Chapter 112: The Tradition of West Asian Football
At halftime, Saudi Arabia head coach Kosmin Olaroyo criticized the Saudi Arabian players very harshly, hoping that they would cheer up in the second half and not be intimidated by Gao Zheng.
But after the start of the second half, it was the Chinese team that had the advantage.
Just three minutes into the second half, when Gao Zheng got the ball in the middle, he was entangled by the opponent's central defender Omar, who pulled and dragged him, and also used scissor legs at his feet, and with his hands and feet, he finally succeeded in forcing Gao Zheng to lose the ball, but he also fouled.
The players of the Chinese team hoped that the referee would show the Saudi Arabian player Omar, but the referee from Iran, Fagani, only blew the foul and did not mean to play the card at all.
Gao Zheng was also quite helpless about Fagani's punishment, he spread his hand, shook his head with a wry smile.
However, he did not go up to argue with the referee, because he knew very well that arguing would not make the referee change the decision, but would also allow the referee to find an opportunity to give you small shoes. After all, the media is so developed now, and if any referee changes his penalty because he is besieged by the players, he is afraid that he will become the laughing stock of everyone.
It's his teammates who are more excited than him, and it seems to be his teammates who are more excited every time, at club level, and still at national team.
As the captain, Zheng Zhi came up to exercise his accusation as the captain, negotiated with the referee, and put pressure on the referee. Even if you don't give a card this time, I hope that the next time the opponent fouls, the referee can consider the possibility of giving a card.
The commentator He Ping and the commentator Xu Yang were much more excited.
"Didn't you even give a card for this foul? It's going to turn a football match into a wrestling match......" Xu Yang scoffed.
"In this game, Saudi Arabia arranged Omar and Osama two central defenders to defend Gao Zheng, and the two central defenders moved very much, in fact, according to their actions, the two should have each carried a yellow card a long time ago. As a result, the two of them are clean now. The Iranian referee seems to be a bit lax in his enforcement? In the first half, Hazaz retaliated against Ren Xing and did not get a card...... "He Ping was also dissatisfied with the referee's decision.
"If it was relaxed, Zheng Zhi would not have received that yellow card, at that time he was just blocking Hazzaz, and the range of action was much smaller than Omar this time, and he received a yellow card...... "Xu Yang was indignant.
In the end, the referee did not change the penalty and did not give Omar a yellow card.
Chinese fans on the Internet scolded and thought that the referee was a black whistle and favored Saudi Arabia. There are also people who think that Chinese football has no one in the AFC, coupled with its poor strength and poor image, it belongs to anyone who can hack them.
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What happened next seemed to be further proof that the referee was biased in favour of Saudi Arabia.
In the 57th minute, after Wu Lei lost the ball in the front court, Gao Zheng gave full play to his long leg advantage and stuck in front of the opponent's ball-grabbing player with an arrow step to protect the football.
Who would have thought that the Saudi Arabian captain Karriri, who was stuck behind Gao Zheng, put a shovel across Gao Zheng, and while shoveling Gao Zheng, he also stabbed the football away.
Gao Zheng fell to the ground and covered his heels, but the game was not stopped.
The referee watched what was happening before him and said nothing, and Saudi Arabia took the opportunity to fight back.
"Leave the referee alone! Leave the referee alone! Seeing that the Chinese team players had already raised their hands in the picture, He Ping hurriedly said. Beware of Saudi Arabia's counterattack! ”
When the Chinese players raised their hands to signal to the referee that the opponent had fouled, Saudi Arabia quickly plugged the ball and passed the football to Hazaz in front.
The "Chinese nemesis" finally appeared in the camera again with the image of attacking with the ball.
Because the Chinese players were distracted and protested to the referee, their defense went wrong.
When Hazzaz walked the football into the penalty area, the Chinese team only had Ren Xing by his side, and Ren Xing was still hot and made a very irrational behavior - he shoveled the football with his foot when it was basically impossible to shovel the football, and as a result, the experienced Hazaz gently flicked the football outward, and the person was shoveled to the ground by Ren Xing!
"Oops!!" He Ping shouted anxiously when he saw this scene. "It shouldn't be! You shouldn't do it! ”
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, he saw Iranian referee Fagani blow the whistle and point his finger to the penalty spot at the same time!
"Penalty! It's really impossible to tackle this ball, there is no need to tackle it at all. Just stick to the other party, the other party is already walking out......" Xu Yang also shook his head and sighed. "Hazzaz is very experienced, and he is almost waiting for Ren Xing to tackle the ball......"
Wang Xiaolei, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, came up with a football to explain to the referee, but it was useless to explain or protest at this time. Judging from the slow-motion camera, Ren Xing did shovel Hazaz's foot, regardless of whether Hazaz deliberately waited for Ren Xing to shovel him here, according to the rules, as long as Ren Xing shoveled him and he fell to the ground, it was a penalty.
At this moment, Gao Zheng still fell to the ground and didn't get up. There was a situation at both ends of the pitch, and in the Chinese team's penalty area, the Chinese team players surrounded the referee, hoping to change the decision.
In the front court, there were also Chinese team players surrounding Gao Zheng, who was very concerned about his situation, and gestured to the field to signal the team doctor to enter the field.
Perrandon's head was big. It's not that a penalty was awarded, but that Gao Zheng may be injured, which makes him feel a headache......
At this time, the broadcast also noticed the situation on Gao Zheng's side, and suddenly whether the penalty was taken or not was not the most noteworthy, and the picture immediately cut to Gao Zheng's side.
"Gao Zheng's condition is not good, he may be injured......" When He Ping said this, his voice was much quieter, as if he was afraid of being beaten by himself.
"Is that a foul? What exactly is Fagani doing? He could see it clearly! Xu Yang shouted angrily, his voice was very loud, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore.
The TV broadcast also gave a close-up slow motion of Gao Zheng being shoveled just now, and from the replay from different angles, it can be seen that Cariri did shovel Gao Zheng at the same time as he tackled, which should be a foul.
But the referee didn't award it, and not only that, but Saudi Arabia also won a penalty...... When Gao Zheng was fouled, the referee was indifferent, and when Hazzaz was tackled, his judgment was very decisive and quick.
This made the Chinese fans on the Internet almost riot, they threw all the swear words they could think of to the Iranian referee Fagani, and some people turned up the grievances between Chinese football and Iranian football to prove that Fagani deliberately wanted to reorganize the Chinese team.
At the same time, the team doctor of the Chinese team also rushed to the court and rushed to Gao Zheng's side to examine and treat him.
In the penalty area of the Chinese team, the players of the Chinese team were even more energetic, pointing in the direction of Gao Zheng and loudly questioning the referee: "Our players are all injured, this is clearly a foul, why didn't you stop the game at that time?!" ”
And the Saudi Arabian player defended: "Who knows if the Chinese are fake falls?" ”
Fortunately, when the Saudi Arabian players said this, they spoke Arabic, and no one in the Chinese team could understand it, otherwise it would definitely cause a conflict......
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Wu Lei stayed next to Gao Zheng, a little anxious and worried. He was worried about Gao Zheng's injuries.
The team doctor was half-kneeling beside Gao Zheng, doing a nervous examination.
"Good news, you didn't hurt your bones."
The team doctor's words made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Gao Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief: "This is indeed good news......
After seeing that Gao Zheng was fine, Wu Lei became indignant: "Even if you don't hurt your bones, then the other party is a foul, and you should stop the game!" Now we've been awarded a penalty, what's that?! ”
Gao Zheng comforted him: "Let's take a penalty kick, maybe Wang Xiaolei saved the ball?" ”
Wu Lei knew that Gao Zheng was comforting himself, and he couldn't say anything more.
After a simple treatment, the team doctor asked Gao Zheng to get up and move to see how he felt.
So Gao Zheng was pulled up by Wu Lei and tried to walk slowly on the court.
At first, when he exerted force on his right foot, he felt some pain in the heel, but after walking a few steps, the pain subsided, and then it was fine. It seems that the team doctor is right, and it really didn't hurt the bones.
"Alright." Gao Zheng smiled at the team doctor.
"Gao Zheng should be fine, fortunately, ......" He Ping, who saw this scene, let out a long sigh.
"But that doesn't mean it's not a foul for the Saudi team!" Xu Yangyi said solemnly, "Gao Zheng was not seriously injured because he was lucky, it doesn't mean that Saudi Arabia can use this as an excuse that they didn't foul!" ”
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Gao Zheng could actually dodge Carri's kick, but at that time, he thought that if he dodged, then the opponent might break the football and play a counterattack, so he raised his foot a little so that the opponent would not directly shovel his ankle, so that he could also make the opponent a foul.
didn't expect the opponent's foul referee to blow it at all, and directly let Saudi Arabia play a counterattack and create a penalty......
This made Gao Zheng speechless.
He used to know that West Asian football was relatively dark, with many small moves and many off-board moves.
I didn't expect to meet my first national team competition.
Although Chinese football has been suppressed by Japanese and South Korean football, especially South Korea, there is even a saying of "Koreanophobia". But if you want to bring the most humiliation to the Chinese team, it must basically be the West Asian team.
He looked at the Chinese team's penalty area in the distance, and if Wang Xiaolei didn't save the ball, then he would use his way to get justice.