On May 9, Beijing time, the sixth round of the much-anticipated Chinese Super League (CSL) matches officially began. In the first match, last season's Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Three Town's away match against Henan drew the attention of many fans. Henan, due to the club itself this season, life seems to be uncomfortable, especially in the last round of games against Beijing Guoan, the main foreign aid Shuniqi intentionally pushed opponents on the pitch, was severely punished by the Football Association, in the next five games, the core will miss all the team's matches. Shuniqi's absence had disappointed Henan fans, after all, in the back line, Shuniqi will give the team a great help in many key moments.
In the case of Wuhan's three towns, the winners of last season's title, their results since the start of the season have not been satisfactory. Especially at home, they were defeated by Seaport and drawn by Guoan and Zhejiang respectively. On the table, it is difficult for the defending champions to enter the top four. Therefore, in this round of match against Henan, who lacks Shuniqi, Wuhan Three Town must win the match to alleviate a series of problems currently faced by the club.
However, in this match between the two teams, the players did enough to keep the fans happy, but the referee's blown calls seemed to be the star of the show on the pitch, and there were even scenes of fans shouting in unison for black whistles. When the two teams drew 1-1 at the end, the CSL referee on duty was even mobbed by fans on social media after the match, with some fans chanting for a thorough investigation into black whistles. How was the situation? Let's see exactly why:
First of all, there was a controversial scene in the 75th minute of the second half. At that time, Xie Pengfei broke through a pass on the side road, and Henan player Yang Shuai, who was defending him, blocked the ball behind his back with his upper arm. Surprisingly, all the fans, coaches and players present were stunned when the duty referee awarded a penalty kick. All understanding fans know that a penalty kick can only be blown if there is active handball or lower arm contact with the ball. For this goal, Young clearly had his hands behind his back. The referee could have been in a very good position to decisively award the penalty, which caused the fans to be upset. Fortunately, today's CSL was very professional in terms of the configuration of the video referee team. After the final confirmation from the video referee, it prompted the referee to watch the slow motion in person, which eventually canceled the misjudgment. It must be said that the standard of the referee on duty was, indeed, average, and it's completely understandable that fans were chanting for a black whistle.
Secondly, in the 67th minute of the second half, when Wuhan Sanzhen was attacking, but then a Henan player fell to the ground. At this time, the referee might have reasons to choose not to stop the game. For example, he thought that the Henan player's fall was not serious, or even suspected of fraudulent injury. But unexpectedly, when Henan was defending the opponent's attack and just ready to counterattack, the referee stopped the game immediately. At that time, not only Henan players, including the scene of the commentary are laughing, the referee's blowing penalty, became this round of the Chinese Super League's most ridiculous thing. You should know that Henan's counterattack situation was very favorable at that time. As Wuhan Sanzhen's offense didn't stop, the home team's counterattack also stopped. Fans chanted that a thorough investigation into the black whistle was completely justified because the referees were underperforming.
Act 3 was rather strange, right at the end of the game, when there was five minutes of full time added on. But in the second minute of extra time, Henan received a red card. Because the referee needed to watch the video replay, the match was delayed until the 97th minute before starting properly. Angrily, the referee stopped the match immediately when it resumed in just ten seconds. It should be noted that Wuhan Sanzhen had two more men than their opponents at that time. When the referee's whistle blew, all the players, coaches and staff of Wuhan Sanzhen rushed to the referee, and even the explanation on the spot was shocking. He said:This referee had many problems in this game. It must be said that the players did work very hard in this game, but the poor performance of the referees did make many fans suspect that there was a black whistle. So it was not unreasonable for the fans to yell at the black whistle after the game.
