As we all know, the national football team recently defeated the Singapore men's football team 4-1 at home, turning passivity into initiative to regain the initiative to advance to the round of 18. Next, as long as they beat the Thai team in the game, they can get 10 points and join the South Korean team to advance directly.
However, after this game, there was a huge controversy about a penalty kick by the Chinese team in the 62nd minute. Some media people believe that this penalty should not be awarded at all, and some fans question whether the referee is biased in favor of the Chinese team.
Judging from the live broadcast footage, in the 62nd minute of the game, after Fernando was fouled, Gao Zhunyi was overturned by Singapore's players. Later, the referee decisively blew the penalty, and many players in Singapore were very excited at that time, thinking that the penalty was inaccurate, and they all protested and asked the referee to give an explanation, which seemed very unconvinced. As a result, the follow-up referee was very tough, and directly gave a yellow card warning in the face of the protest entanglement of these players in Singapore. After that, Fernando scored this penalty, and the Chinese team led from 1-1 to 2-1.
And the reason why this penalty is controversial is because the media believes that the action of the two sides is not particularly large, so this penalty can be awarded or not. Through the eight-fold mirror replay of the details at the time, it can be found that in fact, in the 62nd minute, when Gao Zhunyi was pulled down by the opposing player in the penalty area, both sides actually pulled, and the action was not particularly big, so normally, even if the penalty was not awarded, there was not much controversy, but the problem was not big and could not be faulted. It can only be said that this time the luck was on the side of the Chinese team, and in the end we were able to defeat the opponent with a big score of 4-1.
In fact, it is unfair to say that the Chinese team is favored by the referee. Because after this penalty was scored, Wu Lei and Zhu Chenjie received yellow cards for consecutive fouls, and they will be banned for the next game if the cumulative number of yellow cards is full. On the other hand, Li Yuanyi received a red card for his fierce tackle, and he will be suspended for the next game. As a result, the three main players of the Chinese team will face suspension in one game, and the price paid is very large. If the referee really favors the Chinese team, there will undoubtedly be no such a big problem, and we will not pay such a big price.
So judging from the current situation, although this penalty is controversial, it is not a black whistle. The main problem why Singapore has objections to this penalty is that the Hawkeye equipment was not introduced in this game, and everyone naturally felt that they were at a loss if they didn't see it clearly. In fact, in the last away game against Singapore, the Chinese team also had a penalty that was not directly ignored by the referee, and no one took any advantage in the two games.
All in all, although we won after beating the Singapore men's football team this time, we also have three main players who will not be able to play in the next game. Now, we might as well wait and see whether the national football team can win the Thai team in June, and what kind of lineup Ivan will arrange to lead the game and achieve good results.