On the 3rd, the last minute of the Suwon-Ansan match was difficult to understand.
In the injury time, Suwon led 2-1. Ansan crossed from the right side. The cross grazed Suwon’s feet in front of him and flew towards the goal as it slowed down. At the time, Ansan’s Kang Soo-il was dashing into the goal to head a header. Then, Kang’s uniform was pulled back. It was Suwon’s Cho Yoon-sung who pulled it from behind. The cross spilled over the goal.
The referee did not declare a penalty. The referee drew a red card for Ansan, who strongly protested. Then, while entering the ground, he came back with a gesture to check the VAR.
After seeing the VAR, the referee decided that it was not a penalty kick. He maintained his initial no-penalty declaration. “It is right for a penalty kick to be declared and a yellow card to Cho Yoon-sung,” a leading official in the refereeing community said. “Most referees will think the same.” It is a clear penalty kick even when the reporter sees it again and again with a slow picture.
Then, why did the referee not declare a penalty? Referees are not interviewed by the media. There is no way to hear the referee’s remarks in person. Perhaps, the referee could have considered that pulling the uniform did not affect Kang’s play. If so, how will the referee decide if similar situations are repeated in the future? Does it mean that the referee can judge by judging that the penalty was not affected in my opinion and that the penalty was affected in my opinion.
Since the beginning of this season, refereeing decisions have often been under fire. The main body that allocates, educates, and manages professional referees is the Korean Football Association’s Judgment Committee (Chairman Lee Jung-min). The judging committee is currently conducting the allocation of professional referees under consultation. This is contrary to the way in which human intervention was minimized by automatically allocating in the past. Of course, there are referees and local referees that the club avoids, but this is not convincing enough. In the end, it is possible to roughly estimate who will be assigned to the game. There is no exclusion of the possibility that referees who are well shown to the committee and those who comply with the committee’s decision will receive more opportunities for allocation. Conversely, there is also a possibility that the ‘shot’ referee to the committee will be disadvantaged.
VAR judges are helping because they admit that a human decision is incomplete. To overturn a VAR decision does not mean to admit one’s incompetence but to humbly accept limitations as a human being and a human being. How many referees will say that the final no-penalty decision is correct in the Suwon-Ansan match. 안전놀이터
When there is such a controversy, the answer comes out by thinking about one thing. If there were no players who pulled their uniforms, what would the result be? Regardless of whether they scored a goal or not, they could have put a tip of their head on the ball.
In the journalist’s view, it is a clear misjudgment. The referee may have lacked the ability to judge and the assignment may have been wrong. The referee training may have been poor, and the standard by which the committee evaluates and analyzes referees may be different from what the referee sees. After all, the responsibility lies with the referee committee.