Chinese media raised doubts over the allocation of referees to the match between China and Japan, mentioning the irrelevant previous match between Korea and China. However, the team that would be even more frustrating is Korea, not China. Korea will meet with the Chinese referee, who troubled Korea with the worst decision at the 2023 AFC Qatar Asian Cup.
The Chinese national soccer team, led by head coach Branco Ivankovic, will face Japan in the first round of Group C of the final Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North Korea and the U.S. at Saitama Stadium on the evening of September 5. The match was assigned to referee Abdullachman al-Jasim from Qatar.
Many Chinese portals, including SinaCom, were uncomfortable with the fact that Al Jazeera referee had ruled against them in the past. In particular, he mentioned that he made a very unfavorable decision against Korea, which was played by Al Jazeera referee.
The matches mentioned by Chinese media are the World Cup second qualifying round home match in Shenzhen last November, and the 2019 AFC UAE Asian Cup final group match against Korea. At the time, China lost 0-3 and 0-2, respectively. And in both of these matches, they lost the game by conceding penalties. This was where he questioned the quality of Al Jazeera.
It is absurd for Korean fans to mention the past Korea-China war, which has nothing to do with the upcoming match between Japan and China. If the standard is the same, it is even more annoying in that Korean fans are more at a disadvantage in refereeing this time. 안전놀이터
Chinese media reported that Chinese referee Manning will host the second round of Group B Oman-Korea match scheduled for the World Cup final qualifying round at 11 p.m. on September 11 (Korea time) at Sultan Qaboos Stadium. For reference, referee Manning is the one who fired as many as five warning bombs only to South Korean players in the match against Bahrain, the first match South Korea played at the 2023 AFC Qatar Asian Cup. Judge Manning’s decision at the time drew the ire of South Korean fans, and South Korea had to suffer throughout the tournament due to card troubles from the first game.
This is the situation in China where they meet with referees that China does not like, and in Korea, they meet with referees that they do not like. Who will have heartburn?