In the afternoon of April 1, at a salon in Shanghai about the 2021 season of the domestic soccer league, Chen Xuyuan, president of the CFA, highlighted the core value of refereeing in his speech and clearly revealed that refereeing at all levels of the league will usher in brand new changes in the new season. Among them, the introduction of the "Salon Complaint Mechanism" is undoubtedly the main event. According to the new rules for the preparation of the refereeing department of the league, each club can lodge up to three appeals against disputed penalties during the season. However, even if the appeal is approved by the referee expert panel, the result of the match will remain unchanged. In addition, the league's refereeing department plans to publicize information on the selection of referees before each match.
At the Salon in the afternoon of the same day, Chairman Chen Xuyuan re-emphasized that refereeing will be the focus of attention of the preparatory group for the new season's operations league. In order to improve the quality of the league's refereeing work, the CFA and the preparatory group will launch a new referee management approach. It is reported that the refereeing department of the preparatory group plans to introduce the "Salon Complaint Mechanism" in the new season. Specifically, each club can lodge 3 complaints against the disputed penalties during the season. It is worth noting that if the result of the referee expert panel's evaluation of the disputed penalty is consistent with the club's viewpoint in the appeal, the appeal will not be counted as one of the three chances; if the appeal is unsuccessful, it will be counted as one appeal.
Liu Jun, who is in charge of competition work in the preparatory group of the Homework League, further pointed out at the meeting that even if the complaint lodged by the club was recognized by the Referee Review Expert Group, the result of the match still could not be changed according to the relevant rules and spirit of penalties in international football. However, the club will receive a certain amount of recognition as a result.
