After the AFC made a statement, the Football Association chose not to appeal
Witnessed by fans across the country, the referee from West Asia decisively blew away Zhu Chenjie's stunner goal! All of a sudden, the referee's controversial blow penalty pushed the AFC to the forefront! After the game ended, the AFC also responded to the injustice suffered by the national football team for the first time. And the Chinese Football Association has made a big decision!
The AFC speaks out! Zhu Chenjie's good ball was blown and the reason was found
Judging from the game picture at that time, after the referee put the ball into the goal by Zhu Chenjie, the first gesture he made was that the goal was valid, signaling the Tajikistan team to go to the center circle to kick off. And the Tajikistan team on the field did not protest.
However, when the referee walked to the center circle, the video assistant referee began to intervene in the game. He reminded the referee that there seemed to be a problem with the Chinese team's goal. Unsure whether the video assistant referee's judgment was correct, the referee himself ran to the sidelines to replay the game.
In the end, the referee determined that Jiang Guangtai was offside and interfered with the scramble of the Tajikistan defenders. Zhu Chenjie's goal was invalidated. Judging from the judgments of Sun Jihai, Fan Zhiyi and other celebrities, they also believe that there is no problem with the referee's decision. He blew off Zhu Chenjie's goal because Jiang Guangtai was offside.
However, judging from the voice of the AFC, the reason why Zhu Chengjie's good ball was blown is probably not all because Jiang Guangtai was offside first.
According to the revelations of media people, there are disagreements within the AFC about the referee blowing off the Chinese team's goal. Some people believe that goals should be effective. Because the Chinese team did not get any substantial benefits from Jiang Guangtai's offside!
At the same time, Jiang Guangtai did not interfere with the goalkeeper and the 2 players in front of the Tajikistan team. Although the rules can be used to blow away the Chinese team's goal, the referee also needs to proceed from reality.
Others supported the referee's blowing. They believe that rules are more important than everything.
On the surface, Zhu Chengjie's goal was because Jiang Guangtai was offside, but the deeper reason may be that the AFC has long been unpleasant to Chinese football.
Ma Dexing, a well-known journalist, said on social media that the AFC had criticized some football associations in a public meeting for giving up the right to host the Asian Cup, which was irresponsible. Some of the football associations here are obviously referring to the Chinese Football Association.
In addition, after the Li Tie case triggered the storm of "anti-counterfeiting and anti-corruption", Chinese football fell into the quagmire of match-fixing for a while. Match-fixing is not only the focus of international football, but also the biggest natural enemy of the AFC to boost Asian football. The AFC certainly believes that Chinese football has influenced the reputation of Asian football.
Under multiple factors, it is inevitable that they will focus on taking care of Chinese football and use various rules to correct Chinese football.
The Chinese Football Association made a major decision: not to appeal
After the AFC issued a statement and determined that Zhu Chenjie's goal was invalid, the Chinese Football Association also made a major decision at the first time. According to the news of "Beiqing Sports", after the Football Association learned the news, it was not ready to appeal to the AFC and chose to accept the penalty calmly.
In fact, this is not the first time that the Football Association has chosen to compromise! In the World Preliminary Tournament in November last year, when the national football team faced the South Korean team at home, it was repeatedly unfairly enforced by the West Asian referee Jassim. Subsequently, the Football Association also chose to remain silent and not to appeal, and not to put pressure on the AFC.