Chinanews client, Beijing, October 23 (Bian Liqun) Overcoming many difficulties, we invited foreign referees, recruited international referees in the Dalian competition area, and even set up substitute referees... Under a series of high-standard configurations, Beijing on the evening of the 22nd Guoan's 2:1 victory over Shandong Luneng's China Super League focus battle still failed to avoid controversy over the penalty.

Compared with the game itself, this has become a topic that fans are more willing to pay attention to after the game.

Luneng scored the whole process playback.

As far as scoring is concerned, the whole process is very cooperative.

　　In fact, there was a referee disturbance in the first round of the match between the two sides. The several penalties made by the referee Shen Yinhao have caused more controversy. This disturbance has even gone beyond the scope of football and finally fermented into an "academic problem."

It is reported that Shen Yinhao, who was reported by Luneng fans for plagiarism of his paper, has left the Suzhou Division and returned to the serving university to explain the relevant issues.

　　To be honest, competitive football matches make referees steal the spotlight, which is a result that all parties are unwilling to see. For this reason, they have become more cautious in the selection of referees for the second round of the second round of the Chinese Super League. And elegant.

The controversial referee Shen Yinhao in the first round.

Image source: official photo courtesy of Chinese Super League/IC photo

　　The key relegation battle between Tianjin TEDA and Shenzhen Football Team was enforced by the international referee Wang Jing.

The match between the Dalian native and Shijiazhuang Yongchang was whistled by Wang Di, who has been in the Chinese Super League for many years, and the fourth official is also the international referee Li Haixin who has a good reputation.

In the two games that determined the fate of relegation, the referees successfully completed their tasks and were well received by the outside world.

　　The key to the championship between Guoan and Luneng was to choose the international referee and South Korean special referee Jin Xikun who had whistled many games in the Super League to be the main whistle. The video assistant referee of the game.

After the game, Luneng foreign aid Gerdes expressed his dissatisfaction to the South Korean referee Jin Xikun (second from right).

Image source: official photo courtesy of Chinese Super League/IC photo

　　In fact, during most of the game, South Korean referee Jin Hekun's judgment accuracy and court control ability were pretty good.

The turning point appeared in the 69th minute, when Luneng’s foreign aid Gerdes crossed from the right front and Duan Liuyu calmly pushed and scored to help Luneng lead again.

But then Jin Xikun watched VAR under the reminder of the video assistant referee Maning, and determined that Gerdes fouled first and the goal was invalid.

　　Then Guoan grabbed Luneng's unsteady foothold and made a frontcourt press. Augusto stole the ball and assisted Zhang Yuning. The latter shoveled the goal and scored twice, which became Guoan's victory in this game.

Slow motion replay of Gerdes being called for a foul by the referee.

　　This highly controversial penalty has indeed become a decisive factor affecting the direction of the game. Not only did Luneng lose the goal, but also Guoan scored a goal and eventually lost the game.

　　Moreover, under this year's cup competition system, the impact of this penalty far exceeds the outcome of a game.

Luneng, who lost this game, completely declared that he missed the next championship battle, and missed the top four this season.

This is also the source of the collective dissatisfaction of Luneng soldiers and fans after the game, and they want to ask for an explanation.

　　Luneng coach Hao Wei said with relative restraint at the press conference after the game: "It is too difficult for us to score a goal. The players are affected by emotions."

Screenshot of Luneng player Jin Jingdao's Weibo.

　　Luneng players collectively expressed their dissatisfaction on social media platforms.

Jin Jingdao wrote: "There is more of a language that is good or bad. The referee said no foul, and VAR (Video Assistant Referee) reminded him that he was fouled." Luneng foreign aid Gerdes wrote: "Shame! This is not at all. Football." Captain Hao Junmin shelled: "There is no principle, no justice, no ability, no bottom line!"

Screenshot of Hao Junmin Weibo

　　In fact, refereeing issues have been with the Super League this season.

In the third round of the first stage, the Dalian people appealed to the Football Association on refereeing issues. After the fourth round, Shanghai Shenhua and Shenzhen Football appealed one after another. Tianjin TEDA and Shijiazhuang Yongchang appealed collectively in the seventh round. Shenzhen Football and Tianjin TEDA appealed in the 9th round. And after the 10th round, appeal again.

　　After the 11th round of the match, the topic of referees was pushed to a whole new level. Beijing Guoan posted on official social media: "Darkness will not always cover the earth!" Post "Haha" to express dissatisfaction with the referee's penalty.

Looking back on these disputes, most of them focused on the suspected "different judgment scales, wrong and missed judgments" and other issues.

Weibo screenshot

　　In fact, there have been many referee controversies in the past seasons, but it is rare to have such a concentrated outbreak as this season.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the competition system of this season. Under the competition system that is biased towards cup competitions, most of the games are tough battles that determine fate, so once the penalty affects the game, it will inevitably become a topic of controversy.

　　Coupled with the impact of the epidemic, the cost of foreign referees in the enforcement of the Super League has increased. In the first stage of the game, local referees were used to whistle. It was not until the focus of Guoan and Luneng that foreign referees were used.

The unprecedented use of local referees will naturally cause some inexperienced or limited referees to make mistakes and miss judgments.

Under the intensive schedule, referees are also facing great work intensity, which also causes the rate of misjudgments to rise to a certain extent.

　　In this case, the outside world's dissatisfaction and prejudice against referees continue to increase. Therefore, the referee problem in the two rounds of Luneng and Guoan has caused such a big controversy. It is not so much dissatisfaction with a certain penalty in a single game, more so. For this season and even the previous season, the controversy of various penalties has been vented.

Screenshots of fans' comments on Shandong Luneng's official Weibo.

　　Judging from past experience, such catharsis is basically unilateral, with few official responses, and there is no clear and detailed interpretation of the correctness of the sentence being questioned.

It is also difficult for the outside world to know the follow-up from official channels. They can only speculate whether the referee on duty has been punished internally and was "hidden" by referees in subsequent matches.

　　This ambiguity has increased the suspicion of fans and players about refereeing issues, and even the prejudice carved in the bottom of their hearts.

So this has also caused Luneng fans to continuously use the means of checking papers to "punish" disputed referees.

　　Objectively speaking, no matter what job you are engaged in, mistakes will inevitably occur, and referees are no exception. It is just that because of the particularity of the industry, there are strict requirements in terms of fault tolerance.

However, this requirement does not mean that the error should be handled internally.

Screenshot of the CBA referee report last season

　　On this issue, the "next door" CBA league has a lot of reference.

In the 2017 season, CBA introduced a referee report system, publicly commented on referee performance, and conducted official evaluation and interpretation of disputed penalties.

This open and honest approach not only enhances the league’s image, but also urges referees to improve their abilities.

　　In fact, referees, like players, are a part of the game that are exposed to the public's vision. The outside world also has its own perception of whether the referee's punishment is correct or not.

In that case, it would be better to show the right and wrong to the outside world generously. This is actually a very "cost-effective" way.

For example, the highly controversial issue of VAR intervention in this field is whether it complies with the process and whether the referee's judgment is accurate and reasonable.

　　Perhaps the doubts and abuses suffered within a short period of time will not be less, but in the long run, with the increase in credibility and the improvement of referees, this phenomenon will be greatly alleviated.

Instead, the internal handling of disputes that seems to protect the referees has been adopted. Under the continuous accumulation of distrust from the outside world, it has increased the difficulty of the referees whistling the game.

The use of foreign referees to enforce the law in key events is actually one of the consequences of doing so.

　　It is foreseeable that as the championship and relegation group competitions increasingly enter the white-hot stage, the issue of penalties will also cause controversy.

I sincerely hope that the league can return to the wonderful football competition itself, instead of being frequently snatched by other factors, it will eventually evolve into an error correction game and endless debate.

This is of no benefit to the development of professional leagues or even Chinese football.

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