In January 2009, C Ronaldo successfully won many honors including the World Footballer of the Year awarded by FIFA. Also winning the award was Casillas, who plays for Real Madrid and was named the world's best goalkeeper.
The winter break of other leagues has ended, and the players continue to participate in the league and the Champions League. During this period, Ivan served as a linesman for several games for smaller teams in the Championship and Premier League. He is now becoming more and more adept at being a linesman. The English Referees Committee followed up on him and was very satisfied with his performance. They included Irvine in the list of recommended referees they submitted to FIFA.
After Alvin gets a feel for the Champions League, they will let him try to officiate in a lower-level league. This young man has great potential and they are very optimistic about him.
The English Football Association can't wait to inject a batch of fresh blood into England's referees. England's most outstanding international referee, Webber, has basically reached his peak, and England's number of international referees is limited. The relatively new referee Atkinson has good potential, and they already have plans to help him take over.
Walter has been looking forward to what surprises Ivan will bring him when he becomes the referee. He received news that Alvin had been confirmed to appear on the referee team list for the Champions League quarter-finals, of course only as a substitute assistant referee. This result is understandable and even good, but it is not his style to stop fighting at this point. He hopes that Alvin can get more opportunities.
Taking advantage of the general signs of blood transfusion in the refereeing world, for capable referees, the sooner the better the promotion.
He submitted another letter of recommendation, and this time he wrote:
"Evan de Witt, the former European golden boy who was unfortunately almost crippled by extreme fans and could not continue his career, has now switched to refereeing. I believe that you must have heard of this. We have to admit, gentlemen, that our regulations on fan organizations are not mature enough. If fans commit crimes, the club should be held responsible, rather than letting the club's top management make a big deal out of it. This is not conducive to restraining fans' behavior, nor is it conducive to the development of the club itself.
I think that in addition to increasing the punishment measures against the club and improving the provisions in this regard, we should give some appropriate encouragement to the victim, Alvin Devitt, which will make our Football Association look humane. We need appropriate humanistic feelings to shape our reputation. If conditions permit, perhaps Devitt can have more attempts in the Champions League. I can guarantee that he will definitely be the kind of referee that the football world needs most. His refereeing career is still short, but he has already broken my perception that "the older the referee, the more experienced he is."
oh! Seeing this, you may think I am crazy and that I am treating the game as a joke. How can the Champions League become a training base for novice referees?
Please give me a minute! Hear me out! I have ample evidence that I am not talking nonsense!
His love for football is obvious to all. Although his refereeing experience is not rich enough, the refereeing experience cannot be fully judged by quantity. The quality and quantity of refereeing experience is our screening criteria. After several months of investigation and tracking, the English Referees Committee found that in all the games that Devitt had participated in officiating, he performed very well in terms of offside, handball, and assisting the referee, with an astonishing error rate of 0. Please don’t think I’m making this up, here’s what the English Referees Committee has done to track Alvin Devitt’s experience in a few games…”
This email has been sent but has not received a response yet. Perhaps UEFA was too busy to read it, or perhaps it read it but did not take it seriously enough.
In March, the Champions League round of 16 was in full swing. Manchester United was drawn against Inter Milan, the team coached by former Chelsea coach Mourinho.
Real Madrid drew the Premier League powerhouse Liverpool in the round of 16, which was not a bad draw - at least before the first round, the outside world was generally optimistic about Real Madrid. As a result, they suffered a disastrous start at home in the first leg, losing 0-1 to Liverpool.
Real Madrid fans are both disappointed and expectant about the team which is in a period of turmoil, and they hope that they can give an explanation to the fans when they visit Anfield. Before heading to Anfield, Real Madrid players vowed that they would give Liverpool a good beating.
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool.
Ivan entered the field early. In this game, he served as an assistant substitute referee, which was equivalent to half of the stadium staff. He had nothing to do with the game, and he was not even needed to shake hands.
There is no way. The English Football Association is optimistic about him, but that does not represent the International Football Association. As a referee, he has not had any stunning appearances in international competitions, and he is indeed not qualified enough to step directly onto the green field in the Champions League.
So he waited in the corner of the field, from where he could clearly see the goalkeeper's position. He could also help to watch the actions of some players in front of the goal to see if there were any fouls. Of course, this effect is minimal and has little impact.
Just treat it as watching a game, Alvin is very open-minded.
It has been a long time since I saw those laughing Real Madrid players, and Alvin still remembers them vividly. Oh, and there is also Liverpool's No. 9 Torres, who was impressed by this big boy who often blushes.
On the field, players from both teams entered the field one after another and performed the routine handshake ceremony.
"Dear viewers, welcome to watch the second leg of the 0809 season round of 16 match between Liverpool and Real Madrid. The players are entering the field." Andy's familiar voice sounded.
Richard: "This game is crucial for Real Madrid. They are almost fighting a desperate battle because they lost 0-1 to Liverpool at home in the first leg. It was not a good start."
Andy: "But I'm still very happy that the Red Army Liverpool played in their style. This is the blood of our Premier League team."
"Yes, Real Madrid's defeat gave Liverpool some breathing space. Their main players, No. 8 Gerrard and No. 9 Torres, were injured to varying degrees, and this advantage allowed them to rest and recuperate for a while."
The camera was focused on Gerrard and Torres of Liverpool.
They stared ahead intently and hummed the national anthem.
The fact that they, especially Gerrard, the Liverpool captain and the core of the team, can play normally is a shot in the arm for the entire team and their fans.
——The difference between Liverpool with Gerrard and Liverpool without Gerrard is really huge.
As for Real Madrid, they are indeed star-studded, oh! Just name a few! Gago? Heinze? Raul? Robben? Sneijder? Ramos? Casillas? If you draw a picture with your eyes closed, you will find that they are all big names. Real Madrid under Florentino buys a superstar every year. Everyone can make a name for themselves on their own, but when they get together, problems arise.
——It’s a pity that they don’t have an absolute core.
The Sky Sports director and his team still remembered that Ivan was in this game, but this was the Champions League and the power to shift the camera was not in their hands.
At first glance, he couldn't be seen at all. Also, why would the camera look at an unknown substitute assistant referee? Irving's fans were a little disappointed, but they did not give up watching the game just because they couldn't see their idol. Putting Irving aside, this game was a focus match and would definitely be exciting - what's more, they were willing to wait even for one second of the shot they wanted in 90 minutes.
Most of the Premier League fans watching the live broadcast, except Liverpool fans, started sitting down and watching the show. However, there probably weren’t many Liverpool fans watching the live broadcast – they all went to the scene.
I heard that Real Madrid threatened to beat Liverpool before the game and teach them a lesson? Forget it, since we are both Premier League teams, let’s cheer for Liverpool and let those upstarts in La Liga understand how tough and ruthless we are as a Premier League team!
After the players from both teams shook hands, captains Raul and Gerrard stepped forward and the referee tossed a coin.
The players dispersed, and Torres, who was the lone arrow in the front, was closest to Ivan, and their eyes met.
Huh? I saw Alvin! Torres was delighted. When the camera wasn't paying attention, he winked at Ivan.
I heard he is a pretty good referee!
Ivan curled the corners of his mouth. In some ways, his position was very good. It was very hidden and no one noticed him. He can relax a little and enjoy the game.
Real Madrid kicks off.
Richard talked about it: "Real Madrid and Liverpool both sent four Dutch internationals to the wing. Liverpool's team had Babel and Kuyt, while Real Madrid's team had Robben and Sneijder. Oh! This is a rare sight in club competitions."
Andy also laughed: "Real Madrid coach Ramos put Sneijder on the wing... It seems that Real Madrid intends to use Robben's speed and Sneijder's ability to organize offense. This is really an interesting deployment, and this is also one of the highlights of this game."
Alvin looked at the Dutch players active on the wing. Real Madrid's two Dutch wingers were more likely to fight in a positional battle and launch a defensive counterattack.
Babel also has a similar counterattack role. He lurks on the wing, waiting to give the opponent a fatal blow at any time!
At the beginning of the game, Liverpool, who were thought to be mainly defensive, actually took the lead in attacking. They hardly cared about defense and they set the pace for the entire Real Madrid!
Ivan was relatively close to Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, and his sights were on the Real Madrid goal. Real Madrid's central defenders are Pepe and Cannavaro.
He felt it was not very safe.
Real Madrid was also eager to score a goal. After all, they were the ones who were behind, and they had prepared an offensive lineup. Their defense is bound to be exposed.
The Premier League fans just laughed, Cannavaro’s height is really not enough, can he do it? The pitiful little central defender faces the rampaging Premier League striker... Oh! I can't bear to look at it!
Bro, if I were a Liverpool striker, I would be a fool not to break through to you!
Real Madrid made a mistake in passing the ball and the ball came to Liverpool.
The Liverpool midfielder kicked the ball to the player in the frontcourt, and then the ball flew back and forth between the Liverpool players in red jerseys, giving Real Madrid players the long pass that is best in the Premier League.
Andy's voice became louder: "Liverpool quickly found an opportunity. They passed the ball to Torres, No. 9 Torres! Can he seize it? Oh! Pepe cleared the ball out of the baseline!"
Richard shrugged. “Okay, that gives the Liverpool players a corner.”
Raul and others were pushing and shoving in the penalty area, and the fans felt that, ah, Real Madrid seemed to be half a head shorter than Liverpool!
These poor little ones!
Gerrard took the penalty kick, the ball flew in the air twice and then flew out of the penalty area. Liverpool wanted to continue looking for Gerrard. At the critical moment, Gago and Ramos arrived one after another!
Gago found the landing point of the ball first, and Gerrard was approaching with a fierce look, so he passed the ball to Ramos who was running towards him.
Ramos, who was about to reposition himself when he saw Gago grab the ball:? ? ? Um? Give me?
Okay, leave it to me! Look, I'm going to Bigfoot to find my offensive player! Let you Liverpool perform aerial acrobatics! Think you're the only ones who can do it?
To the captain! To Robben! Any one will do! Anyway, there is no player in Real Madrid who can't score goals!
Ramos called out to Raul frantically in his heart.
Gerrard didn't care about his little tricks. He went up to fight for the ball and directly blocked Ramos' passing line. Ramos... emmmmm he hesitated for a moment, and simply kicked the football out of bounds.
Raul, who was already in position to receive the ball, said: "..."
Ramos acted nonchalant: "Hey! Don't get excited, bro!"
Gago facepalmed.
Gerard looked at him: "..." I think you are more excited.
The ball goes out of bounds, Liverpool has the ball. Ramos quickly moved over there to fill the position.
Don't panic at all! Look at how I rescue you in such a charming and neat way! So handsome!
He didn't know the camera was following him. If he had known, he would probably have run more gracefully.
The crowd is discussing:
"Hey! Is this the legendary Real Madrid's high-priced counterfeit Ramos?"
"The hair is wet, it looks quite wet."
"I heard that he likes to wash his hair before the game, so why is his hair so wet?"
"People nicknamed me Water Lord, which I think is very appropriate."
Outside the court, Alvin changed his posture when watching the game.
He watched the Spanish golden boy running happily on the field, looking for scoring opportunities at all times.
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