On May 8, there was a sudden change in the wind and clouds! Oriental Sports Daily disclosed that a senior former international referee, Wang Xuezhi, gave his opinion on the dramatic clash between Dalian Yingbo and Guangzhou in the Central League in the Sports World New Vision program. He believes that the referee's lenient attitude has sowed instability in the game.
Wang Xuezhi pointed out that if the referees in Dalian and Guangzhou at the time had stuck to the bottom line in terms of penalties, the match, which could have caused an uproar, might have gone in a completely different direction.
According to Oriental Sports Daily, the veteran international referee spoke about the heated clash between Dalian Yingbo and Guangzhou in the Central League A on the Sports New Vision program, arguing that the referee's excessive leniency may have triggered a safety hazard in the game. Wang Xuezhi emphasized that the penalty was too lenient and should have been shown a direct red card. Once the bottom line is relaxed, the subsequent control of the game will be much more difficult.
Looking back at the first half, in the 15th minute, Dalian Yingbo's foreign player Embalo elbowed a Guangzhou player, and after the assistant referee signaled, the referee showed a red card. In the second minute of the second half, the referee awarded Guangzhou a penalty kick, and the visiting players seized the opportunity to win 1-0 against Dalian Yingbo. The match, witnessed by more than 40,000 fans in Dalian, saw Guangzhou's undefeated streak continue and even pulled Dalian Yibo off the top of the table. Although Wang Xuezhi thought that the referee's two judgments were quite accurate, the players of Dalian Yibo, who were eager to equalize, found it hard to accept, and this became the trigger for the game to get out of control.
After Guangzhou took the lead, Dalian Yingbo's Wang Xuanhong elbowed Wu Junjie without the ball, and although Wu fell to the ground, the referee only showed a yellow card. In injury time, Dalian Yibo goalkeeper Sui Weijie tried to break into Guangzhou's penalty area by taking advantage of a set piece. While defending, Sui Weijie swung his fist and knocked down the opponent, and the referee showed the yellow card again.
According to Wang Xuezhi, in both cases, elbows and punches, the referee downgraded the yellow card when the game got out of hand, further intensifying the conflict between the two sides. He emphasized that the referee must respect the fact of foul play in the game and control the nip and tuck of foul play according to the rules, rather than exacerbating the conflict between the two sides.
The fierce battle was in full swing when the Dalian Yingbo Guangzhou team escalated the conflict!
