Original title: The Chinese referee team will officiate the men’s football Asian Cup final for the first time
Xinhua News Agency, Doha, February 8 (Reporters Xiao Shiyao, Gong Bing, Liu Bo) The Asian Football Confederation announced on the 8th that the referee team composed of Chinese referees Ma Ning, Zhou Fei, Zhang Cheng, and Fu Ming will officiate the men’s football match held on the 10th. Football Asian Cup final, this is the first time in the history of the Chinese referee team to referee the final of this event.
On January 15, before the match between South Korea and Bahrain in the group stage of this Asian Cup, referee Ma Ning (second from right), assistant referee Zhang Cheng (first from left), Zhou Fei (first from right), and the fourth official Yusuke Araki is in the field.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
On the 10th, the host Qatar team and Jordan team will compete for the Asian Cup championship at Lusail Stadium. According to the arrangements of the AFC, Ma Ning will serve as the chief referee of the final, Zhou Fei and Zhang Cheng will serve as assistant referees, and Fu Ming will serve as the video assistant referee for this game.
In this Asian Cup, Ma Ning served as the referee for three games between Iran and Japan in the quarter-finals, Qatar and Palestine in the quarter-finals, and South Korea and Bahrain in the group stage. Fu Ming served as the referee for two games between Tajikistan and Jordan in the quarter-finals, India and Uzbekistan in the group stage, and served as a video assistant referee in many games. Zhou Fei and Zhang Cheng served as assistant referees in many games.
On February 2, during the quarter-final match between Tajikistan and Jordan of this Asian Cup, the referee Fu Ming was officiating.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
In all the games they participated in, the four Chinese referees showed a high accuracy in officiating, and their officiating skills were generally praised.
In recent years, Chinese referees have made breakthroughs in many international football events. In 2022, Ma Ning and assistant referees Shi Xiang and Cao Yi were selected into the list of referees for the Qatar World Cup. At the beginning of 2023, Ma Ning, as the head referee, teamed up with Zhou Fei, Zhang Cheng, and Fu Ming (as assistant video assistant referee) to officiate the opening game of the 2022 Morocco Club World Cup. This was the first time that a referee team from China officiated this FIFA event. Top level competition. In December 2023, Fu Ming and assistant referees Cao Yi and Ma Ji officiated the third and fourth place finals of the 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup. This was also the first time that a Chinese referee officiated in the semi-finals and beyond in a FIFA event.
On November 28, 2022, during the match between Cameroon and Serbia in the group stage of the Qatar World Cup, Manin (middle), who served as the fourth official, was at the end of the first half.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Zijian
2024-02-09 05:14:00
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