On May 9, Beijing time, the 4th round of the Chinese Super League Guangzhou team ushered in another key battle, against the Cangzhou Lions who have attracted more than ten people this season. After 90 minutes of competition, Guangzhou finally won 2-0 Cangzhou Lions and won their first consecutive win of the new season. Zheng Zhi, as the captain of the team, played a full 90 minutes of the game, but his scene in the game caused some controversy.
Although this game is very important for the Guangzhou team, because it is not a key game recognized by the professional league, the law enforcement referee of this game is not an international referee, but a "rookie referee" Zhen Wei who has just been promoted to the Chinese Super League this year.
The former Chinese League one Golden Whistle ushered in his Chinese Super League debut tonight, and the first Chinese Super League game he enforced was the eight-time champion Guangzhou team, and Zhen Wei's pressure can be imagined. Zheng Zhi, as the captain of the team, also took advantage of this in the game, constantly putting pressure on Zhen Wei, and even directly angrily pointed at Zhen Wei at one point.
It was just 15 minutes into the opening when Guangzhou made a mistake in the front, when Zheng Zhi was receiving a pass from his teammate near the middle circle, and was completed by the 36-year-old Muric and launched a counterattack. Although Muric's speed is not as good as it was then, the 40-year-old Zheng Zhi also had difficulty completing the counterattack, and finally had to pull Muric down behind his back to prevent this attack.
As a rookie referee, Zhen Wei blew Zheng Zhi's foul at the first time, and very decisively took out a yellow card to give Zheng Zhi. This was originally an uncontroversial sentence, but there was a big opinion on this yellow card Zheng Zhi.
After eating the yellow card, Zheng Zhi immediately found the referee Zhen Wei, and directly pointed his left hand at the referee to question his card this time, and then put pressure on the referee. Zheng Zhi was so dissatisfied because Guangzhou also had a very good offensive opportunity before this, but after Axon was pulled by Zheng Kaimu from behind and the jersey was put down, Zhen Wei only blew the foul and warned Zheng Kaimu without showing a yellow card, so Zheng Zhi believed that Zhen Wei's law enforcement scale was inconsistent.
However, Axon's attack, he was holding the ball with his back to the goal, and he had been pulled down by Zheng Kaimu before he had completed the turn, from the perspective of offensive threat, it was not as big as Muric's counterattack, so Zhen Wei's two penalties were not too much of a problem. In the face of Zheng Zhi's pressure, Zhen Wei also behaved relatively calmly and did not pay too much attention.
Subsequently, Zheng Zhi continued to use the opportunity to exert more pressure on Zhen Wei. In the 29th minute, the Cangzhou Lions once again got the opportunity to counterattack, new signing Di Omand was about to launch a counterattack after taking the ball at the back, at this time Guangzhou U23 player Wu Shaocong directly in order to block this counterattack, but also directly put Diomand down, referee Zhen Wei showed Wu Shaocong a yellow card.
For this yellow card, Wu Shaocong did not have any opinion, and ran away directly after completing the defense. However, eating 2 consecutive yellow cards in a short period of time was very unfavorable to the Guangzhou team, so the captain Zheng Zhi once again found the referee Zhen Wei and still questioned his decision.
Players put pressure on the referee on the field, which is actually a skill in the game, but tonight Zheng Zhi's pressure on Zhen Wei obviously did not have much effect, whether it was the number of yellow cards or the number of fouls in this game, guangzhou team is more than one side.
Referee Zhen Wei's debut in the Chinese Super League tonight is also quite good, although there will still be some penalties in the game that are not accurate enough, but there is no great controversy like the referee of the earlier end of the chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Henan Songshan Longmen match. It is also hoped that all Chinese Super League referees can withstand the pressure and make fair decisions in the face of pressure from players.