Wuhan Sanzhen beat Shandong Taishan 2-0 to win the just-concluded FA Super Cup final. As the "appetizer" of the new Chinese Super League season, CFA attached great importance to this game and sent a super deluxe referee team consisting of Chinese Super League Golden Whistler Ma Ning and Fu Ming to enforce the game. In the game, the performance of the referee team really lived up to expectations, especially referee Ma Ning. By virtue of the steady and fair scale of the penalty, the smoothness and spectacle of the game was guaranteed to the greatest extent.
In this game, it is not an exaggeration to say that Manning's penalties were "clear-cut". Take the yellow card for Wuhan Sanzhen's Wallace in the first half for example. At the beginning of the game, Wallace seemed a bit agitated. After being warned by Manning for a foul, he repeated his collision with a Shandong Taishan player. This time, Manning didn't go soft and gave him a yellow card. Actually, from the foul action itself, it didn't seem to be enough for a yellow card, but considering that Wallace had already been warned once before, but he didn't change his mind, Manning was very right to let him carry a yellow card. As it turns out, Wallace, who had the yellow card, did show a lot of restraint for the rest of the game.
In the second half, Shandong Taishan attacked from the right. Liu Yang collided with Liu Yiming in the penalty area and fell to the ground. Manning signaled for the first time that it was not a penalty kick. Through slow-motion replay, it was found that Liu Yiming did touch the ball first. In fact, Maning was not in an ideal position and the two players made physical contact on the highway. It's not easy to make a judgment, but it's pretty basic that Manning can make the right decision quickly.
In the 88th minute, Sun Zhunhao shoveled a Wuhan Sanzhen player and was ejected from the match by Maning with a direct red card. From the angle of slow-motion replay, Sun Junhao left the ground and shoveled the ball right at the opposing player's ankle. This was clearly against the man and not the ball, meaning that he was hurting someone, so he could have gotten a red card. However, Sun Jungho didn't defend himself after the foul and walked straight off the stage, showing that he had nothing to say about Manning's call.
In addition to these penalties, as a referee who used to like to "steal the show" in the highlights of the game, Manning kept a very low profile in this game and was even ignored for a long period of time, which is a mature referee who should take the enforcement approach. From the performance of this game, Manning is one of the top referees in the Chinese Super League and even in Asia.
