Last night's Asian Cup match came to an end with Qatar's 3-1 victory over Jordan to successfully defend the title, and Chinese referee Ma Ning once again became the protagonist of the final. The three penalties awarded in the game are incredible in any game, but it is still the stage of the Asian Cup final, these three penalties are bound to push Ma Ning to the forefront, and Ma Ning, who has been smooth sailing in this Asian Cup, encountered a "disaster" level game in the end.
Ma Ning can be said to be one of the luckiest participants in the final of this Asian Cup, first of all, the early elimination of his national team can make Ma Ning as a referee in the knockout stage of this Asian Cup without any potential suspicion. Immediately after that, several main competitor referees withdrew from the Asian Cup journey early because of mistakes or because of suspicion, and many games blown by Ma Ning in this Asian Cup have no major problems, coupled with the key cultivation of the AFC, Ma Ning is lucky to stand on the stage of the final of this Asian Cup.
But last night's final was disastrous and unfortunate for any referee. First of all, let's put aside the reasonableness of these three penalty kicks, just from the point of view that three penalties need to be awarded in the Asian Cup final, it is difficult for any referee to put there, because whether or not three penalties are awarded, it will cause great controversy after the game, and it happens that Ma Ning is "lucky" Once Ma Ning has a penalty controversy in the subsequent game, everyone will think of Ma Ning who awarded three penalties, because three penalties in a final are beyond reasonable cognition in any case, so aside from the reasonableness of the penalty award, this game is a nightmare for any referee.
Next, let's talk about the rationality of the round, the three penalties in this game are completely fair and impartial, but except for some very low-level foul penalties, the award of penalties is controversial in any situation, and it is a succession of three penalties awarded in a row in a game. In addition to the first penalty award is not a problem at all, the second and third are a little controversial, the main body of the controversy is that there is no problem with the penalty at all, but it can also be not, especially if a penalty has been awarded, which is completely based on the referee's analysis of the game. From the perspective of our Chinese fans, Ma Ning's judgments are completely correct and very accurate, which is undoubtedly from the objective facts, but whether it is still a little inconsiderate to give a team three penalties in a game in a row, after all, the referee can not only study whether the penalty is accurate, but also carefully grasp the dynamics on the field to make a judgment, whether it is reasonable to give three consecutive most important penalties to a team on the field?
Although three penalties were awarded, there was nothing wrong with the accurate decision, but there was still a certain distance from the full score of the game. The Jordan team's poor defensive habits led to the three penalty decisions that hurt the referee and themselves, and the final loss of the championship was self-inflicted. Ma Ning's overall penalty in this Asian Cup can be said to be completely passable, its overall professional ability is still very good, except for the last "unfortunate" game, the other games are close to perfect penalties;