The national football team will not appeal the controversial penalty, and the team admits that it played badly and questioned the coach's appointment

After the first round of the Asian Cup group stage match between the Chinese team and the Tajikistan team, the controversy surrounding the referee on duty about the invalid goal of the Chinese team Zhu Chenjie was boiling. However, the Chinese team returned to "calm" soon after the game. It is understood that the Chinese team or the Chinese Football Association will not appeal to the AFC about the penalty. The team will comprehensively summarize the gains and losses of the performance of the game from its own point of view, including the advantages and disadvantages of technical tactics and troop arrangement.

For a team aiming to reach the top 8 of the Asian Cup, it is imperative to get rid of conspiracy theories, overcome the underdog mentality, and rebuild self-confidence. On this issue, the understanding of the team manager and the management team is relatively consistent.

In the first round of Group A of the Asian Cup on the evening of the 13th local time, the Chinese team drew 0-0 with the Tajikistan team, which participated in the event for the first time. In the last period of the second half of the game, the Chinese team scored with a header from a corner kick tactic by central defender Zhu Chenjie. However, the Saudi referee on duty, Huweish, with the intervention of VAR technology, finally determined that the Chinese team Jiang Guangtai in an offside position interfered with the opponent's defenders, so the penalty was invalidated.

Since the penalty directly changed the outcome of the game, the penalty itself caused controversy, especially the dissatisfaction of the Chinese fans. Judging from the endless condemnation of the penalty by public opinion, the Chinese team's failure to score all 3 points seems to be due to the "unfair penalty".

However, after communicating with a number of referee experts, including the current international referees, Beijing Youth Daily received a more consistent reply that the referee on duty made the penalty in strict accordance with the penalty rules. Judging from the feedback of image information, Jiang Guangtai interfered with the opponent's defenders.

Although there are still disputes in the football and refereeing circles on the correctness and error of the penalty on the second day after the game, the Chinese team has turned over this "episode". A team insider said that the result of the game could not be changed regardless of whether the referee made a misjudgment, or even a major misjudgment. The Chinese team must focus on the future and go all out to prepare for the second round of the group stage.

In fact, judging from the statement of national football coach Jankovic after the game, the coaching staff did not regard the controversial decision as the main reason for the team's failure to score all three points. If you review the course of the game comprehensively, it is not difficult to judge that the overall performance of the Chinese team in this game is not ideal, and even the technical performance for most of the game is poor. This also directly led to the team falling into passivity for most of the game. The team was able to keep the goal in place, which is a blessing.

It is understood that the Chinese team or the Chinese Football Association will not appeal to the AFC about the controversial penalty in the match between China and Tajikistan. In addition to the fact that the appeal could not change the result, there was also a belief within the team that the team did not perform well in the game, and it was necessary to fully summarize the results and losses of the game and the problems exposed, and strive to make positive changes before the next round of the team's game against Lebanon.

Objectively speaking, there are many reasons for the poor performance of the Chinese team in the first game of the Asian Cup. For example, the technical ability of the players is not outstanding, resulting in the relative low competitiveness of the whole team. The team lacked the help of leaders like Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, and Yu Dabao in previous competitions, and Wu Xi and Wei Shihao, several players with relatively strong individual abilities, were absent due to injury.

In addition, after the Chinese team successively replaced Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming, Xie Pengfei, Xu Xin and other new forces in the second half, the situation has improved, and it has also created certain offensive opportunities. This may also prove that Jankovic's selection of the main player is debatable. "Why did the whole team feel like they didn't dare to take the ball from the beginning of the game, and why only a few players such as Liu Yang were able to maintain a big heart? A team insider said.

The Chinese team's refusal to be tied up by controversial penalties is actually to avoid the team's cognitive bias due to the interference of similar problems, so as to ignore the problems or shortcomings in technical and tactical aspects. As one team insider commented: "We can't always be surrounded by conspiracy theories. If the referee's unfriendliness continues, and we can't solve the problem in a short period of time, then the only thing we can do is to do our best, improve the quality of preparation, and be in a better state for the next matches. ”

At 10 a.m. local time on the 14th, the Chinese team continued to train at the No. 3 training ground of Qatar University. However, among the 11 players who started the game the night before, except for Liu Yang, who took the initiative to practice, the remaining 10 and Wei Shihao, who was injured, did not show up. Captain Wu Xi also practiced on the sidelines accompanied by team doctor Jin Ri. Judging from the situation at the scene, his physical condition is tending to improve. At the training site, the international players burst into laughter and gasps from time to time. It was clear that they had come out of the tension of the previous night's fierce battle. It is imperative for them to overcome the mentality of a weak team and rebuild their self-confidence.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily, Doha, Qatar Special correspondent Xiao Yun