The AFC officially announced: Ma Ning has been entrusted with an important task again, and after sending Japan out of the competition, he is expected to send South Korea home again

The Asian Cup in Qatar has reached the semi-final stage, and with three matches to go, a new Asian champion will be born. Although the Chinese men's football team was eliminated in the group stage, there is still no lack of Chinese elements in the Asian Cup today, because our referees are still continuing to enforce the law in Asia.

Not long ago, the AFC officially issued an announcement, announcing that China's referee Ma Ning will participate in the enforcement of the South Korean team against the Jordanian team as the fourth official. If there is no physical problem with the referee on duty, the main job of the fourth official is to raise the sign of substitution and stoppage time on the sidelines, calm the emotions of the coaches of the two teams, and maintain order on the sidelines.

And his appearance as the fourth official is also good news for Ma Ning, because once he comes to enforce the semi-finals as the referee, according to the unspoken rules of the refereeing world, he will not be able to enforce the finals. Now that the AFC has let him take a round of rest, its main purpose may be to let Ma Ning blow the final of this Asian Cup, which also adds some additional highlights to the final showdown of this Asian Cup.

In the last round of the game, Ma Ning, as the referee, officiated the focus of the 1/4 finals between the Japanese team and the Iranian team. In particular, in stoppage time, he accurately identified a reckless foul in the Japanese penalty area and awarded Iran a penalty. It was also by taking advantage of this penalty opportunity that the Iranian team defeated the Japanese team 2-1 and sent home the top favorite of the tournament in advance.

Now Ma Ning has moved to the semi-finals and participated in the enforcement work of another East Asian powerhouse, the South Korean team. In fact, in the group stage, Ma Ning officiated the first round of the South Korean team against Bahrain as the referee, and in that key game, Ma Ning showed a total of 5 yellow cards to the South Korean team, and he was criticized and abused by many Korean media and fans. Now that Ma Ning meets the South Korean team again in the knockout round, he hopes to see the Koreans go out with hatred and continue to miss the Asian championship.

Compared with the Chinese men's football team, it seems that the Chinese referees have ushered in a breakthrough and successfully entered the world level. In the next World Cup, fans are expected to see Chinese referees again!