In accordance with the practice of assigning referees in AFC tournaments, referees in principle will not enforce the same group matches of the national (regional) representatives of their member associations. Since the Chinese team is in the top 12 in Group B, except for the Saudi team, all the rest are from East Asia and Southeast Asia. Therefore, the Chinese team is more likely to encounter referees from West Asia and Central Asia during the top 12. The “sufferer” who is willing to meet. For example, Hassan from the United Arab Emirates and Jasim from Qatar have been among the top 12 referee candidates. Judging from the actual law enforcement of the Asian Cup, AFC and other competitions in the past, there are countless examples of the Chinese team or the Super League team having suffered a loss in their law enforcement games.
For the Chinese team, there is another “sufferer” whose name is always lingering in his mind. He is an Iranian referee who served as the referee in the 2016 Rio Olympics men’s football final. Prior to this, the Chinese team has been “cared for” by this man many times in international competitions. One of the most impressive matches was the match between the Chinese U23 team and the Qatar U23 team in the final round of the 2019 U23 Asian Cup group stage.
In this game that determines the fate of the U23 national football team, Fagani made multiple penalties that were not conducive to the host team, including the red card of the Chinese team’s main midfielder He Chao. In the end, the U23 national football team was out. After the game, the Chinese Football Association verbally protested Fagani’s controversial penalty to Hani, the vice chairman of the AFC Disarmament Committee, who was watching the game.
It is worth noting that the current chairman of the AFC Referee Committee is Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association. Prior to this, Du Zhaocai and Chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan had together led a Chinese team delegation to the UAE to participate in the top 40 post-match 3 rounds. The Chinese team’s ability to advance to the top 12 with 4 consecutive victories also benefited from the fair enforcement of the referees to some extent.
Judging from the competition in international football competitions over the years, the refereeing factor is not the most important factor leading the trend of competition, but it is also one of the more important factors. Serious mistakes, missed judgments, or obviously biased judgments are likely to turn a team’s efforts for several years into futile. Therefore, the Chinese Football Association actively promotes more local outstanding referees to enforce international competitions, while also paying close attention to the AFC referee assignment information for the top 12 matches. The AFC Disarmament Committee must respect the attitude of the Chinese Football Association to a certain extent on the issue of whether to send Fagani to enforce the Chinese team.
It is worth noting that because the South Korean team and the Chinese team are in different groups, and Thailand, Singapore and other teams have not been able to participate in the top 12 matches, the Chinese team may also encounter some familiar faces that are “relatively friendly” during the top 12 matches. referee. For example, South Korean referees Jin Xikun and Gao Hyungjin who used to enforce the Chinese Super League for a long time, Singapore referee Taki, who was expected to come to China for long-term enforcement of the Chinese Super League this year, and Siwagong, a famous Thai post, may all be able to enforce the Chinese team’s game. During the top 40 matches, with the exception of Gao Hengjin, the other 3 people have enforced the Chinese team’s game, and the national football team has won.
It has to be said that the Chinese team competes in the top 12 matches and cannot expect to benefit from various off-court factors including “referees”. It also needs to do a good job of training to improve its own hard power.
Text/Beijing-Beijing Headline Reporter Xiao ZheReturn to Sohu to see more
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