Qatar defeated Jordan 3-1 in the 2024 Asian Cup and successfully defended the title again, but the head coach of this game was not Afif, who scored a hat trick, but Ma Ning, who dared to award 3 penalties in the final.
After the game, Ma Ning also thanked several generations of referees for their efforts, but Ma Ning did not dare to open comments on social **. As netizens said. When receiving the commemorative medal at the award ceremony, I knew that Ma Ning was worthy of being the queen referee of the Asian Football Confederation, and he would pretend to be confused in front of the big right and wrong. This made fellow referees envious, jealous and hateful.
At the same time, he also wants to thank the national football team for being eliminated early, as well as Japan and South Korea being eliminated from the semi-finals, so that the final West Asian decisive battle can dare to use East Asian referees.
Ma Ning's three penalties in the Asian Cup final also make sense, but giving three penalties to the host in a game will definitely be controversial. Now penalties have become an element of Qatar, in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Argentina has penalties in every game, and now in the 2024 Asian Cup, Qatar will score 3 penalties in one game.
It shows that after there is VAR, many games are no longer the referee alone, and many actions in the penalty area cannot be seen in high-speed movements, but if you slow down and look at it frame by frame, as long as there is a suspected foul, it will be a penalty. Qatar's second penalty, Ma Ning actually didn't want to give it, but the assistant referee reminded that there are replays of the pictures from all angles, in fact, it is to let the referee give a penalty, if you don't give it, the referee will be in trouble after the game.
Many fans say that Ma Ning is a black whistle, but I personally think that the standard of the black whistle is to collect money, look at Ma Ning is in dire straits, the controversy continues, millions of eyes are staring, he will definitely not collect money, and he doesn't dare, this kind of famous whistle has its own principles, full of blood, look at his game in the Chinese Super League, punish Wei Shihao The scene knows how strong Ma Ning's psychological quality is.
It is not so much that Ma Ning favors the host Qatar, it is better to say that Jordan can't play well, they have eliminated South Korea to the limit, and they still have a lot of gaps compared with Qatar. After all, football is all about strength.
After the game, Qatar captain Haydos wore the same black robe as Messi's 2022 World Cup champion, and at the same time, this MVP is Qatar's, the best goalkeeper is also Qatar, and even fair play will be Qatar.
As the famous journalist Ma Dexing said: The quality of Qatar's championship is far from that in 2019, and the real opponent is Iran, but people are very good at "playing", how to be a good host, Qatar is worth learning from us.