Chapter 165: Miscalculation
"Huaxia! Win! The Chinese fans at the scene shouted deafening call signs.
The Saudi Arabian team has reached the fifth championship, except for the last Asian Cup, which did not qualify from the group, the other competitions have all reached the finals, so they are full of confidence to compete with the Chinese team and reproduce the scene of the 1984 Asian Cup final.
The Huaxia team won the tee-off, so the first half was kicked off by the Huaxia team.
Han Peng stood in front of the ball and kicked the ball to Mao Jian, Mao Jian passed the ball to Jin Feng, and the midfield organization all looked at Jin Feng.
"The game is officially on." Huang Huo explained.
After only five minutes of play, Jinfeng felt that the strength of the Saudi team was not much stronger than Iraq, or even inferior to Iraq.
Although it seems that both teams are fighting fiercely, the Iraqi team is fighting purposefully, while the Saudi team is completely headless flies, as long as the Chinese team has the ball, they will scramble, and many fouls seem meaningless.
Soon, the rhythm fell to the side of the Huaxia team, and Jin Feng organized a wave of attacks in the midfield, and the long ball passed directly into the penalty area.
Han Peng had already been ambushed in the penalty area, Jin Feng's pass was very accurate, and after the pass was in place, Han Peng's header rubbed and the football was rubbed to the back point.
The goalkeeper of the Saudi team was too long to save the goal.
"Han Peng's header, good ball." Huang Huo's words came to his lips, but he still held back stubbornly.
The ball hit the post and bounced off.
"It's a pity, this goal is a good opportunity, but it's a pity that the post is not strong." Huang Huo shook his head, such a good opportunity was actually blocked by a column.
Han Peng shook his head, this ball Jin Feng passed very well, and he Han Peng was also very good, the only flaw was that it was blocked by the post.
"Judging from the current situation on the field, we still have some advantages." Lu Shi is very optimistic about the Huaxia team, and the offense is so impressive.
"The Huaxia team broke the ball in the front, advanced, and came to the outside of the penalty area, Jia Yi shot coldly, oops, the crossbar blocked the ball outside." Huang Huo doesn't know why, today's Huaxia team's luck doesn't seem to be very good, the shot is either blocked by the post or the crossbar.
In addition to good technique, luck is also extremely important in the game of football.
The Saudis had few good chances, but they were lucky.
In the twentieth minute, the Saudi Arabian team took advantage of the lineup pressed by the Chinese team and passed the ball directly to the back of the Chinese team.
Tian Ya was the one at the back, and he looked up at his position, he was in front of the Saudi striker Yasir, that is, Yasser was in an offside position.
But the ball was passed to Yasir.
"If Yahir catches this ball, it's offside, right?" Huang Huo asked with a frown.
"Yes, it should be offside." Lu Shi said very decisively, it can be clearly seen from the camera that this goal is indeed offside.
After Yashir received the ball, he did not stop, but went towards the penalty area of the Huaxia team.
Tian Ya glanced at the linesman, he didn't raise the flag, isn't this goal offside? Putting aside the thoughts in his heart, Tian Ya quickly chased back.
"Didn't blow? This is one the better or not. Huang Huo said anxiously, because this ball is likely to give the opponent an excellent one-handed chance.
Yashir took the ball to the outside of the penalty area, Tian Ya defended very well, he fell to the ground from the side and shoveled, the ball was shoveled, but Tian Ya also knocked down Yasir, and Yasir rolled all the way into the penalty area.
"Tian Ya is a good ball, this ball is clean and neat." Huang Huo saw very clearly that this ball touched the football first.
Just then, the referee suddenly blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot with one hand.
The Chinese players are stunned, what is the situation?
"Is this a foul?" Huang Huo didn't understand.
"There was not the slightest foul on the broadcast camera." Lu Shi said very realistically, "And even if it's a foul, it's just a foul on the penalty line, and it's impossible to give a penalty." ”
Indeed, the place where Tian Ya fouled this ball was outside the penalty area, not inside the penalty area at all, so even if it was a penalty, it could only be given a free kick on the penalty line, not a penalty.
Slow motion keeps replaying this shot.
"It's amazing how many and so big misjudgments can occur in the Asian Cup final." Huang Huo said angrily.
"Personally, I think there were at least three misjudgements, the first Yashir was actually offside, the second Tian Ya touched the ball first, which can't be considered a foul, and the third foul was outside the box, not inside the box." Lu Shi also expressed his opinion.
In any case, everyone agreed that the goal was a complete misjudgment.
"Just like the handball scored by Japan in the final three years ago, the Saudi Arabian team's penalty was a complete miscalculation." Huang Huo said very unhappily.
The crowd began to boo, but the referee had already awarded the penalty, so everyone couldn't say anything.
The penalty he created, his own penalty, Yashir stood on the penalty spot, facing the goalkeeper Tian Lei of the Chinese team.
Tian Lei stared at Yasir with dead eyes.
As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Yashir kicked the ball to the left very decisively, and Tian Lei's judgment was very accurate and he saved the ball.
"Tian Lei has made a meritorious service, this ball is beautiful." Just when Huang Huo praised Tian Lei, the referee blew the whistle again.
"What's going on?" Huang Huo asked in surprise.
The referee signalled for the ball to be re-served because someone had entered the box early.
"Re-fined? That's not quite right. Huang Huo was very dissatisfied.
The fans in the stadium booed even more.
The Chinese players were also very dissatisfied, and stepped forward to find the referee to theorize, and at the same time, Zhu Bo also communicated with the fourth official.
The referee insisted on his decision.
The penalty was re-taken and Yashir converted it this time.
The referee signaled that the goal was valid, and the Huaxia team kicked off.
"With the continuous misjudgments and the re-delivery of the penalty, I really don't know how this referee decided the penalty?" Huang Huo shook his head, this referee's problem is very big.
"I hope the Chinese players will not be affected." Lu Shi was worried that the Chinese players would be disturbed by this ball.
Fortunately, the Chinese players are not as fragile as they imagined, their performance is still tenacious, and they continue to attack the opponent's goal, but they are a little less lucky and have no way to score.
That was the end of the first half, with the Saudis taking the lead with a rather controversial penalty.
"It is undeniable that there were a lot of problems in the first half, but the performance of the Chinese team was also very good, and I hope that the ball can be pulled back in the second half."