【Rule Analysis】The first game of the Asian Cup of the Chinese team was controversially punished, and VAR sparked heated discussions!
On the evening of January 13, Beijing time, the Chinese team ushered in the first game of this Asian Cup, against Tajikistan. Unfortunately, the national football team suffered a controversial penalty in this game. The decisions of referees Mohammed Khled Al Hoish and VAR Khalid Saleh Al Turais caused an uproar among fans and the media. Today, let's review last night's penalty and conduct an in-depth analysis in combination with the rules.
In the 80th minute, the national football team got a corner kick opportunity, and Zhu Chenjie scored with a header! After being watched by Huvish himself, he ruled that Jiang Guangtai had committed an offside foul and the goal was invalidated.
According to the rules, an offside position does not necessarily constitute an offside foul. There are usually three types of offside foul situations: interfering with the game, interfering with the opponent, and gaining an advantage. The replay showed that at the moment of Zhu Chenjie's header, Jiang Guangtai was obviously in an offside position, but he did not interfere with the game and did not gain any benefits. The reason for the disallowed goal was that he "interfered with the opponent".
There are four specific points in the rules for "interfering with the opponent", and Jiang Guangtai just stood there, did not compete with the opponent for the ball, nor did he interfere with the opponent substantially or touch the incoming ball. According to the rules, there is only one situation that may apply to Jiang Guangtai, that is, by significantly obstructing the view of an opposing player, in order to hinder the opponent's handling of the ball, or affect his ability to handle the ball. However, considering that the goalkeeper was not on the goal line, but an ordinary player, such a penalty may have been too harsh.
What's more, the basic criterion for VAR intervention is to correct a "manifest wrongful decision". For offside interference that is not particularly obvious, does the referee's decision that the initial goal is valid meet the criteria of "manifest misdecision"? Does the threshold for VAR intervention really be reached? In actual matches, VAR will respect the referee's initial judgment in most cases rather than intervene.
The controversial penalty for the first game of the Asian Cup of the Chinese team sparked widespread discussion and heated discussions. We look forward to further improvements in the football rules and VAR system to ensure the fairness and fairness of the game. For the Chinese team, although this penalty is irreversible, we believe that they have the ability to achieve better results in the next games!