Although three days have passed since the first collision between Shanghai Port and Chengdu Rongcheng in the eleventh round of the Chinese Super League, the heated discussion about Wu Lei's head killing continues, mainly around whether Zhang Yan's excessive performance should be judged as misconduct, and whether Wu Lei's hair lifting should be additionally punished. In any case, the farce between Wu Lei and Zhang Yan is destined to become a famous scene in the Chinese Super League, and some netizens commented that our football match seems to be a circus show, and the best actor among the best footballers and a goalkeeper pushed the performance to a climax.
In fact, there is a precedent in international football, and president Ronaldo was sent off with a red card for a head-touching kill in the group stage of the Champions League. From a rational point of view, the act of touching the head to kill is not a violent act, but it has a certain insulting element, which is a violation of sportsmanship, and such behavior is likely to cause conflict in fierce football matches. In addition, in some countries, especially some in Southeast Asia, touching the head is a violation and insult to people, and if Wu Lei's behavior occurs in the international arena with Southeast Asian countries, it will definitely trigger large-scale conflicts.
Respect for opponents, respect for referees and respect for the game, this is the basic rule that everyone should follow in football matches, Wu Lei as the only player who has played in La Liga in China, these reasons should be more clear, from Wu Lei's public response after the game, it can be seen that he has realized his mistake, and he is also mentally prepared for the additional punishment of the football association.
In addition, let's analyze Zhang Yan's problem, first of all, Zhang Yan's action after holding the ball is not a problem, whether in the amateur field or the professional arena this action is commonly used by goalkeepers, if the deliberate delay is longer, the referee will naturally show a yellow card, Wu Lei can complain, but there can be no physical contact, and Wu Lei's hair should at least be yellow card warning. And Zhang Yan's exaggerated performance after is indeed overdone, although it seems to use the rules reasonably, but it is also a misconduct, Zhang Yan's tactical intention is very clear is to consume time, from the result has been achieved, in the subsequent home show to him a yellow card, but the characterization of this yellow card does not know whether it is delaying time or improper behavior.
Media person Ran Xiongfei also expressed his personal opinion on Zhang Yan's series of performances, believing that it was improper behavior, and the Chinese Football Association could rely on the relevant rules of "improper behavior" to punish Zhang Yan. But how to evaluate is indeed difficult for the Chinese Football Association, because Zhang Yan has been shown a yellow card in the game, and if the additional punishment for "improper behavior" is used, then the additional punishment of the controversial Wu Lei will be more serious, which is definitely not good news for Shanghai Port.
How to punish, we will wait and see.