In the 9th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port played away against Qingdao Manatee. Wu Lei and Gustavo's goals gave Harbour a two-goal lead in the first half, but Gustavo's goal was blown and caused a huge controversy.
The video assistant referee intervened twice in this game, first after Gustavo's goal in the 30th minute, and finally confirmed that Wu Lei was not offside and the goal was valid. In the 45th minute, after Oscar scored from distance, the video assistant referee intervened again, this time confirming that Citardini was offside and the first goal was disallowed.
In the 44th minute of the game, Gustavo scored with a header, but just before Gustavo shot, the referee had already whistled for a foul, which made Gustavo very dissatisfied and kept signaling to the referee that he was just jumping normally.
It is worth emphasizing that the video assistant referee did not intervene in the decision. From slow motion, Gustavo's foul action is not obvious. Some fans mocked, "Jump higher than the domestic defender, the domestic defender has another victim expression, and guess what, the ball is fouled." ”