As the journey to Doha draws nearer and nearer, the pace of the Chinese team's preparations in Shanghai has become more and more intensive, and in the early morning of August 24th, the team welcomed the only "Referee Rules Explanation" before the Top 12 match at the hotel in Minhang District. Wang Di, a referee instructor specially appointed by China Football Association and an active international referee, gave a lecture in person, analyzing the latest penalty rules and VAR operation with examples, which was warmly welcomed and highly evaluated by all the players.
Since the time of Lippi, "referee rules will be explained" has become a mandatory course for the international players before the competition. Li Tie took over the national football team, similar explanation activities also frequently appear in the team's preparation. Last October, during the training in Shanghai, the Association invited the former international referee, now the Association special lecturer Tao Rancheng lecture. Before and after, Ma Ning and Wang Di and other active international referees have also served as lecturers, through the actual case vividly analyze the rules, so that the players gained a lot. It is reported, by the AFC referee department assigned, Ma Ning, Fu Ming, Zhang Lei and other international referees and 2 international assistant referees will go to West Asia to enforce the first two rounds of the 12 strong part of the game. Therefore, the lecturer of the refereeing rules of this period of the national football team training in Shanghai will still be Wang Di. Prior to this, Wang Di had worked as a refereeing expert with the national football team in the last three rounds of the 40-team tournament in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The success of our team in advancing to the final round of the 40-team tournament is attributed to their own strength and hard work, as well as the fairness of the referees. An important prerequisite to ensure the fairness of law enforcement is that the players respect and obey the referee's decisions, so understanding the rules and refereeing style is crucial for the international players. Wang Di was unable to accompany the team on the trip due to his busy schedule, but he provided technical support to the team in an appropriate way. It is understood that in the lecture on the 24th, Wang Di explained in detail the latest international penalty rules such as handball determination and VAR operation. Due to the AFC's decision to fully activate the VAR technology during the 12-team tournament, the organization of this lecture was very timely. It is worth mentioning that the referees enforcing the first two rounds of the 12-team tournament are all familiar with our team's "old faces", so the national football team has a very good understanding of their style of law enforcement. It is reported that in the afternoon of the 25th, during the national football internal teaching match, Wang Di may be in the capacity of referee law enforcement, to help the players deepen their understanding of the rules. From the point of view of organizing the refereeing experts to teach, China's Football Association has made great efforts for the national football team to prepare for the 12 strong match, which has brought great psychological support for the national footballers who are going to travel.
