The foreign referee missed the penalty in the Ha Tinh - HAGL match

In the 69th minute, when the score was 1-1, Paullo Oliveira broke the offside trap, escaped to catch a long pass from his teammates, had the opportunity to face HAGL's goalkeeper Huynh Tuan Linh. However, Ha Tinh's striker was shoved by Mauricio from behind before making a final shot. He reacted to demand a penalty, but referee Kim Jong Hyeok refused.

According to the supervisor's report, the referee Kim Jong Hyeok did not handle it properly, this situation has a basis to blow a penalty. Mauricio rushes from behind, doesn't touch the ball, but has an impact on the opponent's striker.

If awarded a penalty and a successful kick, Ha Tinh can win and will be relegated soon. While the 1-1 draw result only helped them to have 21 points, two points more than the bottom team Saigon and the penultimate team Nam Dinh one point. However, the chance of relegation of Nguyen Thanh Cong's teachers and students is great when they go to Nam Dinh and Saigon to kick the "reverse final". Ha Tinh has two matches left, as a guest of Hanoi on November 13 and against Thanh Hoa on November 19.

In round 22, referee Tran Ngoc Nho also made a mistake in HAGL's match and was suspended for the entire tournament. In injury time, he blew a penalty for the home team of Pleiku Stadium in the situation where Tran Minh Vuong tripped himself, allowing Vu Van Thanh to successfully equalize 1-1. This draw left Binh Dinh behind in the championship race, and coach Nguyen Duc Thang was banned from directing for two matches due to a reaction error.

The internal referees made mistakes, which resulted in the teams reacting. Therefore, VPF invites foreign referees to control some "hot" matches, affecting the championship or relegation race. However, despite not being under much pressure, foreign referees still made mistakes. In the match Da Nang beat Saigon 1-0 on 3/11, 88 minutes, when Da Nang was leading 1-0, Pham Dinh Duy was fouled by Lieu Quang Vinh in the penalty area but referee Mongkolchai did not grant a penalty. After the match, both the supervisor and the referee confirmed this situation, Da Nang must be awarded the 11m kick.

Coach Phan Thanh Hung continued to complain about the referee in a situation where Da Nang was fined 11m, leading to the opening goal in the match they lost 0-3 on the field of Ho Chi Minh City on November 8. However, the supervisor's report said that the Thai referee Songkran Bunmeekiart "had grounds" to blow the penalty in the 57th minute because the defender and goalkeeper Da Nang pushed Samson.