On November 3, Sportsweek reporter Ma Dexing revealed that the young and talented Salman Farahi and the experienced Jassim will be in charge of the 36-team tournament in Qatar. Al-Farahi, a 90-year-old referee, began enforcing the law in Qatar's top league in 2014, was promoted to international referee in 2017, and was recognized by the AFC as an "elite referee" in 2022, and made his debut in the AFC Champions League in the Shandong Taishan versus Daegu match in South Korea. However, due to the epidemic, that match Shandong Taishan team 0-4 defeat opponent, Farahi's first AFC Champions League law enforcement trip is slightly regrettable.
Statistically, Farahi has only enforced seven international A-level matches so far, and the upcoming match between Thailand and the Chinese men's soccer team will be his eighth. Despite his inexperience, he is one of the key referees being groomed by Qatar and the AFC and has been included in the list of referees for next year's Asian Cup finals.
On November 21, the Chinese men's soccer team will face the South Korean team in Shenzhen, when the fans are familiar with the Jassim will once again serve as a referee. The Qatari "old oil" since the 2019 Asian Cup has frequently appeared in the Chinese Super League, especially Shanghai Harbor team, it seems that his law enforcement is always some "unpleasant". 2016 AFC Champions League Shanghai Harbor against Jeonbuk Hyundai game, Jassim showed a red card, Lu Wenjun sent off, and awarded a penalty to Jeonbuk Hyundai, and the game is not the same as the one before. Jassim showed a red card to Lu Wenjun penalty, and awarded a penalty to Jeonbuk Hyundai, ultimately leading to Shanghai Harbor 0-5 loss. 2017 AFC Champions League, he in Shanghai Harbor against Melbourne and Seoul in the two matches were awarded to the opponent penalty, Shanghai Harbor twice lost.
In the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup in January 2020, Jassim refereed China's Olympic team to a 0-2 loss against Uzbekistan. Then more recently, Jassim officiated China's away match against Japan in the Qatar World Preliminary Round 12, which China also lost 0-2. It seems that the Chinese teams enforced by Jassim always seem to be unable to escape the fate of losing.
