List of teams that are often "bullied" by referees in V.League

Remember the match between FC and Hanoi FC in V.League 2015, Hoang Vu Samson was the one who directly scored two goals for the Capital team. However, one of those two goals came from a penalty that was somewhat inaccurate by the main referee controlling the match. It was a match where "Mr. Duc's kids" had to play a frustrating match.

Also in the first season that Cong Phuong and his teammates played in V.League, HAGL suffered an unfair defeat against FLC Thanh Hoa when Dinh Tung seemed to have scored the winning goal 2-1 after letting the ball touch his hand. Referee Ha Anh Chien's inaccuracy caused the match to fall apart.

HAGL players argued with referee Ha Anh Chien, who later received disciplinary action for his "distorted whistles". Photo: Internet

In V.League 2016, Hoang Anh Gia Lai continued to be the V.League team that lost the most points due to inaccurate decisions by the "kings of the field". The 2-1 loss to SHB Da Nang was the match where striker Merlo made a powerful header to seal the 2-1 victory for SHB Da Nang. However, before that, the assistant referee raised his flag to signal that the ball was out of bounds and HAGL was awarded a goal kick, while the main referee Phung Dinh Dung pointed to the corner kick spot in a confusing manner.

V.League 2017 was the peak of heavy-handed decisions that put HAGL at a disadvantage. In the match against FLC Thanh Hoa, a goal was disallowed because the main referee Tran Xuan Nguyen decided to blow the whistle. Once again, HAGL conceded a goal in a situation where they believed striker Uche was offside before scoring.

In the 3rd round of V.League 2017, young midfielder Chau Ngoc Quang was stepped on by Hoang Vu Samson in a very brutal manner, the main referee did not give a card to the Hanoi FC striker. Finally, under pressure from public opinion, this striker was banned from playing 2 matches for playing "recklessly".

In the match against Ho Chi Minh City FC, the opening goal by defender Motta was surprisingly disallowed by the referee even though the player was not offside. The team from the mountain town lost at Thong Nhat Stadium in frustration because Cong Phuong was fouled in the penalty area but was not awarded a penalty.

In V.League 2018, HAGL continued to be the victim of referees because of the situations that were blown. The most climax was the situations where Van Toan was fouled in the penalty area against Saigon FC or was unfairly blown for offside... Not only that, in round 7, the imaginary penalty in the 88th minute was successfully executed by central defender Tran Van Vu, bringing S. Khanh Hoa BVN a draw.

Recently, HAGL Club said it will file a complaint with the V.League Organizing Committee to review referee Nguyen Van Kien's refereeing.

In V.League, not only HAGL but also other teams such as Song Lam Nghe An, S. Khanh Hoa BVN, XSKT Can Tho or "good" teams like Long An in the past often become "victims" of situations of penalty or no penalty, offside or no offside, foul or no foul.

Referee Ha Anh Chien makes waves in V.League 2016. Photo: Internet

For SLNA, the climax was the referee Ha Anh Chien who decided to give FLC Thanh Hoa a penalty outside the 16m50 box and was permanently suspended. Or in the match against Quang Nam, SLNA lost 2-4 right on Vinh field in a goal where Nguyen Manh was fouled before having to go into the net to pick the ball.

It is worth mentioning that among the above teams, Mr. Duc of HAGL and Chairman of SLNA Club Mr. Nguyen Hong Thanh are members of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Football Federation.

Since Mr. Nguyen Van Mui took over as Head of the Referee Board, fans, players and V.League coaches have almost lost faith in those who "hold the scales of justice". Referees making mistakes is part of football, but some clubs seem to be being "beaten up" or, because of their power, have no choice but to file lawsuits./.

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