Sports journalists demand permanent suspension of referee Ha Anh Chien

(Baonghean.vn) - Immediately after referee Ha Anh Chien - who controlled the match between FLC Thanh Hoa and SLNA pointed to the penalty spot in the 87th minute, a series of prestigious Vietnamese sports journalists reacted strongly to the referee's unreasonable actions.

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The incident took place outside the penalty area and commentator Tuan Duc of Vietnam Television immediately confirmed that the collision between Dinh Hoang and Pape Omar took place outside the 16m50 area. After this incident, FLC Thanh Hoa tied the score 2-2 and kept a valuable point.

Journalist Minh Hai of Football newspaper was very fair with his sharing on his personal Fanpage: “I give up with the referee team for the Thanh Hoa vs SLNA match. I think Thanh Hoa fans are not happy with this draw, and Nghe An fans are right to be upset. So many days of training and fighting but lost everything. We know that referee mistakes are part of football, but mistakes like this kill football, right? I have never been so upset!”

Referee Ha Anh Chien's distorted whistle is causing public outrage.

Journalist Phan Dang of the Capital Security newspaper also lost sleep over this “heaven-sent” situation. He shared: “I watched the FLC Thanh Hoa - SLNA match, and saw the referee suppress Song Lam Nghe An, “forcing” a penalty. I felt indignant, and could not help but speak out. The referee was lying! This type of referee will kill the V.League, he must be expelled from this football life immediately!”

Journalist Phan Dang commented further: “I have never supported, if not always written articles (or spoken out) criticizing the reactions of coaches and players to referees, because honestly, I know there are many types of reactions that are either "acting" or "impolite".

But with the way and level of reaction of Mr. Ngo Quang Truong - Head Coach of SLNA and goalkeeper Nguyen Manh of SLNA in the match with Thanh Hoa, I am extremely sympathetic.

In the face of a situation where the referee's whistle is distorted like that, as a human (not a machine or a robot), everyone will have to react to a certain extent. I believe that if today the head coach of Song Lam was Mr. Le Thuy Hai - Technical Director of FLC Thanh Hoa, the reaction would be much more intense and terrible. And if I were Mr. Ngo Quang Truong, I would definitely not sit still.

The next thing to look forward to is that now that it has come to this point, with issues like this that "everyone knows who it is", will the tournament's Organizing Committee and the National Referee Council dare to handle it fairly and kindly, to retain a little bit of the trust of football viewers? I believe that even the real Thanh Hoa fans are waiting for a way to deal with the right person for the right crime!

And I believe, Mr. Cao Van Chong is not a person who....peace is precious or who opens his mouth to get caught in a trap. I believe!”

Head of the VFF Referee Board Nguyen Van Mui said that a penalty will definitely be issued. Ha Anh Chien will have to rest, but how many matches he will miss will have to wait for the Referee Board to analyze the tape, decide the severity, and then issue a penalty. However, the head of the Referee Board cannot announce the penalty because according to FIFA regulations, instead, the Referee Board will consider and report to the VFF, but will not announce it to the outside.

As for Thanh Hoa fans, they felt extremely disappointed with the home team's draw as well as FLC Thanh Hoa's performance against SLNA. At the end of the first half, scattered Thanh Hoa fans began to leave outside the B stand area. Meanwhile, Thanh Hoa fans in the B stand area booed coach Le Thuy Hai for his poor performance in the first half.

On the Thanh Hoa Fan Club forums, many members also expressed concern about FLC Thanh Hoa's ability to win the championship with performances like the last match. They did not feel satisfied after this draw, especially the equalizer from the penalty situation made them feel that SLNA deserved to win more than the home team.

Trung Kien