Ma Ning enforces the Asian Cup final collection: three penalties and VAR intervention still maintain the original decision

The 2023 Qatar Asian Cup came to an end, and in the end, the host Qatar defeated Jordan 3-1 and successfully defended the Asian Cup title.

The Chinese referee team led by Ma Ning officiated the game, which was also the first time that the Chinese referee team won the honor of officiating the Asian Cup final. They were very busy in the game, so how did they perform this time?

The first goal of the game was related to the referee's decision, Akram Afif fell in the box after a breakthrough, Manin decisively awarded a penalty, and Fu Ming, who acted as VAR, intervened in the process and finally approved Manin's decision, with which Qatar also opened the scoring.

In the second half, Ismail Mohammed also collapsed in the box when he broke through, and Manin did not give a penalty at the first time, and then Fu Ming intervened in a dead-ball state and prompted Manin to watch the replay, which was awarded another penalty after watching the replay, which allowed Qatar to quickly retake the lead shortly after the scoreline was levelised.

When the game was about to enter injury time, Yazan Nimat was yellow carded by Manin for a retaliatory collision, at which point Fu Ming intervened and reminded Manin of the possibility of a potential red card, but Manin chose to uphold the original decision after watching the replay, which is usually rare.

In stoppage time, Akram Afif was brought down by the Jordanian goalkeeper after forming a one-on-one goal, Fu Ming intervened after confirming that there was no offside through the semi-automatic offside system and reminded Manin of the possibility of a penalty, and Manin awarded the third penalty of the game after watching the replay.