In the last two days, the most popular soccer in China was undoubtedly the topic of conversation sparked by the referee's disallowance of the second goal scored by Taishan's foreign aid player Fellaini in Shandong Taishan's home match against Shanghai Seaport.
Judging from the recent online opinion, most of the fans and soccer media are on the side of Taishan team. They all thought that referee Wang Zhe ruled that Fellaini's goal was invalid, which clearly violated FIFA's regulations on VAR intervention in penalty decisions. The goal should have been valid.
At the moment, only Hong Kong fans and some media and media people associated with Hong Kong clubs are still trying to defend their home team. However, recently, one of the local media in Shanghai turned the gun and directly targeted the referees in Hong Kong and the Chinese Super League. They are Shanghai's long-established paper, Xinmin Evening News.
Recently, Xinmin Evening News published an article specifically about the Fellaini incident. The article clearly pointed out that the refereeing problem in the Chinese Super League has been put on the table. How to deal with it properly is a "must answer" left by the CFA and the league refereeing committee.
According to the article, if the standard of Chinese soccer referees cannot be improved, it will be difficult for the standard of Chinese players to make a qualitative leap. In addition, the article also supports Choi Kang-hee, the South Korean coach of Taishan, and cites a list of the two times Choi "shot" at the FA when he was coaching Shanghai Shenhua.
There was a time when Shenhua was taken care of by the FA at Guangzhou Evergrande. After the game, Cui Kangxi asked the reporters present what the significance of such a game was. Another time, Shenhua's goal was blown invalid in the Shanghai derby where Shenhua defeated Harbor 0-1. After the match, Cui Kangxi again asked why the goal didn't count.
Obviously, Xinmin Evening News published a statement clearly on the side of Shandong Taishan team. However, some fans pointed out that this is because Xinmin Evening News has been the royal media of Shanghai Shenhua, the enemy of Shanghai Harbor in the same city. So it is not surprising that Xinmin Evening News supports Shandong Taishan this time.
Compared to Shanghai Shenhua's "royal media", Xinmin Evening News, the statements of other soccer media people who do not have a special position may be more convincing. Recently, a famous soccer commentator named Y made a video after the match between Taishan and Port, saying that he didn't quite understand whether Fellaini's goal was invalid or not, and made it clear that it wasn't the first time that Port had been taken care of by a referee in this season's Chinese Super League.
Recently, soccer media people said on air that the Chinese Super League referees are not without problems, the problems are big and wide-ranging. Almost every referee who enforces the Chinese Super League and Chinese League One has some problems to a greater or lesser extent. If the relevant departments really want to investigate, I'm afraid the Chinese Super League will have to stop. Therefore, in this year's Chinese soccer "anti-corruption" action, none of the referees were disciplinary departments to take away to investigate.
According to the news from this soccer media, the problem of referees in the Chinese Super League is really big and has reached an uncontrollable level. At present, many referees in the Chinese Super League have received "favors" from Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Football Association, so they are still taking care of the harbor team even though Chen Xuyuan has fallen from grace.
With the outbreak of the "Fellaini incident", the refereeing issue in the Chinese Super League is once again on the table. The next step is how Gao Hongbo, the helmsman of the FA, will deal with this matter, which will surely become a new hotspot for the fans and the media to pay attention to...
