The AFC Champions League match between Yokohama Mariners and Ulsan Hyundai (the AFC Champions League is still used by Ulsan Hyundai this season, and it will only be changed to Ulsan HD next season), Takumi Ueshima's red dot package, may be the only controversy among the enforcement team led by Fagani. However, the Japanese media said that Takumi Ueshima blocked the goal, and the red dot package was completely correct, and there was no meaning to protect the calf at all.
Yokohama Mariner once led 3-0, but with Ulsan's counterattack, in the 39th minute, Takumi Ueshima's handball in the penalty area became the turning point of the game, and Fagani sent him off with a direct red card, which made many Chinese fans confused. After all, according to the understanding of Chinese fans, a handball foul in the case of falling to the ground is a penalty + yellow card.
After the game, the Japanese media explained the rules: in the 2023-24 AFC Champions League, if you still implement unintentional handball that may block a goal, you must show a red dot package, and from the 2024-25 season, you can show a yellow card if you unintentionally handball blocks a possible goal.
In other words, the Japanese media did not bombard Fagani in the first place, but first looked for the rules and showed respect for the referee's decision, which is the media tendency that should be reported.
For Yokohama's 80-minute 10-11 drag the game into a penalty shootout, and finally won, the Japanese media did not hesitate to praise their own praise, calling it a miracle, "In the case of 10 to 11, relying on a penalty shootout, miraculously reached the AFC Champions League final for the first time in history." ”