According to the Football Association's evaluation, both of Shanghai Harbor's goals were disallowed. This means Meizhou Hakka lost 1-2 at home and should have won 1-0 at home. If you get that valuable three points, Meizhou Hakka have now amassed 16 points and are 11th in the Chinese Super League, which could open up a three-point gap to the relegation loop.
For Shanghai Seaport, they gained the honor of an undefeated season 2-1, beating their enemies from the same city, Shanghai Shenhua, by 2 points in the table to top the Chinese Super League. Without those two margins of error, Shanghai should have lost 0-1 to Meizhou Hakka, which would have made Shenhua the Super League leaders.
Meizhou Hakka player Yin Hongbo was very unhappy with this "belated justice". He wrote on his personal microblogging: "Oh!" Previously, Yin Hongbo had a heated argument with fans on social media about whether or not Chitardini scored a handball before the goal. This time the FA gave the correct answer after notification.
Shanghai Shenhua and team reporter Ji Yuyang also questioned the CFA. He said: "If Meizhou ended up being relegated because of the three points and Shenhua missed out on the title because of the three points from their rivals. ...... Then looking back at the game, why would such a gentle whistle be arranged with both the title and relegation at stake?"
Apart from this game, there were also missed calls in the game between Shanghai Port and Wuhan Sanzhen, which Shanghai Port also profited from. Shanghai Port's Wang Zhenao kicked his opponent while defending Wuhan's foreigner Balde, which was a reckless foul. He should have penalized the free kick directly and given a yellow card warning. When the duty referee did not penalize Wang Zhenao for the foul.
