3 controversial decisions about Hung Vuong Cup, Vietnamese volleyball cannot be without "God's eye"

With the nature of a tournament bringing together the strongest teams in Vietnam, the matches in the Hung Vuong Cup were extremely stressful with high quality, many referees could not keep up, leading to serious situations. controversial decision situation.

Volleyball enthusiasts must not forget the final match of the Hung Kings Cup 10 years ago between Duc Long Gia Lai and Trang An Ninh Binh with names that have become monuments of current volleyball.

Duc Long Gia Lai was then invested heavily with the most notable star being captain Nguyen Huu Ha (current deputy coach of Duc Giang Chemical) and led by coach Bui Quang Ngoc (who is currently the captain of Sanest). Khanh Hoa).

However, before a Ninh Binh Trang An with captains Giang Van Duc, Nguyen Dinh Lap or Bui Trung Thao (current Ninh Binh LienVietPostbank coach), the ancient capital team still played better and took a 2-0 lead.

In the first ball situation of the 3rd set, the ball hit by No. 10 on Duc Long Gia Lai's side touched Trang An Ninh Binh's hand to block out, but the referee determined that the ball did not touch the hand and scored for the blue shirt team.

Immediately, the players of Duc Long Gia Lai reacted extremely strongly and decided to leave the field and not continue playing. Coach Bui Quang Ngoc and his students reacted extremely harshly to the BTC, thinking that the match might be "broken".

Fortunately, the BTC promptly explained and the situation at the beginning of the set was not too important to affect the result of the match, so the players of Duc Long Gia Lai returned to the field and devoted themselves to the NHM a match. attractive.

The next developments of the match were also extremely dramatic when coach Bui Quang Ngoc's team leveled the score 2-2, but set 5 decided they could not complete the comeback, thereby accepting defeat. final 2-3.

Fortunately, the 2013 Men's Final did not "break" and did not leave too many negative marks. However, the two events in 2016 and the female final in 2023 made fans unable to forget.

On the evening of April 14, 2016 at the first women's semi-final match of the Hung Vuong Cup between Tien Nong Thanh Hoa and Vietinbank, it was underestimated, but the Thanh girls still tried to bring the match into the 5th set, the climax was pushed. culminated when Tien Nong Thanh Hoa led 14-13 and stood before the match-point (the point that decided the match).

In the next phase of the ball, Vietinbank smashed the ball out of the field and thought that Tien Nong Thanh Hoa would have a brave victory, but the referee determined the ball in the yard and got a point for the bank team.

With a heavily inhibited mentality, the Thanh team let the opponent score 2 more points and accepted the final defeat 2-3, immediately the Viet Tri gymnasium waved with an unprecedented backlash. of the NHM.

That same evening, after returning to the hotel, coach Tien Nong Thanh Hoa Le Thi Binh received a call to apologize from referee Huy Tai. Sharing with the media, Ms. Le Thi Binh said the referee and the line referee contacted to apologize and admit the situation was too fast to keep up.

7 years after the end of the 2023 Hung Vuong Women's Cup Final, it is also the most turbulent situation, when the referee's decision affects the outcome of an entire match. In the last situation, Hoang Hong Hanh smashed the ball out of the field, but the referee determined that the ball touched Bich Tuyen's hand and Match-point was calculated for Duc Giang Chemical.

This decision helped the Capital team to win the Hung Vuong Cup for the first time, but what fans remember more is the controversial decision of the referee. Ninh Binh LienVietPostBank players reacted in vain, collapsed and shed tears, leaders of the ancient capital team filed a lawsuit right on the field and an unprecedented wave of backlash from NHM across the forums. .

In volleyball in particular and sports in general, the referee is always the side that encounters a lot of pressure and criticism, they can catch hundreds and thousands of balls, but mistakes in a decisive situation also make people lose their lives. When holding the balance, he had to face a lot of scandals, sometimes losing his entire career as the referee caught the match Vietinbank and Ha Phu Thanh Hoa at the 2016 Hung Kings Cup.

A tournament that brings together the strongest teams to compete, with the best athletes and high-quality ball moves all happening very quickly, it is clear that there is a lot of pressure on the referees, only one Momentary distraction mistakes are completely possible and they will immediately become the focus of criticism.

The three incidents mentioned above are also lessons that show that the Hung Vuong Cup in particular and the professional volleyball tournaments in Vietnam in general really need help from Video Challenge Eyes, so that the matches are fair and no one is left. experience negative reactions such as those described above.