In the second round of the Asian Cup group stage, India faced Uzbekistan. Fu Ming, who served as the referee, performed well and won praise from the media.
Before the Asian Cup, Fu Ming served as the chief referee of the U17 World Cup third-place match, becoming the first Chinese referee to officiate the semi-finals of the FIFA Men's World Series held outside the country. Previously, he also officiated the AFC Champions League play-off match between Riyadh Victory and Dubai Youth Nationals. In the Club World Cup third-place match, Fu Ming served as the video assistant referee.
In South Korea's match against Bahrain in the Asian Cup group stage, Ma Ning served as the referee and Fu Ming served as the video assistant referee. In his first appearance as the head referee, Fu Ming's law enforcement was impeccable and there was almost no controversy. In the 38th minute of the
game, the Indian defender hit Fu Ming with a kick when passing the ball. However, the reason may be that the Indian defender was rough in skills and actually kicked the ball into Fu Ming's back without a tie. This forced Fu Ming to spread his hands.
In the 58th minute, Masharipov was knocked down after breaking into the penalty area, but Fu Ming did not award a penalty kick, and Masharipov fell on the lawn for a long time. Subsequently, the video assistant referee intervened to determine the penalty, but also did not award a penalty kick. Judging from the slow motion, the Indian defender who came sideways knocked over his teammate with one kick. This was the key reason why Fu Ming did not award a penalty kick.
When commenting on Fu Ming's law enforcement, media person Jia Tianning analyzed, "There is nothing wrong with Fu Ming's law enforcement today. is at least better than the performance of the national football team ."
Jia Tianning also revealed, "Fu Ming and Ma Ning could not persist in the physical fitness test. When the Japanese referees can no longer run, we will come down and run longer than the Japanese referees. At least at this point, we have to bring more glory to the country than the players."
