'Referee Nguyen Trung Kien B is not qualified to officiate in V.League'

(Baonghean.vn) - Watching the match between SLNA and Quang Nam in round 5 of V.League 2017, football expert Trinh Minh Hue said that other motives of the referee should not be mentioned yet. Because according to him, referee Nguyen Trung Kien B is not qualified to officiate in the National Football Championship.

Expert Trinh Minh Hue shared: “Many people think that referees blow the whistle for motives, or that referees are pawns of interest groups. I have talked with a VFF member and a veteran coach, they also agree that referees and the Referee Council have “problems”. But that “problem” is due to the quality of referees, not due to other motives.

This "problem" is due to the fact that the Vietnam Football Federation has not organized the selection of the right people with the ability to train as referees. Therefore, even though those referees are passionate about learning and improving, they only memorize the rules like elementary school students have to memorize the multiplication table.

Referee Nguyen Trung Kien B received a temporary penalty from the VFF Referee Board. Photo: TK.

To become a "king of the field" requires not only knowing the rules but also understanding and applying them. Currently, the Vietnamese referee team still has many weak people. Because most of them do not have experience in football, when there is a collision, they cannot apply the rules in time.

For example, in the match between SLNA and Quang Nam, the third goal was lost because of poor refereeing. Referee Nguyen Trung Kien B made two serious mistakes at the same time.

Firstly, when the ball enters the goal area (5.5m), the rule prohibits the opponent from touching the goalkeeper before the goalkeeper touches the ball. Quang Nam player Thiago (number 5) jumped in and used his hand to grab Nguyen Manh's neck and pin him to the ground, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

Second, when Claudecir (number 89) shot diagonally at the right corner of the goal from 15m away, number 5 Thiago was in an offside position and deliberately covered the goalkeeper's face to kick the ball into the goal, but the referee still did not blow the whistle.

“These two types of errors are caused by referees who are not experienced in football, only know the rules by heart but do not understand them deeply to apply them, so no matter how enthusiastic they are, “accidents” will always happen. If referee Trung Kien B is dismissed because he cannot meet the job requirements, it is more correct to accuse him of being motivated by profiteering or being influenced…”, Mr. Trinh Minh Hue concluded.

On February 12, after the match ended, referee Nguyen Trung Kien B also admitted his mistake and immediately called Chairman Nguyen Hong Thanh and Coach Nguyen Duc Thang to apologize. Up to today, the referee board has temporarily decided not to let referee Nguyen Trung Kien B officiate in round 6 of V.League 2017.

Quynh Trang