When things don't go your way, even drinking water can be an embarrassment! The Taishan team has been suffering from internal and external problems lately, and the team has a lot of internal conflicts that stick in their throat. To add insult to injury, when the team's morale is low, some of the referee's behavior seems to be adding to the team's problems. In the match against Cangzhou Lions, VAR's two interventions put Taishan in trouble twice. The team's performance was mediocre, and the referee's obvious favoritism made Taishan's situation even worse.
In only the sixth minute of the game, Jadson made contact with the ball and his shoulder on defense, and the Off-Star referee did not call a foul, allowing play to continue.
However, half a minute later, the referee suspended the game and VAR intervened. After communicating with VAR referee Horsepower, Guan Xing chose to watch the VAR replay himself.
VAR has been active in the Chinese Super League for five or six seasons, and its main duty is to correct major errors such as goals, penalties and red cards.
It looked like Jadson made a move for the ball, but after VAR intervened, Guan Xing chose to trust VAR referee Horsepower, but that didn't seem to prove that Jadson actually handballed the ball.
Live footage showed Guansing, who was not far from the incident, making it clear there was no foul when Locadia challenged Jadson's handball.
At the start of the second half, Taishan launched an onslaught of attacks, with Cressan leveling the score at one point in the 51st minute off a pass from Fellaini. However, VAR referee Malik intervened again when the ball was served in the center circle. This time, Malik managed to catch a suspected handball from Fellaini.
Slow-motion footage showed Fellaini's arm expanding as he scrambled for the ball, but slow-motion footage could not definitively show whether his arm touched the ball or not. Nonetheless, referee Guan Xing once again overturned his judgment and believed in Horse Power. Taishan's goal was therefore disallowed.
Guan Xing's enforcement has been controversial. He consistently wavered between blowing or not blowing on the handball incident between Jadson and Fellaini, but ultimately ruled against Taishan.
The VAR referee Ma Li is even more remarkable. Taishan team away 0:1 defeat Shanghai Shenhua, Shenhua players in the penalty area handball was not penalized, the VAR at that time is none other than Ma Li. After the game, Ma Li was suspended for three rounds by the Football Association. But to our surprise, just one month later, Ma Li was once again the VAR in the Taishan game. last time you questioned me for not interfering with the handball, this time I will let you double to taste the bitter fruit.
The situation of this game is simply unspeakable, just like the continuous rainy night is always accompanied by the trouble of leaking houses. The mood swings within the team and the referee's calls at key moments are hard to understand, so it seems that Taishan's stormy road continues this season.
