Shen Yinhao Trending On Twitter After Leading Indonesia U-23 Vs Uzbekistan U-23

JAKARTA The keyword 'wait' immediately trended topics on social media X (Twitter) following Indonesia U-23's defeat to Uzbekistan U-23 in the semifinals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

The U-23 Indonesian national team failed to advance to the final after losing 0-2 in the match which took place at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Qatar, Monday, April 29, 2024, WIB night.

Indonesia's defeat was widely linked to several controversial referee decisions. The referee from China, Shen Yinhao, who led the match was considered quite detrimental to Garuda Muda.

The decisions that were deemed inaccurate made the referee receive a lot of criticism. He was also the target of the anger of Indonesian Twitter users netizens.

In fact, until this news was written, tweets with the keywords of the referee were already at 241,000. The majority of the tweets that attacked the field prosecutor contained insult tones.

In leading the match, Shen Yinhao made at least three controversial decisions. First, he canceled the foul on Witan Sulaeman near the penalty box in the 27th minute.

At first, he blew the whistle and gave a free kick for Indonesia U-23. However, after seeing the video assistant referee (VAR) for the possibility of a penalty he even canceled a free kick and did not give a penalty.

The next controversial decision was to annul the goal scored by Muhammad Ferarri in the 61st minute. A goal was born after taking advantage of the chaos in front of the opponent's goal.

However, after seeing VAR, Shen instead canceled the goal. He considered Ramadhan Sananta had already been trapped offside before Ferarri broke into the opponent's goal.

The third controversy made by Shen was to give Rizky Ridho a red card. The defender is considered to be endangering the opposing player during a sweep.

In the replay, Rizky's feet were seen floating between the thighs of the opposing player who was endangering vital areas. The referee initially did not heed the incident, but after seeing VAR he instead issued a red card.

Apart from that, the two goals that caused Indonesia's defeat were scored by Khusayin Norchaev in the 68th minute and Arhan Pratama's own goal in the 86th minute.