On April 17, the fourth round of the 2022 Women's Super League, Guangdong Meizhou Hakka Women's Football Team lost 0-1 to Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Women's Football Team, and the winning goal was controversial. Guangdong women's goalkeeper Peng Shimeng spoke out through social media after the game, expressing his views and dissatisfaction with the opponent's winning goal. However, the message has now been deleted.
"If your eyes are hawkeye, I have nothing to say. Are you 100% sure the ball has completely crossed the line? Yes, your referees say that they will enter if they enter, and they will not enter if they do not enter, but have you respected the players on the field? It may be because of this one ball that determines the outcome of this game. Men's football has VAR, women's football can not have? Can there be a bottom-line referee? Peng Shimeng wrote such a paragraph on social media, believing that the opponent won because of a controversial goal, and pointed the finger at the current situation of the women's Super League without VAR or even bottom-line referees. The only goal of the match occurred in the 28th minute, when The Shaanxi women's football team Xie Ting scored a direct free kick, which was shown through the broadcast screen that the goal was saved by Peng Shimeng on the goal line, but onlookers could not accurately judge whether the goal was valid based on the unclear broadcast footage. Limited by the broadcast conditions of the Women's Super League, the controversial goal of the Guangdong women's football team may continue to become a question, but Peng Shimeng, as the person who directly saved the ball, insisted that the ball was invalid.
Peng Shimeng posted her dissatisfaction and doubts through social platforms after the game, but now this message has been deleted, and people can only restore her remarks at that time through screenshots. The current situation of few broadcasters and no VAR in the women's Super League does have a big gap with men's football matches. It is understood that the regular broadcast of the Chinese Super League usually has at least 11 camera positions, and the focus battle is increased to 16 camera positions, and VAR auxiliary referees are provided to review the disputed penalties. However, the broadcast slot of the Women's Super League is far from enough, even if it is a focus battle, the slot is not even as much as an ordinary Chinese Super League game. At present, the Women's Super League is being played in Haikou, and as the first Chinese professional football league to start the 2022 season, the Women's Super League has reached a wave of attention on the opening day. The opening ceremony and the opening ceremony live broadcast was broadcast on multiple platforms, with a cumulative number of viewers exceeding 500,000 and an overall exposure of 120 million times. The live broadcast also invited former Chinese women's football representative Han Duan, sports commentator Han Qiaosheng, Winter Olympic gold medal athlete Wang Meng and other participants to participate in the commentary, and strive to call on more people to understand football and pay attention to the women's football league.
However, after the high-profile opening, the Women's Super League has difficulty in obtaining sustained high attention, and now that some teams have encountered controversial goals in the goal line, it is difficult to restore the truth of the matter through a clearer and more directional perspective. With the broadcast position and VAR technology alone, the women's Super League has a huge gap with the men's football team. The development of the women's football league requires great attention from the outside world, and it needs the support of real money and silver, not only for the team's financial support, but also for the corresponding technical support for the event, at least in the event of a dispute in the game, there is evidence.
Text/Beiqing Sports Wang Fan