As we all know, the national soccer team's first game in the Asian Cup had only one draw. Although they are currently tied for second place in the group, they still need to win at least one group game in order to advance directly to the top two in the group. The next match with Lebanon is a do-or-die battle for the national soccer team in the Asian Cup. Luckily, the latest news shows that we avoided the West Asian referees this time.
According to the news of referee selection announced by the AFC, the South Korean referee team became the main post for the national soccer team's life and death match. Ko Hyung from South Korea became the referee, an old acquaintance from the Chinese Super League. In the season when the conference system was introduced in the Chinese Super League season, Ko Hyung Chung enforced the second round of the championship between Guangzhou Evergrande and Jiangsu Suning.
At the national soccer team level, the mid-night enforcement of national soccer team matches will at least not be treated differently by West Asian referees. Interestingly, the refereeing team of Maning and Fu Ming from the Chinese Super League also enforced the match between South Korea and Bahrain, where South Korea managed to pass the test and win their first victory.
Domestic fans have a lot to say about what happened to the national soccer team in the Asian Cup, especially the blatant black whistles blown by the West Asian referees. But the fans' dissatisfaction doesn't change anything at all, as the national soccer team has dropped its post-match complaints and accepted the result of a 0-0 draw against Tajikistan.
Lebanon are better than Tajikistan, especially since the former lost to the hosts in their opening match. If they want to win the top 16 of the Asian Cup, they need to score points in the national soccer team as well. However, as long as the refereeing team's punishment is fair and just, we will recognize it even if we lose to our opponents.
Therefore, it is good news for the Chinese men's soccer team that the South Korean team enforcing the national soccer team's life and death match is good news, at least it avoids the West Asian referees who have been targeting us. Of course, we still have to win on our own to get a spot in the group to advance. Even if we barely manage to advance to the round of 16 at the third place in the group, it will be hard for us to go far in the next knockout rounds.
