2024-02-11T14:22:21+00:00
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/ The 2023 Asian Cup remaining match witnessed quite a lot of controversial refereeing incidents, essentially the most distinguished of which was an odd resolution by the Chinese language referee in favor of the Qatari group in opposition to its Jordanian counterpart.
Whereas the rating was tied 1-1, within the second half of the thrilling Lusail remaining, Jordan’s Mahmoud Mardi dedicated a foul in opposition to Qatar’s Ismail Mohammed contained in the penalty space.
The strangeness of the shot was not within the mistake itself, however in the way in which it was calculated, because the Chinese language referee Ma Ning accomplished the match usually after the obstruction, and after a minute and 46 seconds of play, he determined to return to the video expertise, to calculate a second penalty kick for Qatar, within the 72nd minute, from which Akram Afif scored the second aim.
In line with the video expertise guidelines, the referee will not be entitled to return to the state of affairs and award a penalty kick if play stops after which continues, for instance, if the ball goes out of play after which play continues with a throw-in.
However what occurred is that the sport by no means stopped in the course of the 1:46 minutes after the obstruction, and with the primary stoppage of play when the ball went out, the referee stopped the sport and returned to the video expertise.
The referee’s motion was authorized, and he was allowed to return to the video expertise, even when it was very late, within the view of the Jordanian followers, who have been stunned by his return to a scene that had been taken a very long time in the past.
It’s noteworthy that Qatar gained the title by defeating the Jordanian group 3-1, and all Qatari targets got here from penalty kicks, which sparked controversy over the Chinese language referee Ma Ning.