3 warnings only for Palestine 0 in the host country Qatar

The Chinese referee, who gave five warnings to Korea in the group match between Korea and Bahrain in the '2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup', caused controversy by only giving a warning to Palestine in the round of 16.

Palestine was eliminated after losing 1-2 in the round of 16 against Qatar held at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar on the 30th (Korean time).

Palestine, who advanced to the round of 16 of the Asian Cup for the first time in history, took a lead against the host nation, Qatar, and aimed to advance to the quarterfinals, but ended up losing and were eliminated.

In the 37th minute of the first half, striker Oday Daba intercepted a mistake made by Qatar's defense and struck the net, putting Palestine ahead, but suffered a come-from-behind defeat by allowing consecutive goals to Qatar in the 6th minute of extra time in the first half and the 4th minute of the second half.

The penalty kick given to Qatar in extra time in the first half was controversial. Referee Manning, who was in charge of the game that day, ruled that Mohamed Saleh fouled Almoez Ali inside the penalty box.

There was a possibility that Alli used a deceptive move to induce a foul, but referee Manning declared a penalty kick without reviewing the video, and Qatar easily scored the equalizer.

In addition, referee Manning only gave warnings to three Palestinian players in the game that day. No warning was given to players from Qatar, the host country.

Referee Manning is the referee who gave intensive warnings to Korean players during the Korea-Bahrain match in Group E of this tournament. At that time, five warnings were given to Korea. There were dangerous fouls by Bahrain players, but only two warnings were given to Bahrain. Since then, Korea has been competing with concerns over the accumulation of warnings. 섯다