Beijing, April 4, 2023 - The pre-season referee training course for the 2023 Premier League and First Division ended yesterday. This referee training course can be said to have been conducted under the pressure of anti-corruption and anti-mafia, but a total of 252 personnel were not absent or taken away. It can be said that the staff in the refereeing circle is clean, especially the controversial ones such as Manning, Fu Ming and Zhang Lei, who withstood the pressure and proved themselves!
At the end of March, the CFA made an announcement that it would hold a pre-season referee training course for the new season of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League A from March 29 to April 3, including referees, assistant referees, and referee supervisors of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League A, totaling 252 people. Among them, there are 91 whistle blowing referees in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese A League.
The referee training course has been completed, a total of 6 days, the referee seriously study, actively adapt to the new changes, to prepare for the new season, we all expect the working group to take away some controversial referees, the result is that no one was taken away for 6 days, I have to say that the league referee circle is very quiet.
The anti-corruption and anti-mafia operations of the national soccer team have been going on for more than four months. They caught senior officials of the soccer association, senior managers of clubs and players, some of whom were guilty of match-fixing and gambling! Some soccer association officials are in charge of leagues and referees, and this has brought one thing to the attention of countless people: when are they going to catch the refereeing circuit?
It is undeniable that in recent years, there have been many controversial matches in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League A. In particular, the matches of Manning, Fu Ming, Zhang Lei and Li Haixin have become the subject of heated discussions among media fans. Some referees have been singled out by fans, especially those associated with soccer associations.
Now, the "curse of the conference" of the fight against corruption has been struck down by the referee's circle! Previously, the task force had made several arrests before and after the conference, including Chen Xuyuan, Chen Yongliang, Du Zhaocai and Li Tie. In this referee training course, no referees were taken away from the meeting, which shows that they are clean and suspicion is boring.
Of course, if the referees didn't attend the training session, that doesn't mean they didn't attend at a later stage (if they did make a mistake). Let's also hope that the refs stick to their guns and respond to the fans' questions with clean, 0-man results. I also hope the referees will be more professional and fair in their penalties in the new season!
