Beijing time in the early morning of November 28, the fifth round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League, Riyadh home 0-0 draw Persepolis, the team accumulated 13 points in 5 rounds, locking the top spot in advance of the first round, and advanced to the round of 16 knockout rounds. The game, law enforcement referee Manning's numerous penalties also caused Brozovic, Ottavio, Ronaldo many big-name stars dissatisfaction, the Chinese Super League whistle once again in foreign fire.
Under the importance of the AFC, the Chinese referee team led by Ma Ning enforced the match, and Ma Ning became the second Chinese referee to enforce Ronaldo's participation in the AFC Champions League after Fu Ming.
As a referee, Manning had no hesitation in giving Riyadh a penalty just two minutes into the match.
At that time, Ronaldo suddenly fell down in the penalty area, Manning immediately made a penalty decision, and Persepolis players came forward to protest. Meanwhile, Ronaldo kept wagging his finger, saying, "It's not a penalty and it's not a penalty."
Faced with the different voices of both players, Manning personally ran to the sidelines to watch the video replay. Half a minute later, Manning made a correction, signaling that it was not a penalty kick.
In the Chinese Super League, Manning is known by fans as the "Master of Cards", who just likes to play cards for players.
However, Manning's enforcement of the game rarely produced only one red card and four yellow cards, of which there was no problem with the red cards, but there were problems with the scene control, leading to dissatisfaction on both sides, especially with Ottavio's repeated infringements by his opponents, which Manning chose to ignore.
In first-half stoppage time, Ottavio fell to the ground in pain, and Manning stepped forward to inquire about the situation.
Ottavio then got up and asked Manning for a card, which ultimately failed.
In the second half, Ottavio was invaded on several occasions and Brozovic, unhappy with the penalty, was also shown a yellow card by Manning.
Manning said nothing when Ottavio was hit by an opponent late in the second half and fell to the ground with his face in his hands.
Ottavio started and played the entire game, making 11 of 14 plays against, with a pass success rate of 92.4% and eight fouls, earning him an official Player of the Game selection after the game.
In response, fans buzzed, "It's best that Ottavio lives to play the whole game, no questions asked," "It's a miracle that he didn't get hurt," and "Living is success."
In addition to Manning, Fu Ming's previous enforcement of the AFC Champions League has caused dissatisfaction among fans at home and abroad.
In August this year, Fu Ming acted as a referee for Riyadh Victory's AFC Champions League play-off match against Dubai National. At the time, he apparently failed to judge the penalty kick, which made Ronaldo angry on the spot, even tearing off his captain's armband and shouting at Fu Ming.
