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In a country where the number of football fans is in the hundredsof millions, the popularity of football is always palpable. Yet oneunique side of Chinese football is that the referees are just asfamous as the players. The reason is not only down to them makingor breaking results on the pitch, but also corruption controversiesthat follow them off the pitch. Metro Beijing spoke to a36-year-old expat referee named Nasiar Abdinasir, from Somalia, whokindly shared his thoughts on the matter. Almost every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Abdinasir is refereefor amateur football matches in Beijing. He has been doing this for10 years, since he graduated from Beijing Sport University with adegree in sports. During the day, he is a sports teacher in aninternational school in town. Being a referee is his part-time jobthat he does for fun and for a little bit more pocket money. As a person who can speak both Chinese and English, language is nota barrier for him to judge a football match here. However, noreferee is perfect. "Occasionally I made wrong judgment calls," hesaid. "But I would tell the players that I made a mistake after thematch and they would understand." "Since I am responsible for judging amateur matches instead ofprofessional ones, I don't have to have a license," he said.Amateur referees though face similar pressures to professionalreferees. A referee needs to not only confidently make decisions onthe spot, but needs to accept responsibility later on for thedecisions. "In order to be a good referee, you need many skills,including self-confidence," Abdinasir said. "Whenever you make adecision you have to stick with it and let the players know thatyou are the decision-maker, not anybody else on the field." He also pointed out that a referee is a mediator who needs todiffuse potential arguments between sides that erupt on the field.And people can get pretty angry, with Abdinasir often caught in theline of fire. "Some would threaten to slap me," he said. "Thesepeople are not satisfied with a decision and they try to find anyway to vent about their own failure. But as a referee you need tounderstand them." Like other football fans, Abdinasir's reaction to the corruption offootball in China has been shock, especially when it comes to thecase of Lu Jun, who is one of his favorite referees. "The firsttime I found out that the Chinese government punished the refereesof the Chinese Football Association [CFA] I didn't know what wasgoing on," he said. "I was shocked and sorry for Chinese fans, whostill pin a lot of hope on the growth of Chinese football. So Ithink the government did a good job on this and football willhopefully improve." Abdinasir's job allows him to engage with the other Chinesereferees of all levels from which his understanding about thisfield is formed. In his view, there are several possible causes ofthe corruption phenomenon in China. "I think the situation now isgetting better than before, which is partially because the officialreferees earn better salaries than in the past," he said. "Now thereferees in China are getting paid more than in Lu Jun's time." In addition, he believes that with the CFA bringing foreignreferees to China, Chinese referees will feel more pressure fromthis competition. "Now there are more referees than there used tobe in China. Those who intend to remain in the field understandthat if they don't do a good job then their credibility will beaffected and they will be replaced by others," he added. Currently there are less than 100 expat referees in China.Abdinasir hopes more people will come and the standards here willbe raised, since in his words China is his second home. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Conductor Rails Manufacturer , China 3 Phase Asynchronous Motor for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Wire Rope Hoist.
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