In a focus match in the eighth round of the Chinese Super League that ended on the evening of May 19, Beijing time, Shanghai Shenhua, sitting at home, drew 1-1 with Beijing Guoan. Since this match is a duel between two veteran Chinese Super League teams, the Football Association arranged for the Chinese Super League "Golden Whistle" Ma Ning to enforce the Beijing-Shanghai battle. Although Ma Ning's overall law enforcement level is not worthy of the mission, his controversial penalty in the final moments of the game triggered the anger of tens of thousands of Shenhua fans at the scene.
At that time, the game was in the last minute of stoppage time, Shenhua had one last attacking chance, when Shenhua was ready to cross under the left without defense, but Ma Ning suddenly stopped the game. The reason turned out to be that there were players on the Guoan field who fell to the ground and were suspected of being injured, which made Cao Yunding and other Shenhua players feel very puzzled. In the end, after missing this opportunity, Shenhua had to accept a 1-1 draw.
After the game, tens of thousands of Shenhua fans at the scene once again "cursed" Ma Ning, and the Chinese Super League golden whistle and his referee team had to quickly leave the Shanghai Stadium under the protection of security personnel. After the game, many Shenhua fans also broke out on social networks to question Ma Ning's favoritism in favor of Guoan.
Of course, Ma Ning did not intend to favor Guoan, Shenhua foreign aid Yan Xinli handball fouled in the first half, Ma Ning did not award a penalty, but a set-piece on the edge of the penalty area, and did not even play a card. Unfortunately, because of the controversial penalty in the seconds reading stage, Ma Ning still annoyed Shenhua fans again.
After this draw, Shenhua has failed to win the last five home games against Guoan (3 draws and 2 defeats), which is their longest winless record against Guoan at home in the Chinese Super League. Although Shenhua temporarily tops the standings, if Harbour wins this round, the gap between the two teams will widen to 2 points. Compared with the strong performance at the beginning of the season, Shenhua's recent performance has begun to weaken.