On the evening of January 17th, Beijing time, in the second round of the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese men's football team played against Lebanon. South Korean referee Go Hyung-jin made a controversial penalty shortly after the start.
In the first round of the national football team's 0-0 draw with Tajikistan, Zhu Chenjie's goal was whistled, which caused considerable controversy. The opponent's handball in the penalty area escaped a penalty kick, and Zhang Linpeng's face escaped a red card. These were also questioned.
South Korea defeated Bahrain 3-1. Ma Ning served as the referee. He showed 7 yellow cards in the whole game, 5 of which were given to South Korea. He also called Son Heung-min for diving, which made the Korean media, celebrities and fans very dissatisfied - despite these There's nothing wrong with yellow cards.
Interestingly, the referee of the national football team's match against Lebanon happened to be from South Korea. Gao Hyung-jin had officiated three national football matches in the preliminaries during his lifetime, but the national football team lost all! Therefore, fans and the media are very worried that he will "retaliate" against Ma Ning and "bias the whistle" in this game, which will be detrimental to the national football team.
In the 15th minute of the game, the opposing player raised his leg and kicked Dai Weijun directly in the face. Blood stains appeared on the face of the national football midfielder. This was a 100% red card action!
However, var determined that Zhang Yuning was offside, so the foul was "ignored" and the opponent did not even receive a yellow card!