On August 22, Beijing Youth Daily reported that the enforcement performance of the U21 League has become an important evaluation basis for many local young referees. The help of some Chinese Super League and China First Division referees has been conducive to improving the enforcement level of the U21 League. Referees of different levels learn from each other and compete with each other in this enforcement arena, which promotes the superiority of referees in the whole professional league.
Since the complete resumption of the 2022 U21 League, the CFA has been attaching great importance to the enforcement of this tournament. For example, international referee Ma Ning, who is going to participate in the Qatar World Cup, refereed the opening match of the U21 League on October 25, 2022.On the afternoon of August 17, national referee Gan Shuran from Guangdong refereed the match between Henan U21s and Chengdu Rongcheng U21s in the third stage (10th round) of the CFA U21 League Final. Gan Shuran had just refereed six days earlier at Qingdao West Coast's home match against Beijing in the 22nd round of the Chinese Super League.
With the first two seasons of the Chinese Super League referees to go to the U21 League "sporadic law enforcement" is different, the CFA referee department selected a number of Chinese Super League and League referees, in the various stages of the U21 League as a full-time referee. At the current stage of the U21 League, for example, a total of 26 referees have entered the Kunming Ridge and Yuxi enforcement zones (13 per zone), with one Chinese Super League referee and two Chinese First Division referees in each zone. The other referees are basically national referees with qualifications to enforce the Chinese B League.
Selected for the U21 League of the Chinese Super League and Chinese A referees have not been "relegated". According to the staff in charge of refereeing the matches, with the full launch of the "Super, A and B League Promotion and Elevation System" by the CFA this year, the referees of all levels of professional leagues are facing the pressure of "final elimination", so the referees are very eager to do as much as possible. Therefore, referees are very eager to enforce as many matches as possible, so as to improve their own evaluation scores, or try to be promoted or avoid relegation. Although the U21 League is not a professional league in the strict sense, its referee enforcement evaluation mode and scoring method are exactly the same as those of professional leagues at all levels. This is also the reason why the Chinese Super League referees and the Chinese Super League referees.
If they are able to enforce the law well in the U21 League, these referees will have the opportunity to enter the enforcement stage of higher level professional leagues. For example, Beijing international referee Guo Xiang, who refereed the U21 League Round 11 match between Changchun Yatai U21 and Meizhou Hakka on Aug. 21, won the title of best referee in the U21 League last season for his outstanding performance, and then was promoted to referee of China's first division this season. Beijing referee Chen Jindong, who refereed the "Peace Cup" international invitational match between China's U16 men's soccer team and Japan's U16 team in Shenyang, also benefited from his outstanding enforcement performance for the first time in the 2022 U21 League.
"Currently, there are 120 registered referees in the Chinese Second Division League, which is mainly due to the fact that over the past few seasons, due to objective factors, the matches have been played on a match centralized system. Some referees might be available at one stage of the game and would not be on vacation at the next stage, so there was a need to reserve more referees. However, in the past two years, all professional sequence tournaments have resumed the normal match system. In addition, there is no fixed status division of referees, assistant referees and fourth officials in the China B League. Therefore, with the limited number of matches in China League B, the referees enforce on average, especially the main referees, not many matches, so there are only a lot for them.
In addition to accomplishing their own enforcement tasks, the Chinese Super League and Chinese League referees have also taken on the role of "helping" young referees. "For example, the reaction to emergencies, the response to the emotional outbursts of the contestants, or even the questioning and provocative behavior. , senior referees have more experience and experience to share with young referees." The head said.
