China Super League (soccer league)
The 19th round of the tournament was full of exciting matches, with Shandong Taishan unexpectedly beating Hebei, a team made up of young players, with a youthful storm, and locking up this season's Super League title three rounds ahead of schedule. Shanghai Harbor edged Shenzhen 3-1, Changchun beat Guangzhou City 2-1, while Guangzhou and Beijing
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The team shook hands and settled for a draw. Next, let's take a closer look at some of the key penalties in these games.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Paulinho was infringed by Zhang Yuan in the penalty area, and the referee did not immediately call a foul. VAR then intervened and advised the referee to look back at the video, and eventually the referee looked back and ruled it a penalty kick. Zhang Yuan's actions clearly did not touch the ball but knocked Paulinho down, a clear foul. Despite the referee's initial failure to award a penalty, the intervention of VAR was necessary. However, we must emphasize that referees still need to improve their accuracy in recognizing fouls - after all, even with VAR as a backstop, you can't take it lightly.
Then look at the yellow card incident of Yu Hai, putting aside the question of whether the collision between Shenzhen and harbor players constitutes a foul, we focus on the analysis of Yu Hai's behavior. According to this year's Chinese Super League rules proclaimed, the behavior of the referee to express dissatisfaction with the penalty is strictly prohibited, even if there is no physical contact with the referee, Yu Hai's behavior is enough to be shown a yellow card, which is clearly his initiative to go up to ask for a yellow card performance.
As we all know, the enforcement of the championship group is much more difficult than the relegation group, and in this round of the tournament, except for the showdown between Harbor and Shenzhen, the other matches seem to have lost their suspense. Guoan is no longer pursuing the Asian Championship, and the ranking after the fourth place in the Chinese Super League also seems to be less important. Shandong Taishan's battle for the title was fairly enforced throughout the match, with the only controversy being whether Xu Xin's second goal was offside:
Fellaini's header was clearly not offside as he was inserted from the back. And after Fellaini's shot was parried by the opposing goalkeeper, was Xu Xin's follow-up shot offside? Some people think that Xu Xin was further forward than the opponent's defender and should have been ruled offside. But we need to consider Xu Xin's position and the position of the ball. It's really not easy to judge from this angle of observation.
In any case, VAR reviews all goals and intervenes if they are offside. So, should we continue to trust and support VAR and the referee's decisions in this case?
It is worth noting that some commentators have a poor understanding of the rules themselves, yet still manage to mislead many fans. All rule interpretations by the Referee Magnifier team are based on our shallow understanding of the rules, and the recent statement by a referee that we were instructed to write by a professional league referee is simply ridiculous.
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