4 Chinese referees sprint for World Cup
2022-04-30 11:30:46Source: Beijing Youth Daily
As the 2022 AFC Champions League West Asia region group stage ended in the early morning of the 28th Beijing time in Saudi Arabia, a team of Chinese international referees with referees Ma Ning, Fu Ming, assistant referees Cao Yi and Shi Xiang as members It also successfully concluded the law enforcement task of this stage of the competition. However, it is understood that several of them will not return to China immediately, but will continue to accept the assignment of the AFC referee department, and they will go to the U23 Asian Cup and AFC Cup to enforce the law, and make final efforts to impact the qualification of the Qatar World Cup. sprint.
4 Chinese referees in recent years
Familiar faces of major AFC events
In the 6th round of Group E in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, the Jordanian Amman United team played against the Uzbekistan Nasov team. The referee of this game was the Chinese international referee Fu Ming. There were also three Korean referees who partnered with him to enforce the game, namely assistant referees Park Kyunlong, Guo Chengshun and the fourth official Jin Darong. In the match between the Uzbekistan Tashkent Cotton Farmers Team and the Saudi Arabian Buraydah Cooperation Team in the final match of Group D the day before, another Chinese international referee Ma Ning served as the referee, and two Chinese referees Shi Xiang and Cao Yi Acting as an assistant referee in the match.
As elite referees trained by the refereeing department of the AFC, the above four Chinese referees are already familiar with the law enforcement stage of various major events (including national team games and club team games) hosted by the AFC in recent years. face. Taking the 2021 season as an example, these 4 people and international referees Zhang Lei and Shen Yinhao have repeatedly enforced the AFC Champions League and the Asian Football League in different capacities (the chief referee, assistant referee, fourth official, and video assistant referee). League Cup, World Preliminary Top 40 and Top 12 matches. Last year, Fu Ming also served as a video assistant referee to enforce the men’s and women’s football matches at the Tokyo Olympics and the women’s football club events launched by the AFC. Their law enforcement performance has also been generally affirmed by the AFC.
This year, the AFC asked the Chinese Football Association
The operability of Chinese referees going abroad
Earlier this year, the AFC sent a letter to the Chinese Football Association to inquire about the operability of several Chinese international referees to go abroad to enforce the AFC Champions League and other events, and finally got a positive answer.
Ma Ning, Fu Ming, Shi Xiang, and Cao Yi also finally went to West Asia, where they enforced some important matches of the top 12 and the just-concluded AFC West Asia region group stage.
They have also continued their good work momentum this season. Taking Fu Ming as an example, he has participated in the law enforcement work in 5 AFC West Asia region group matches, 3 of which served as the referee and the other 2 as the fourth official. Ma Ning and the two Chinese international assistant referees have roughly the same number of enforcement sessions. The reason why they enforced the law in two ways in the sixth round is mainly because the final game of the same group stage kicked off at the same time, and the demand for high-level referees was higher.
After completing the AFC law enforcement work
Continue to enforce the U23 Asian Cup
So, will the four Chinese international referees return to China immediately after completing the law enforcement work in the AFC West Asia region group stage, and turn to the law enforcement work of the Chinese Super League in the new season? It is understood that the four people in West Asia overcame the difficulties of jet lag and participated in the new season professional league referee business training organized by the Chinese Football Association online from April 24 to 28, but ended the AFC Champions League group stage law enforcement After the mission, they will most likely not return to China immediately, but will wait for the latest assignment notice from the AFC to continue to enforce the U23 Asian Cup and the AFC Cup (club competition).
The calendar shows that the 5th U23 Asian Cup finals will be held in Uzbekistan from June 1 to 19. At present, my country has been implementing relatively strict regulations on epidemic prevention and quarantine of immigrants. The AFC will continue to assign 4 Chinese international referees in consideration of the difficulties that several Chinese international referees may face during their international journeys. The referee enforces other series sponsored by the AFC. Since the 4 players are still doing their best to compete for the qualification of law enforcement in the 2022 Qatar World Cup finals, the Chinese Football Association does not intend to require them to immediately return to China to enforce the domestic professional leagues from the perspective of cooperating with the 4 players in international competition law enforcement. . Of course, if the four want to enter the World Cup finals law enforcement stage, they still need to continue to maintain a good law enforcement level and physical condition. For them, the ensuing enforcement work is the sprint to decide the fate of the competition.Reporter Xiao Zhen