See you for a long time in the Asian Cup finals, Ma Ning sent the home team to penalties 3 times, and he desperately wants to prove it for the national football team!
In the early hours of this morning, the final of this Asian Cup came to a successful conclusion, and the host Qatar team finally defeated the Jordan team 3-1 and successfully defended the Asian Cup championship. Think about the Qatar team a few years ago, and the national football team that lost to us in the World Cup qualifiers, who would have thought that it would not take long for them to become a strong team that won the Asian Cup twice in a row.
Although there were no Chinese players in this game, Chinese referee Ma Ning served as the referee. Previously, many of Ma Ning's penalties have become the focus of media discussions, especially after the South Korean team's game, the Korean media have been looking for faults in various ways. In fact, Ma Ning's blowing penalty is not a big problem, it may be that his identity as a Chinese referee makes the Korean media more sensitive.
In this final, Ma Ning's penalty can be described as bold! Qatar's three goals were all based on Ma Ning's penalty kicks. If a team can win three penalties on the stage of the cup final, it is considered a long time to live. Let's take a closer look, is there anything wrong with Ma Ning's 3 penalty kicks?
The first penalty came around 20 minutes when Qatar's No.11 Afif broke into the box and was brought down from behind by Jordan's No.3 defender. In slow motion, the defender does have a contact from behind, but I don't think the strength of that contact is enough to constitute a fall, and there is a noticeable delay in the offense's fall. In the Premier League, instead of giving a penalty, it might also give a yellow card for a fake.
The second penalty came around 71 minutes into the second half, when the Jordanian players in white jerseys were out of position defensively and could only pull and pull and tripped under their feet. Compared to the first penalty, the foul was a little more obvious. However, Ma Ning did not blow the penalty at the first time, and then watched the VAR video replay before choosing to blow the penalty.
I don't think there's anything wrong with this penalty, it's a foul at any level of play.
The third penalty came in stoppage time, when Afif was brought down by the Jordanian goalkeeper with a one-handed goal, and Manin also watched the video replay and whistled for the penalty. The third penalty was also not a big problem, as the goalkeeper saved and knocked down the opposing player without touching the football, which was also a standard penalty.
To sum up, Ma Ning's 3 penalty kicks, except for the first one, which I personally think is not very strong and may be a little controversial, the remaining two penalties are nothing wrong. Although it sounds a bit outrageous for a team to win three penalties in the final, this is also an objective occurrence in the game and the referee cannot be blamed.
Some fans joked that Ma Ning is desperate to prove that the national football team is not a dish! In the previous Asian Cup group stage, our national football team was out of the game with 2 draws and 1 loss, although it scored 0 goals in 3 games, but only conceded 1 goal, which was lost to the ultimate champion Qatar. Therefore, our national football team is only one loss away from the Asian Cup championship.
This joke also shows the helplessness of national football fans. Our Chinese referees, commentators, and hosts, these related workers are all excellent and can be invited to work in international competitions, but when will our national football team be able to play in such international competitions?