave the player a few verbal warnings.

If this is the first penalty of the game and it doesn't explain the problem, then every time the commentator calls a foul, he calls it a foul. When the commentators all said that he was only giving a verbal warning for the foul that should be given a card, everyone suddenly realized.

James' penalty scale was very wide in this game. Very wide.

Of course, not all James' penalties are so lenient. Sometimes he still has to play cards when he should. But that was only done occasionally and did not affect his overall penalty scale. Otherwise, no one would think that James' penalty in this game was very lenient.

You know, even acting requires acting skills. If you are too naked, you will always leave too many excuses for others.

This thing is like a layer of window paper. Everyone knows it, but it is difficult to pierce.

Everyone knows the reason why James' penalty scale was so loose in this game, but as long as he makes some cover-ups, it will be difficult for everyone to tell the truth.

But some people don't care that much.

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Chen Yingxiong is very unhappy now.

He knows why James did this. Isn't it just to encourage Everton to use bigger moves to defend Liverpool's offense?

Look now, his goal has been achieved. With his tacit approval and even encouragement, Everton's players made more and more defensive moves.

Liverpool's players were afraid of getting injured. And began to shrink from attacking.

The initiative in the game slowly shifted from Liverpool to Everton.

Everton just defended. Faced with such a stubborn defense, Liverpool was somewhat helpless.

It's been more than 20 minutes, and Liverpool can't break Everton's goal.

The reason for all this was the referee who made him very unhappy.

Chen Yingxiong regretted that he didn't fuck this girl to the ground last time.

But now he still has a chance.

He even feels that Liverpool's biggest enemy is not Everton, but that damn referee James.

He was waiting for a perfect opportunity.

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More than twenty minutes have passed, and Everton has not conceded a goal.

Moyes' restless heart finally calmed down.

No matter there are any flaws on his side that he doesn't know about, Liverpool hasn't scored a goal yet, which means that his team is safe.

Of course, he also knows the main reason why Liverpool has not scored yet.

But this was a profit for his team, so he couldn't say anything and just pretended he didn't see it. Just like last time.

Due to Liverpool's monopoly on various championships. Now Moyes feels that as long as he can win the championship, he doesn't care what means he uses. Facing the always strong Liverpool, Moyes will also have this idea.

Feeling relieved, he sat back on the coaching bench.

This was the first time he sat down since the game started.

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Thirty minutes were about to pass, and Liverpool was rudely defended by Everton players. There was a lack of methods, so the score was still 0:0.

Chen Yingxiong waited for a few minutes, but did not get the chance. He decided to take the initiative.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he found his teammates on the back line and asked him to send a message to goalkeeper Stella.

"The next time you take a kick or a goal kick, kick the football over the head of the referee James!"

The player who sent the message was stunned for a moment.

Chen Yingxiong didn't have time to explain to him, so he just patted him on the shoulder: "That's what you said to him!"

He had absolute authority in the reserve team, so the player ran back obediently without asking why.

Soon goalkeeper Stella heard Chen Yingxiong’s words from him.

He didn't quite understand why Chen Yingxiong asked him to do this.

However, out of his absolute trust in Chen Yingxiong, he decided to comply.

Take a goal kick or take a kick. Asking the goalkeeper to hit wherever he points is the goalkeeper's basic ability. A goalkeeper who can't even take a goal kick or kick his foot well is definitely not a qualified goalkeeper.

Even the goalkeeper of the reserve team has this ability.

Therefore, Chen Yingxiong's request is not difficult for Stella.

If you want to know why the hero asked him to do this, it's very simple, just kick the ball over.

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It's not that Everton has no offensive opportunities at all, it's just that they are very few compared to Liverpool's. But there is anyway.

Three minutes later, they had another shot, but it missed.

Liverpool were awarded a goal kick.

Stella placed the football, then looked up and looked ahead. Of course, he first looked for the referee.

The referee is wearing bright yellow clothes. Stands out among the red and blue jerseys.

When he found the referee James, he found Chen Yingxiong near James.

Could it be that Stella was used as a sign of passing to instigate an attack?

But he couldn't guess what the mystery behind the referee's position was.

Forget it, it’s useless to think about it so much. As long as the football is kicked out, the result will be achieved. Think so. Stella kicked the football over.

He looked forward to what happened next.

Nothing happened.

He kicked the football out, and referee James saw the football flying towards him. Then he got out of the way, and finally Chen Yingxiong hit the football.

Nothing happened.

Chen Yingxiong gave the football to his teammates, then turned around and ran forward, making a response.

Everything is normal, and normal can no longer be normal.

Goalkeeper Stella stood in the penalty area and looked at Chen Yingxiong doubtfully.

To this day, he still doesn't understand why Chen Yingxiong asked him to do this. ! ~!