Chapter 247 The Busiest Coolie

At this moment, Mr. Aston, the referee on the green field, was in a dilemma.

As a referee in the Premier League, Aston's ability is unquestionable. However, referees are not gods and they always make mistakes:

For the first goal, Aston saw the linesman raise the flag to indicate offside, so he ruled the goal invalid without hesitation. There was no way to change it.

For the second goal, in the penalty area, after the black-haired boy jumped up, the Liverpool defender next to him fell directly to the ground. A few meters away, Aston seemed to see a pushing action, so he again called a foul first. This time it was indeed his mistake.

This time, it was indeed an outstanding goal performance. Aston had nothing to say. He could only blow the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid! !

But what bothered him was the attitude of this black-haired boy.

As the referee of the game, he would normally give a yellow card to a player who challenged him without hesitation. However, in the previous 20 minutes, he had already disallowed two goals for this kid and issued him a yellow card. If he gave him another yellow card, the black-haired kid would be sent off the field with two yellow cards and one red card.

Mr. Aston silently thought about this result in his heart, thinking that after this happened, his image would instantly become extremely tall..., but he could only think about it in his heart.

If he really did this, Aston believed that after the game, the extremely angry Chelsea fans would probably physically harm him. You know, there has never been a shortage of football hooligans in England - what's more, this kid was sent off, and even he, the referee, felt extremely wronged. If he really did this, he would probably have to accept investigations from the British Referees Association, the European Football Union and other organizations after the game - it can be foreseen that no matter what the result is, he will definitely not be able to continue to officiate in the Premier League.

This is definitely not what Aston wants to see.

So this scene appeared on the field:

After Wang Li scored the goal, he turned around and yelled, "Are you ruling a goal invalid?!"

"..." The referee in black came running over, his face flushed and he glared angrily. From the big screen, we can see that his expression was as if he was caught and beaten on the bed. He wanted to be angry but was also very ashamed.

At this moment, the entire stadium of nearly 50,000 people was silent, and all eyes were on the referee in black, waiting for the result of the penalty for this goal.

After a long while, Aston tried his best to control his expression, raised the whistle with difficulty, and with a "beep...", he announced that the goal was valid. Then he couldn't help but walked forward and said to Wang Li: "I warn you, you'd better not provoke me again!"

Wang Li shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said nothing more. In fact, he was just a little excited after two goals were disallowed in a row. It is not easy to score a goal on the football field, but two goals were disallowed at once. No one can tolerate this.

As soon as he realized it, he regretted it. He knew very well that this was almost like insulting the referee in person. In almost 90% of cases, he would be sent off. Fortunately, he encountered the remaining 10%. It seemed that the referee was not targeting Chelsea in particular. In fact, Mr. Aston was worried about his own personal safety... When the Blues fans learned that the goal was valid, the audience cheered loudly! !

These fans are all proud of the black-haired boy on the field, and proud of every hard-working player on the field!!

This is the real Chelsea team, using unparalleled attacks to directly destroy the opponent. This kind of vigorous goal battle can always excite the audience. If it weren’t for the referee’s problem, you can imagine that the score on the field would have been 3:0! !

In contrast, Liverpool fans were gloomy and depressed, and the mood was spreading in the stands.

Anyone who encounters this kind of situation will lose confidence in their team. Now, they are even more resentful of Liverpool's senior management. If they were not too "stingy" and unwilling to pay for Allen, perhaps the black-haired boy on the field would have worn a red jersey with the "Red Army" logo and fought for Liverpool in the new season! !

Look at Xabi Alonso who did nothing on the field, and Djibril Cisse who has been sitting on the bench since the beginning of the season. These two people actually cost the club 36 million euros. Are the staff of the club's transfer department full of mud? ! ?

At this time, head coach Mr. Benister was even more upset than the fans.

Before the game, facing interviews from many reporters, he claimed that Liverpool did not need to defend against any of Chelsea's players individually, and even ridiculed McClaren for losing because he paid too much attention. Although he did not mention any player's name, everyone knew that the Spaniard was talking about Wang Li.

And now, this "person who does not need to be taken too seriously" on the field has allowed Liverpool goalkeeper Giles Dudek to snatch the ball from the goal three times within 30 minutes. This has made Mr. Benítez so worried that the bald spot on his forehead is about to reach the Mediterranean Sea.

But at this time in the game, with the "friendly help" of the referee, Liverpool was only one goal behind and the team still had a chance. However, Benítez knew that there would be no chances in the first half. With Chelsea's momentum, as long as they could ensure that they did not concede any goals in the next 10 minutes, it might be the biggest success.

Therefore, before the game started, the bald Spanish man immediately walked to the sidelines, called the captain Steven Gerrard, whispered the next tactical arrangement to him, and then sat back on the bench and became the "Spanish gentleman" again.

On the other side of the field, Jose Mourinho watched the opponent's head coach's actions and secretly speculated on Liverpool's next arrangements. Although Chelsea has a great advantage, they have to be careful about everything. A coach who can lead Valencia to win two league titles in three years must have some tough tactics, at least in terms of tactical means.

……With the whistle of the referee Mr. Aston, the game started again.

After Liverpool kicked off, Milan Baros went straight into Chelsea's half, and then the ball began to roll back and forth in Liverpool's backcourt. It seemed that they wanted to launch a steady attack.

Sure enough, just after Chelsea's five players crossed the center line, Liverpool defender Riise made a long pass and the ball flew to captain Steven Gerrard on the center line.

As one of England's two D's, Gerrard is undoubtedly the core of Liverpool.

Gerrard occupies an important position in all of Liverpool's offensive tactics. His strength is unquestionable. Although he does not have the outstanding appearance and gorgeous skills of Beckham and Owen, God is still fair to Gerrard because he has comprehensive skills and strong fighting spirit, which also makes him one of the important figures of the England national team.

During the game, Gerrard often used a fierce shot to knock on the opponent's door. It can be said that before Wang Li joined the England team, Gerrard was the best in the team in long-range shots, and even Lampard had to avoid him for a while.

Now, Gerrard showed his ability to all the fans. After making two passes with his teammates, he swung his foot and shot hard from the outside of the penalty area. The football almost flew in a straight line in the air towards the goal. Fortunately, the crossbar became the protagonist this time and it helped Chelsea escape.

The result of this shot also made the Blues fans very happy. They kept making prayer gestures, hoping that God would curse Liverpool not to score.

After the ball changed hands, it was Chelsea's turn to attack. In the first half, Wang Li scored three goals in a row. This performance made Chelsea players full of confidence. In their view, Liverpool was like plasticine in their hands, which they could mold however they wanted, so their attack became more sharp.

However, Chelsea's attack encountered trouble this time. Near the center line, the opponent's winger Luis Garcia made a fierce tackle, which stopped the attack directly.

………With the intense battle on the field, time slowly passed for another 5 minutes. At this time, even the veteran fans in the audience understood Liverpool’s style of play – small action foul tactics!!

To put it simply, it means - don't break the big rules, but there are thousands of small rules.

This also resulted in the referee Mr. Aston's whistle being like the whistle of a little nun who had just broken her vows, intermittent and low, which became another major landscape of the game.

Liverpool's fouls were generally near the center line, but this was enough. Continuous pauses consumed Chelsea's offensive momentum for a while. In this way, continuous fouls not only weakened Chelsea's offensive efficiency and momentum, but also continued to consume game time. Obviously, Benítez had placed his hopes on the second half.

Seeing this situation, Chelsea's head coach Mr. Mourinho on the bench had no good solution. In order to defend the goal, the opponent actually used such a shameless tactic. In the remaining few minutes, he was helpless. Judging from the current situation, it is really difficult for the team to break the goal in a short time, unless they can get a set piece close to the opponent's goal. There is some hope - but Liverpool will not easily commit fouls in dangerous positions.

The game is still going on.

Finally, after two yellow cards and n warnings, Liverpool finally succeeded in defending the goal. As the referee blew the whistle, all Liverpool players sat directly on the grass and breathed a sigh of relief.

They are so tired!

What no one in the stadium noticed was that the referee Aston was looking angrily at Benister who was walking back to the locker room. He now had an extremely bad impression of Liverpool - Aston whistled off two Chelsea goals in the first half, but Liverpool's simple tactic made him the busiest laborer in the game...