The Football Association announced the results of the 5th review of the season, and one of the cases awarded by the referee in this review has attracted the attention of fans and the media, that is, in the 8th round of the Chinese Super League, Zhejiang team lost 1-2 to Beijing Guoan in the game, and awarded a penalty to the Zhejiang team. The situation of the game at that time was that Leonardo fouled Yang Liyu in the Guoan penalty area, and the latter knocked Leonardo down after falling to the ground, but VAR intervention awarded Yang Liyu a foul and sent a point.
This review determined that the penalty was an erroneous penalty, Leonardo fouled first, and then Yang Liyu was not considered a foul and should not be awarded, but VAR intervened in the error and caused the referee to change the penalty and give Zhejiang a penalty. Although this penalty did not affect the result of the game, since Guoan appealed, the Football Association also gave a correct interpretation. And the video assistant referee of this game is the first brother of the domestic referee, Ma Ning, who is mainly responsible for the mistake of intervening this time.
In fact, the game had already caused a lot of controversy at that time, and media person Li Xuan posted the discussion of the media side of the game at that time, and some reporters bluntly said that why Chen Xuyuan's case did not enter the referee was not a problem of professional level at all, but a problem of the referee's thinking. Whether the referees are involved in the Chen Xuyuan case, we will not discuss too much here, as far as the penalty itself is concerned, it is not a difficult case to decide, Leonardo fouled first This point is very clear, if you can understand this, there will be no other controversy. But Manin didn't think Leonardo fouled, which only shows that the home whistle was too obvious.
Another case is in the Shanghai derby, the final killer ball was blown, and the Football Association determined that Yu Hanchao made a dodge action on the trajectory of the ball's flight, and it was also this action that interfered with the goalkeeper, so the goal was blown was the correct penalty. At that time, the linesman raised the flag to signal that there was no problem with offside, and the referee had no problem upholding the original decision of offside, but VAR intervention was wrong. It is reported that the VAR referee of this game did not participate in the enforcement of the law in the 9th round, and was most likely punished by internal suspension, but Ma Ning still participated in the law enforcement.
From the point of view of the Football Association's review itself, it has done a very good job, and there has been no controversy in the 5 reviews so far, and the controversy over the penalty and the places that fans do not understand are clearly explained. However, we have seen many times in the review where the original decision was overturned, such as the 5th review where the 2 VAR interventions were defined as wrong, and then the problem came to the referee. Why is the Football Association on the right path, making the right comments and punishments, but the referees are still making mistakes? Whether the punishment is not strong enough or someone supports it, we must find out.