At dawn on November 28th, Riyadh shook hands with Persepolis at home in the fifth round of the AFC Champions League. Riyadh has a high score advantage of 13 points in 5 rounds, one round ahead to lock the top of the group and enter the knockout round of 16 with their heads held high. However, the referee Manin's repeated penalties triggered the strong dissatisfaction of many top players such as Brozovic, Ottavio, Ronaldo and so on, and the controversial voice of the Chinese Super League referees once again resounded in the international arena. The Chinese refereeing team led by Ma Ning enforced the game under the watchful eye of the AFC, and he became the second Chinese referee to take charge of Ronaldo's AFC Champions League match after Fu Ming. At the beginning of the match, Manning was decisive in awarding a penalty to Riyadh, and his decisiveness was evident. At that time, Ronaldo suddenly fell to the ground in the penalty area, Manning quickly ruled that it was a penalty kick, Persepolis players have come forward to protest. Ronaldo kept shaking his finger to prove that "this is not a penalty kick at all". Faced with the players' different opinions, Manning personally went to the sidelines to check the video replay. A few moments later, Manin changed his ruling to indicate that it was not a penalty kick. "Card master" Manning is known for playing cards in the Chinese Super League, but his enforcement style is not always simple. In this match, his controversial control of the scene led to the dissatisfaction of both players, especially Ottavio suffered a number of infringements by opponents, but Manning chose to turn a blind eye. In the first half of extra time, Ottavio fell to the ground in agony, and Manning stepped forward to inquire with concern. Ottavio tried to ask Manning for a yellow card, but failed. In the second half, Ottavio was repeatedly infringed upon and Brozovic expressed his dissatisfaction with the penalty and was shown a yellow card by Manin. Towards the end of the match, Ottavio was hit by an opponent and fell to the ground, but Manin did nothing. Ottavio started the whole game, confrontation success rate of 11 times, passing success rate of 92.4%, 8 fouls, after the game won the best player of the game. In this regard, the fans have enthusiastically commented: "Ottavio can play the whole game is already a miracle, safe return is victory." Outside of Manning, Fu Ming's previous enforcement in the AFC Champions League also triggered dissatisfaction among fans at home and abroad. In August this year, Fu Ming in Riyadh Victory and Dubai National in the AFC Champions League play-offs, obviously did not award a penalty kick, Ronaldo therefore emotional, and even tore off the captain's armband, to Fu Ming loudly rebuke.
