Most of the domestic referees in the field to enforce the referee "make peace" "good people" mainly, they often play 50 big board, both sides will not be offended. In contrast, Manning's enforcement style in China belongs to the minority, very rigid, especially focusing on maintaining the authority of the referee. Often players, coaches do not adapt to his style of law enforcement, and then questioned or even abuse the referee, at this time Manning often special maintenance of the authority of the referee, yellow card warning or even direct red card expulsion.
In the Zhejiang-Shenzhen match on the night of the 3rd, Manning's strict enforcement caused some controversy. During the match, Maning showed 10 yellow cards and 2 red cards, one of which lit up coach Shen Xiangfu. From the video replay, Shen Xiangfu was likely fined for verbally attacking Maning. Zhejiang substitute Zhang Jiaqi was penalized twice in a row within a minute and received two yellow cards. As far as the penalty rules are concerned, there was no problem with Maning's two penalties.
Twelve years ago, Manning was promoted to international referee for the first time. So far, there has been no break in the controversy over him. This season, Maning also vented his frustration in the Chinese Super League enforcement match after a body blow from Dragon Gate foreigner Dorado in Songshan City, Henan Province. All these have not changed Manin's strict style of law enforcement. What kind of stance he will take on the next Qatar World Cup enforcement stage deserves special attention from the Chinese soccer community and fans.
International arena highly acclaimed
Despite the controversy over domestic enforcement, Maning easily conquered the AFC and FIFA refereeing committees and managed to reach the World Cup finals. His inclusion in the Qatar World Cup referee panel also means that Chinese soccer referees are once again in the World Cup after 20 years.
As China's top referee, international referee Ma Ning has always been known for his ability to control the field and his decisiveness in playing cards, thus earning him the nickname "Master of Cards". Along with his decisiveness comes his controversial enforcement style. His overpowering performance once caused some "suspected" local media to be upset, and even led to the rhythm of saying that Manning is a biased whistle, home whistle, triggering serious dissatisfaction of some local fans.
The more some fans curse, the faster Maning seems to rise. As a key training target of the CFA, Maning has performed well in major international tournaments such as the AFC Champions League and the World Qualifiers in the past two years. Maning's decisive enforcement has also conquered AFC and FIFA. Finally, with his hard power, he can go to Qatar to enforce the World Cup.
In the AFC Champions League, Manning executed three group stage matches and a quarterfinal in 2021. In the group stage of the 2022 tournament, he executed four more matches. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese refereeing crew of Maning, Shi Xiang and Cao Yi executed three Top 40 matches and five Top 12 matches, including key battles such as Iraq 0-3 Iran, South Korea 1-0 United Arab Emirates and Iran 1-0 United Arab Emirates.
Compared with Japanese and Korean referees, it is more difficult for Maning from China to enforce intercontinental tournaments. Restricted by the epidemic and prevention and control policies, Chinese referees such as Maning first have to solve the problems of taking leave from work and leaving the country during the epidemic; if they need to be quarantined and observed for a long period of time after returning to their home country, it will affect the state of their law enforcement - while referees from other countries go back to their home country and continue to execute the national leagues after law enforcement, Chinese referees such as Maning chose to travel abroad for a long period of time enforcement to secure their status and do their best to influence the Qatar World Cup.
Manning Phenomenon Provokes Thoughts
Manning is said to be able to enforce the World Cup through FIFA investigations. FIFA has specially assigned lecturers to follow the referees and assess every game we play, including the domestic league, and require the referees to officiate according to FIFA's standards. Manning revealed, "Like everyone else, soccer referees inevitably make mistakes. At the end of the day, it's all about who makes the fewest mistakes, especially when there are no major mistakes. FIFA arranges such a long investigation period, i.e. a comprehensive assessment of candidate referees to rule out accidents. At the same time, it requires referees with a lasting and stable competitive status of high level refereeing."
Manning also recently gave an official interview to AFC in English, saying, "First of all, I would like to thank FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation for giving me the opportunity to enforce the World Cup. I will do my best to show the world my highest level of law enforcement. Enforcing the World Cup has been my dream since I was a child because I have always loved soccer. 12 years ago, when I became an international referee in 2011, the dream of enforcing the World Cup had become a goal. Now that my goal has been realized, I have the responsibility to participate in the World Cup. In addition, I have the opportunity to enforce with the highest level referees in the world."
Manning revealed that in order to enforce the World Cup, he did a lot of homework, "This year, the AFC FIFA referees to enforce the World Cup. In terms of quantity, this is FIFA in addition, the recognition of Asian referees is also reflected FIFA recognized AFC referee training."
FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Corina, as a professional, said, "As before, the criteria we use is Level 1, and the referees we have chosen represent the highest level of refereeing in the world." This also means that Maning's qualification to go to Qatar to referee on behalf of Chinese referees shows that his ability already represents the highest level in the world.
Ironically, in the eyes of some extreme fans in China, a top Chinese referee participating in the World Cup is synonymous with "official whistle" or even "biased whistle"; his strict, rigid and confident style of law enforcement is criticized by some media as being The strict, rigid and confident style of enforcement has been criticized by some media as "too dogmatic". A "controversial referee" who is almost criticized by the Chinese Super League fans is actually the best referee in China, and will appear in the World Cup as the pride of Chinese soccer.
Manning's appearance at the World Cup was an embarrassment to some national fans and local media. I wonder, in the end, who hit who in the face. (Shangguan News)
