The national football team's goal was blown into disagreement within the Asian Cup referees! Many people questioned Saudi Arabia's faint whistle
On January 14, Beijing time, a referee expert familiar with the AFC football team told Chinese reporters that there were different opinions among the referees of the Asian Cup about Zhu Chenjie's goal being blown out. From this point of view, the victory of the Chinese men's football team in the first game does have the flavor of being "robbed".
In the first round of the Asian Cup group stage between the national football team and Tajikistan, the national football team took the lead with a header from Zhu Chenjie in the 80th minute, but the Saudi referee on duty ruled that Jiang Guangtai, another player of the national football team, interfered with the opponent in an offside position, and the goal was invalid. After the game, the controversial penalty also sparked widespread heated discussions among Chinese fans and media.
In fact, there are even differences of opinion within the Asian Cup referees. A number of referees officiating the Asian Cup said that although Jiang Guangtai was indeed in an offside position at the time, if the defender standing behind Jiang Guangtai was the goalkeeper, the decision was not controversial. But the fact that the last defender was a defender was a defender was really controversial.
Moreover, Jiang Guangtai only had slight physical contact with the defender behind him, which did not affect his ability to handle the ball, and even if there was no interference at all, it was almost impossible for the defender to stop Zhu Chenjie's header.
This means that out of 1,000 offside cases, 999 of the goals would have been deemed valid. However, the Saudi referee and VAR on duty chose to "nitpick" the only situation to blow off the national football team's goal.
However, controversy is controversy, and the outcome of the game is destined to be unchangeable. Although it is emotionally difficult for Chinese fans to accept, this is the game of football. The Chinese men's football team can only forget the regrets left by the first game as soon as possible and focus on the next two games in the group stage in order to have the opportunity to go further.