Referee Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Dinh Thai: Who is right, who is wrong?

Respect the law

In round 20, the match between the home team Quang Nam and Ho Chi Minh City Club, in the 45th minute, Gabriel Santos used his speed to rush into the opponent's penalty area. Ngo Tung Quoc tried to block from outside to inside the 16m50 area.

Inside the penalty area, the Quang Nam striker fell and referee Nguyen Dinh Thai decided to award a penalty. Ho Chi Minh City players reacted strongly because they thought they only deserved a penalty outside the box. Public opinion also raised suspicions that the referee favored Quang Nam Club.

However, in reality, most football viewers in general and especially V.League viewers do not know and understand the rules and have emotional reactions. After that match, the referees reviewed the video and determined that referee Nguyen Dinh Thai had handled the matter correctly.

According to the referee's argument, it was definitely a foul because the HCMC player tried to pull and push the person. If the Quang Nam player fell right after being pushed, it would be a free kick outside the penalty area.

However, in that situation, the HCM City player continued the foul into the 16m50 area, causing the opponent player to fall in there. The video clearly shows that when entering the penalty area, player Ngo Tung Quoc tried to push his opponent's shoulder down.

This means that when a player commits a foul on an opponent from outside the penalty area and continues to commit the foul when entering the penalty area, he will definitely be penalized. The rules are clearly stated and the referee has a good viewing angle and makes the correct decision.

Going back, if Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thai did not blow the penalty in the match in round 20, this referee would certainly have made a mistake and faced a strong reaction from Quang Nam Club.

What is a foul on the goalkeeper?

In the match that was not much of public interest between the home team Quang Nam and SLNA in the final round of V.League. In the 83rd minute, the ball was put into the 16m50 area right in front of the goal, Samson and center-back Memovic both jumped up to head the ball, but it seemed that Samson's impact caused the SLNA center-back to collapse.

Next, goalkeeper Van Tien rushed out to catch the ball, but the video shows that the Quang Nam player used his hand to make the SLNA goalkeeper fall down. The ball was cleared by midfielder Ngoc Toan into the middle of the field, but when everything stopped, Gabriel Davis suddenly kicked the ball straight into the empty net, unexpectedly equalizing 2-2 for Quang Nam.

After that match, coach Nguyen Duc Thang criticized frankly: "Referee Hoang Anh Tuan killed the SLNA team, it was clear that goalkeeper Van Tien was fouled in the 5m50 area".

Recently in the match between Hanoi FC and Ho Chi Minh City FC in the National Cup semi-final on October 27, at minute 35, Hanoi was awarded a corner kick, goalkeeper Thanh Thang and Van Dung jumped up to compete.

Then, when the ball bounced back, goalkeeper Thanh Thang continued to move to catch the ball. However, striker Pape Omar was quick to finish. Ho Chi Minh City players reacted strongly because they thought that player Van Dung had fouled goalkeeper Thanh Thang.

This opening goal was considered the turning point that caused Ho Chi Minh City FC to lose 0-3 to the V.League champions. Referee Nguyen Dinh Thai's decision also caused controversy.

There is a common point in the decisions of referee Hoang Anh Tuan and referee Nguyen Dinh Thai. However, it seems that the situation of whether the SLNA and TP. HCM goalkeepers were fouled or not is different.

A FIFA referee instructor in Vietnam analyzed:“At any position, an attacking player is considered to have committed a foul on the opposing goalkeeper when challenging for the ball in the air, only when he jumps on the goalkeeper, pushes the goalkeeper.

If he jumps high on the spot, without any posture to rush in from a distance to create a collision with the goalkeeper, or when jumping up to compete for the ball, uses his hand to attack or exert force on the goalkeeper's hand, making the goalkeeper unable to play the ball, there is no foul.

In situations like this where the goalkeeper is complacent and doesn't punch the ball far away or knock it over the crossbar for a corner, but instead tries to catch the ball, it will be very easy for the opponent to gain position first and jump higher, without committing a foul.

Sensitive situation in the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City match. Photo: Quang Minh

Among them, referee Ngo Duy Lan - the only FIFA referee of Vietnam in 2019 to reach Elite level. Elite is the highest level of FIFA referee of a continent. Suppose, if the person who recognized Omar's goal against TP. HCM was referee Ngo Duy Lan, perhaps things would not have been so noisy.

Referee blew away SLNA's victory, Coach Duc Thang got angry

(Baonghean.vn) - Leading 2-1 at Tam Ky Stadium against Quang Nam but the equalizer 2-2 made all of SLNA's efforts in the 2019 season go up in smoke. Coach Nguyen Duc Thang could not hide his frustration after the match.