The 26th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) included a number of matches between Guangzhou City and Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Port and Zhejiang, and Wuhan Sanzhen and Meizhou Hakka, all of which saw red cards in the matches. Sports New Vision continues to invite veteran international referee Wang Xuezhi to explain these controversial penalties in detail.
Guangzhou City vs Beijing Guoan
Controversial Penalty:Less than a minute into the game, Guilherme made physical contact with a Beijing Guoan player. When Guilherme took the ball again, Beijing Guoan's Wang Ziming hooked Guilherme down, but referee Zhen Wei didn't make any call.
WANG XUEZHI: Guangzhou member Guilherme was hooked by Beijing Guoan Prince Ming, causing him to fall to the ground. It was an obvious and clear foul. The referee should have been decisive in awarding the penalty kick. The foul was missed because the referee's choice overlapped with the point of contact of the foul. It is incomprehensible why the referee insisted on upholding the original decision when var alerted him in time. The referee cannot turn a blind eye to such a very obvious foul play.
Controversial Penalty:When Cardona broke through with the ball in the 54th minute of the game, Yu Dabao, who was defending in front of him, put down his opponent, and the referee gave Yu Dabao a red card at the first time.
WANG XUEZHI: Guangzhou foreigner Caldona was beaten by Beijing Guoan defender Yu Dabao while in possession of the ball. This is a serious foul. At the same time, he had an intentional handball foul. The referee was totally right to show the red card.
Zhejiang vs Shanghai Seaport
Controversial Penalty: In the 50th minute of the game, Liang Nuoheng continued to pull Wu Lei. Finally, Wu Lei fell down in the penalty area. The referee immediately gave Liang Nuoheng a red card and a penalty kick to Harbor.
Wang Xuezhi: Wu Lei utilized his speed advantage to control the ball into the penalty area for a clear scoring opportunity. The defending team kept pulling during the chase, which continued into the penalty area, causing Wu Lei to fall to the ground. The referee was correct to show a red card and penalize the ball. If the point of contact of the defending team's foul was outside the penalty area, the referee would have awarded a free kick directly.
Wuhan Sanzhen vs Meizhou Hakka
Disputed Penalty:In the 30th minute of the match, He Chao grabbed Meizhou Hakka's foreign aid Vukanovic when they hugged each other. Vukanovic swung his elbow and knocked down He Chao, then var intervened. Finally, referee Wang Di gave the opponent a red card and He Chao a yellow card.
Wang Xuezhi: In the course of the competition, both sides had sustained pulling actions. During the continuous fouls, an angry Vukanovic resorted to retaliatory violence, and the referee was accurate in showing a red card and a yellow card respectively. It should be noted that when He Chao first pulled his opponent, signs of foul play could have been completely nipped in the bud if the referee had called the foul in time.
Changchun Yatai vs Hebei
Controversial call: In the 37th minute of the game, Hebei was awarded a penalty kick. Pan Ximing's penalty kick was parried by the Changchun Yatai goalkeeper. Changchun Yatai then launched a fast attack and scored. During Changchun Yatai's celebration, the referee signaled that the goal was invalid because when Pan Ximing took the penalty, the Changchun Yatai goalkeeper moved early to commit an infraction and needed to re-take the penalty, and then Gao Huazhe hit the penalty kick.
Wang Xuezhi: During the penalty kick, the referee concentrates his main efforts on observing whether both players, especially the goalkeeper, have violated the law. The referee's eyes and gestures are focused on observing whether both players enter the penalty area early, ignoring the goalkeeper's fouls. As a rule, the referee may delegate this task to the assistant referee. Upon seeing this, the assistant referee should immediately raise his flag to remind the referee of the goalkeeper's offense. Coincidentally, the Changchun Yatai keeper launched a fast attack and scored after getting the ball. The referee did not receive the var cue until the goal was scored. With this reaction, the referee still lacks enforcement experience and needs more honing.
In this round of matches, whether it is missing a penalty kick or correcting a penalty kick violation, we can clearly see that the basic skills of the referee are not solid enough. Lacking the ability to recognize movement and the basic awareness to observe fouls on both sides, it was difficult to meet the demands of the game, var the extra-long delay in correcting errors fragmented the game. Imagine how it feels for the home crowd filling the stands to see you take back the home team's goal on the opposing team's goal and allow the opposing team to re-do the penalty kick.
Referees are a team, each with their own responsibilities and need to work with each other. Your thinking and perception determines your ability to call a penalty. Since the referee blew the whistle, everything should be explained in a timely manner, every call should be made promptly and decisively, and every conflict has a way to be resolved. Every incident should not be delayed. These are instant, quick decisions with a shaky foundation, and it's not easy to work hard and make the right decision. Now, there are a lot of smart people, but very few reliable ones. The referee must be a reliable person.
It can be seen that the brain is the commander of the referee's enforcement, the mind is the concentration of the spirit of the rules, and the rules are the basis of the penalty. After varying degrees of exercise, referees gain varying degrees of training in understanding the spiritual nature of the rules, like spices, the more you mash them, the thinner you grind them, the stronger the flavor. By the time you've gone through years of training, you're strong enough.
