Referee Truong Hong Vu was determined to blow 11m correctly
In the third minute of the match at Thien Truong Stadium, when Nam Dinh was leading 1-0, Nguyen Trong Dai headed the ball into the penalty area. Mai Xuan Quyet jumped to the ball, then collided with Khanh Hoa goalkeeper Vo Ngoc Cuong who was rushing out. The defender of the away team Nguyen Thanh Thu promptly retreated to break the ball right on the line.
But referee Truong Hong Vu still blew the penalty 11m, because he thought that goalkeeper Khanh Hoa had committed a foul. Khanh Hoa players reacted violently but could not change the decision. Hendrio successfully scored a penalty to equalize 1-1 for Nam Dinh. After the match, coach Vo Dinh Tan of Khanh Hoa pressed for referee Truong Hong Vu to blow the law wrong, changing the result of the match.
The head of the arbitration committee Dang Thanh Ha did not respond to the media about the above controversy. However, in a report sent to the Vietnam Football Federation VFF and Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company VPF, the Referee Board said that Mr. Truong Hong Vu handled it correctly.
"In this situation, player Mai Xuan Quyet actively played the ball and controlled the ball before goalkeeper Vo Ngoc Cuong from Khanh Hoa side came out at high speed, could not control his speed and collided with the ball. player Mai Xuan Quyet", the referee explained.
The referee also determined that Mr. Vu was not wrong when holding a red card, but after discussing with the fourth referee, he changed his mind and only issued a yellow card. According to the award of the referee board, Mr. Vu initially held a red card in his hand but has not yet issued a penalty decision. Considering that after Khanh Hoa's goalkeeper made a mistake and Nam Dinh's chance to score was restored through a penalty kick, Mr. Vu decided to issue a yellow card to Khanh Hoa's goalkeeper. This is the right decision in the spirit of the Law.
When he learned about the referee's explanation, coach Vo Dinh Tan was still upset. Sharing with MetaSports, he said: "The referee said that, I don't know what to say. Too stubborn, wrong to accept."
He once again affirmed that referee Vu did not make a mistake in his judgment but deliberately. "If a collision happens and the referee blows it right away, I have no opinion. But after the collision, the referee still let the game continue, even Nam Dinh players finished more. Until my students Break the ball right on the goal line to blow the penalty. Is this a 'must have a goal' situation?".
He said he is not a person with a short temper and will not react immediately when a situation occurs. In his career in the military, he once believed in the words of players and the reactions of referees, but after watching, he found that the referees did apologize voluntarily and told him to be more careful in the future. On the Tianchang court, he did not immediately respond, but repeatedly checked the situation after the game to make sure that the referee was wrong before giving his opinion. What I oppose is not Khanh Hoa, but rather general. In the past, Nam Dinh was often injured by referees' wrong decisions, but now it is Khanh Hoa, after not knowing which team. That's how the game cannot develop. This situation has changed the outcome of the game, and may even be in the future He changed the fate of the team, "Tan said on his way to the airport as the team headed to Pleku to prepare for the next game.
