The players on both sides were wary of Ivan, more because they did not trust the young referee.
Hey! This referee is so new that he can’t be any newer. I guess they won’t be able to find any players younger than him on the field!
The 21-year-old referee! Are you serious!
Who knows if he will brag? He can be the referee at this age, there must be someone behind him!
The camera focused on the center circle, and Alvin asked the captains of both teams whether they wanted a literal or a fancy version.
Then he started throwing.
He held the coin between two fingers and threw it upwards. The coin tumbled in the air in a way that was invisible to the naked eye.
It's the same action that the referee would do, but for some reason it feels different when he does it.
What is the difference?
Fans who watched him toss the coin up close couldn't help but be amazed by his unconscious show of coolness.
"I suddenly don't believe in Ivan's obedient appearance. He uses this trick to pick up girls, and he always succeeds."
"Nonsense! My little sweetie is so pure and innocent! He's just a natural flirt! Do you understand?"
"He can do tricks just by flipping a coin. I'm impressed by his football skills. Can he really be a referee?"
"You'll know if it works just by looking at it. Be careful or your face will hurt if you fill it up too much."
"Word, Newcastle attack." Irving put away the coin and pointed to Preston's goal.
He threw the football in his hand to Nicky Butt, signaling him to get ready.
Ivan held the whistle in his mouth and blew a long whistle.
"Game on! Newcastle United has the ball!" Andy's voice rang out.
"I look forward to the performance of the players from both teams and the referee, the sweet English man," Richard said.
Ivan followed the players with the ball not too far away, trying to keep a certain distance from them and avoid blocking the passing line.
From this angle, once there are many players in the penalty area, it is really difficult for the referee to see clearly.
The referee's positioning is a strictly trained item. In theory, if no foul occurs, they should minimize their presence when one side is attacking. This is what a qualified referee does.
However, to some extent, Ivan was destined to fail, because his own characteristics meant that he would not be out of the camera's attention for too long.
But that doesn’t matter, as long as it doesn’t affect the players’ performance.
The ball was passed several times and finally landed at the feet of Newcastle's No. 17.
He played the role of a center forward in this game. He hadn't played as a striker for so long that people forgot that Alan Smith is also a great weapon in front of the goal.
Most people's impression of him remains that of the hard-working defensive midfielder during his time at Manchester United.
"Alan Smith! His teammates didn't catch up completely, so he broke through with the ball alone! Oh! He was in a physical confrontation!" the commentator shouted excitedly.
In Ivan's sight, Newcastle's No. 17 faced the blockade of the defensive players and chose to fight back without hesitation.
He couldn't help but frown. This way of playing football was too easy to get injured.
Alan Smith got rid of a defender and took only a few steps forward before he was blocked by another defender and his teammates.
The ball rolled out of the baseline.
Irwin pointed to the corner.
He urged the players who were pushing and shoving in front of the goal to take their positions, watched the Newcastle players retreat to the appropriate distance, and blew the whistle to signal the start of the game.
The ball flew towards the uneven wall of people jumping up and down!
"Alan Smith! Headed the ball! Saved by the goalkeeper... And! He raised his foot to make a follow-up shot!"
The ball hit the horizontal goalpost and bounced diagonally towards the goal line!
Preston goalkeeper reacted in time and made another dive, and was surprised to find that he had saved the ball!
The Preston players who arrived quickly cleared the ball.
The Preston goalkeeper's heart skipped a beat. Did the ball just go into the line? !
The other players breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the goal didn’t go in. Otherwise, if they had conceded a goal within 3 minutes of the start, they would have lost their minds.
#After all, Newcastle is a big player from the Premier League. A lean camel is bigger than a horse.
However, before they could finish their breath, they heard a long whistle!
What the hell? !
This is……
Goal whistle? !
Are you serious!
The Preston players were not convinced and they immediately surrounded Ivan, demanding an explanation.
The worries at the beginning became a reality! This young referee’s home whistle is too obvious!
The incident happened suddenly. Newcastle's players reacted and wanted to pull Alan to celebrate, but they didn't expect the opponent to not cooperate and went straight to the opposing players who surrounded the referee.
They realized that the referee who was making the decision for them was being besieged, and he had to go up and try to make his presence felt!
Alan told the angry Preston players: "My ball went in. I saw it clearly. It went into the goal line. The referee was right."
As he said this, he fended off the player who was still trying to push forward.
A hand patted his shoulder.
Alan Smith turned around and saw Ivan standing behind him with a calm expression, motioning him to move aside.
Irving said to the protesting Preston players without question: "The ball has gone in, there is no doubt about it, let's kick off again."
The slow-motion live broadcast on TV changed several angles and finally confirmed whether the ball had entered the goal line.
Andy exclaimed, "The ball did go in! About two-thirds of the ball crossed the goal line! From this angle, it's very obvious! Although the goalkeeper saved it, he saved it a little too late!"
Richard was a little confused: "Ivan was right at the edge of the penalty area at the time, how did he see it?!"
But they were watching from an angle almost parallel to the goal post, which means they could only see whether the ball went in or not from the side of the goal, and Ivan was almost facing the goal!
The angle difference between Ivan's sight direction and the camera's sight direction is almost 90 degrees!
Could it be possible that his line of sight could turn?
Almost no one, except perhaps Alan Smith who scored the goal, saw that the ball had gone in. I guess even the Preston goalkeeper was not sure!
After being confused on the message board, they said, is Xiao Tiantian just operating as usual? After all, he was so accurate in seeing offside and made no mistakes at all when it came to offside.
The Newcastle players, who were about to roll up their sleeves to defend their goal, watched the referee break through the siege and walk away.
It seems like Alan is done?
Then let’s celebrate! Playing football should have a sense of ritual!
Alan wanted to say something before his teammates pulled him away and hugged him.
The Preston players were unwilling to accept this. When they saw that the referee no longer paid attention to them, some of the more aggressive ones could no longer hold back.
In their opinion, the ball didn't go in at all, and they felt they were treated unfairly!
Preston No. 3 walked forward. He was not afraid of the referee at all. A young man of this age? If you scare him a little, he will definitely panic.
He probably blew the whistle in a hurry to show off. This style of play is not suitable for high-level competitions. He should just go back to the lower leagues!
He ignored everything and took a few steps forward to block Ivan, wanting to argue.
Ivan finally stopped and gave him a look.
It was hard to describe the emotion in that look. Alvin gave the other person a cold look. Seeing that the other person was shrinking back and wanted to continue making trouble, he didn't waste any more words and directly took out his cards.
! ! !
5 minutes into the game, Alvin took out his cards!
The fans who were always ready to record animated images excitedly captured this scene, and also recorded the follow-up scene where Irving dealt the cards, turned around and left, and took out his little notebook with skillful movements.
One of the Chinese students watching the live broadcast creatively added a string of words to the animated picture and made it into an emoticon package.
He then tweeted:
[Aven Xiaotiantian: It feels so good to take out the cards.gif]
[Aven Sweetie: I'll write you down in my little notebook.gif]
Then he continued watching the game, but he didn’t expect that when he watched it again after a while, he found that he had become famous and his post had been reposted over a thousand times.
The Newcastle fans at the scene applauded and cheered for this wonderful and magical goal.
Many people felt that the match was over and the referee was very good.
The fans in the neutral stands had completely different reactions, and those who didn't know would have thought they were Preston fans.
Most of the people present were young people, and they made no secret of their dissatisfaction with the players who made things difficult for Ivan.
They were shouting something towards the court, and judging from their lip movements, it wasn't any compliments.
Andy got stuck again: "Well... the fans are very enthusiastic, they are defending the referee."
Message board: "..."
I always feel that Alvin may have opened up a new era in the refereeing world.
Richard: "Newcastle United 1-0 Preston, the goal was scored by Newcastle No. 17 Alan Smith."
After a brief celebration, Alan Smith calmly said to his happy teammates: "Everyone work harder, let's try to score another goal in the first half."
He retreated to midfield and continued to prepare to pass opportunities to his teammates.
Guest center forward, main position is defensive midfielder.
After standing in position, he turned around and looked at Ivan from afar with an unobvious gratitude in his eyes.
Ivan noticed his position and then shifted his gaze.
The commentator gave a brief profile of Alan Smith, the goal scorer: "He became famous at Leeds United and was a very spiritual striker. Later, he was transformed into a defensive midfielder by Sir Alex Ferguson. Now it is rare to see him dribbling in front of the goal."
"But this game was different. Since Owen left, Alan Smith has been making more forward runs."
15 minutes into the game, after a Preston mistake, the ball came to Newcastle.
Led by Alan Smith's pass, they launched an attack on Preston's goal!
Andy: "Alan Smith passed the ball to No. 24 Carroll! Carroll! His shot was blocked by the Preston defender!"
Richard then shouted, "No! The ball is still there! Alan Smith has caught up! He has moved forward a few times and is almost in the penalty area!"
The fierce Preston defenders came up to intercept immediately. They wanted to play two against one, but they were fooled by Alan's feint.
One of the defenders was the Preston No. 3. He was already angry, and now he felt fooled. He immediately became furious and kicked the ball!
Alan Smith noticed his movements, but he did not dodge and continued to run forward firmly.
He was optimistic that the opponent's tackling technique was very unprofessional and he was confident that he could protect the ball. And as long as they enter the penalty area, the defenders will be cautious.
But he obviously underestimated the opponent's malice. He was only paying attention to the ball, but he didn't expect that the opponent's target was not the ball. When he realized the danger and finally dodged out of self-protection, he could not control his body balance and fell to the ground.
"Alan Smith fell on the edge of the penalty area!" Andy exclaimed, "If he had entered the penalty area, it would have been a penalty!"
A sharp whistle interrupted the game.
Richard: "Let's see what Ivan will decide... Oh! He showed a yellow card to Preston's No. 3 again! Two yellow cards added together, and in the 17th minute of the game, Preston was one man short!"
Alvin took out two cards, first indicated the yellow card, and then changed it to the red card.
Fresh emoticons are out again:
【Alvin Little Sweetie: Red Card Warning.jpg】
An enthusiastic netizen on the message board got the link of this emoticon package from Twitter. For a while, starting with the fans watching the game, Twitter retweeted the first red card issued by Ivan in his career.
The author has something to say: Yesterday JJ seemed to have taken out part of my words, including the Merry Christmas wishes and the Happy Birthday wishes to the little cutie who has the same birthday as Ivan. Just to make up for it, happy birthday to my little cutie whose birthday is on December 20th~
The exam is coming soon so I am not fat at all. I will gain some weight after the exam. I love you guys~
300,000 words, I have known the little angels who support me for two months, I am very happy every day~ I can't wait to take you home after seeing your lovely comments hehehe (?)
Pick 30 cute little ones below the article and send them red envelopes (if there are 30 comments QAQ)
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