Hu Lai thought that after persuading Guo Junfu, he asked him to adjust his mentality and the game could continue as normal.
But he soon discovered that he was really too naive.
Because whether this game can continue normally does not actually depend on how the Chinese team does.
And it depends on Qatar, it depends on the referee.
For example, just two minutes after Guo Junfu received a yellow card, Qatar launched an attack in front of the Chinese team's penalty area.
They passed the football to a teammate with half their body in the offside position, the main center No. 19, Almoez Ali.
Although the players on the back line of the Chinese team collectively raised their hands to signal that the opponent was offside, neither the referee nor the linesman made any indication.
So the Chinese team players could only hastily organize a defense line to deal with this sudden offensive.
Fortunately, Ali, the Qatari player who took the ball, faced Wang Guangwei who was in front of him. He repeatedly spiked the ball but failed to clear the space. In the end, when more Chinese players surrounded him, he could only choose to shoot hastily.
It also missed.
The football went straight to the bottom line and went to the referee.
At the same time, Qatar's No. 20 player Salem Al-Hairi came out from behind and chased the football.
It's just that he was destined to be unable to catch the football... At this moment, his foot collided with the line referee standing on the baseline.
Almost as a reflex, Haili fell to the ground and raised his arms to signal to the referee.
It was only after he raised his head that he realized that the person who had just collided with him was the bottom line referee...
This is so fucking embarrassing.
He looked at the bottom line referee, and the bottom line referee looked at him.
In the end, it was the bottom line referee who reached out his hand first and pulled him up.
At the same time, there were boos and laughter in the stands, all attributed to Haili's poor performance.
"This..." He Feng didn't know what to say. It was the first time he saw Pengci touch the referee.
Yan Kang couldn't hold it back anymore and said from the side: "He may have thought that the person who bumped into him was our goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan..."
At this time, Lin Zhiyuan was standing on the bottom line, spreading his hands towards this scene, with a sarcastic smile on his face: "You are your mother!"
Hu Lai from a distance couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw this scene. He felt that sometimes he worked very hard to win penalty kicks, even if he was knocked around by the opponent and risked injury.
Who would have thought that this guy would work even harder for a penalty kick and throw himself into the penalty area without any shame.
If the referee Farhani really dared to call a penalty kick, then he would really doubt whether the referee took money from the Qataris. The Qataris have a history in this regard. In the time and space he is familiar with, when Qatar applied for the World Cup
Wasn't it the case that a vote-buying scandal was exposed, which implicated many senior FIFA officials, resulting in their resignation and tarnished reputation?
He always feels that this kind of national thing will not be affected no matter whether time and space are changed or not. This has been fully reflected in the Korean team.
Therefore, he suspects that the Qataris are giving money to referees and even making small moves within the AFC in order to get a quota for the Olympics. This is all logical and completely reasonable reasoning.
It's definitely not a smear campaign or a frame-up.
As if to provide evidence for Hulay's reasonable reasoning, the TV broadcast was replaying the slow motion of Almoez Ali receiving the ball in front of the Chinese team's penalty area. Judging from the freeze-frame, it was clear that in Qatar
Before the team player passed the ball, Ali was indeed in an obvious offside position.
But the linesman, who had a very good vision, did not raise his hand, and the referee Farhani naturally had no expression.
"This goal was offside! Fortunately, the goal didn't go in, otherwise..." He Feng sighed with fear after seeing it.
"Wang Guangwei once again made a contribution in this defense. When other teammates were busy raising their hands to signal that the opponent was offside, he was the first to appear in front of Ali in time, blocking his shooting space...
"Yan Kang didn't want to talk about the referee, but instead praised Wang Guangwei's performance.
Wang Guangwei indeed deserves such praise, because he has withstood the test in these emergencies.
It gives people the feeling that no matter how the world changes, Wang Guangwei will always be the trustworthy one. He is simply the anchor of the Chinese team's back line.
While other players in the Chinese team were becoming more and more angry due to Iranian referee Farhani's penalty, Wang Guangwei was indeed relatively calm. He neither rushed to discuss or argue with the referee, nor did he yell at the Qatari players.
Yell.
His focus is always on football and the game itself.
This may have something to do with an experience he had in high school, which gave him a vague temperament of "the mountain collapses but his appearance remains unchanged".
But it is a pity that not everyone can be as calm and rational as him. After all, we are all young players, and it is easy to get upset. There are not many people who can stay calm and rational when being treated like this by the referee and Qatari players.
If Chinese players had Wang Guangwei's self-control, then the level of Chinese football would not have been wandering in the dark trough for so many years.
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In the 25th minute, Qatar launched an attack from the backcourt. During the defensive process, Chen Xingyi reached out and pushed the back of the Qatari player who was holding the ball. The latter immediately fell to the ground cleanly.
A rapid whistle sounded.
This should have been an ordinary foul, but after hearing the sound of Farhani's whistle, the sudden acceleration of his running over, and the way the Qatar player who was pulled down lay curled up and rolling on the ground, I thought Chen Xingyi was taking advantage of it.
The powerful internal energy shattered the opposing player's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys with one palm...
Fahani ran up to Chen Xingyi who looked confused, took out the yellow card and held it up high!
"I..." He Feng gritted his teeth and turned a corner, "Oh my God! A yellow card! It turned out to be a yellow card! This minor foul turned out to be a yellow card!"
He couldn't help it anymore and tactfully raised objections to the referee's penalty scale.
At the same time, he complained in his mind: Why don’t you just give him a red card?
It’s also a credit to Tengfei Video that they didn’t get the broadcasting rights for the U23 Asian Cup, otherwise Shen Lang would have been scolding everyone in the studio by this time...
After seeing the yellow card, Chen Xingyi's expression changed from confusion to shock. He kept asking in English: "Why? Why? Why?!"
Hu Lai came up again and pushed him away: "Don't ask, asking means the referee's authority cannot be violated."
After using the skill book in the world's lingua franca, he found that he could fully understand what the foreigners said on the court.
When he passed by Farhani once before, he heard him using a headset to communicate with the fourth official off the court, complaining that the Chinese players disrespected him too much.
Hu Lai knew that going up to the referee for a few words may be a normal approach in other games. As long as the attitude is not very angry, no referee will feel that his authority has been challenged.
But it is obvious that the Fahani in front of him has a glassy heart and he cares about this issue very much.
So he didn't go to the referee, even though he now has no problem communicating with foreigners at all. The situation of "you say yours and I say mine" between the East Asian Cup and the Japanese central defender will never happen again.
This has nothing to do with whether you speak fluent English. Even if you don’t say anything and just stand in front of the referee with your hands behind your back, you have seriously provoked the referee’s authority and become the person he wants to establish his authority.
Object.
But if you want to say that the Chinese players did not respect the referee, so the referee targeted the Chinese players, this argument is untenable.
Because just two minutes before Chen Xingyi's foul, Luo Kai was fouled by Qatar's midfielder Madibo in the frontcourt and was tackled to the ground.
After the referee Fahani called Madibo a foul, the defensive midfielder seemed very angry. After hearing the whistle, he got up and punched the referee. If according to Fahani, the referee values his authority so much.
With such a temper, just this one action could earn Madibo a yellow card.
But he remained unharmed. After punching and swearing, he folded his arms and showed off his temper by flexing his muscles.
The expression on his face was also very unhappy.
So what did the Iranian referee Farhani do in this game?
He stepped forward and gave a... verbal warning to the Qatari player who was like an angry bull.
Yes, verbal warning.
Guo Junfu, as the captain, went up to communicate with him before, hoping that he would play cards against Qatari players, but he was shown a yellow card.
Nowadays, Qatari players throw their fists and curse after committing a foul, flex their muscles and puff out their nostrils at the referee, but they only receive verbal warnings.
It almost made Hu Lai laugh.
Qatari players fouled Guo Junfu twice in one minute without receiving a yellow card or verbal warning.
The same Qatari player kicked Baidi down with his hands and feet from behind twice in a row without receiving a yellow card or verbal warning.
And now Chen Xingyi pushed the opponent player while defending and was given a yellow card.
Hu Lai didn't know why the referee was so harsh on Chinese players at first. Later he remembered that this referee had officiated the East Asian Cup match between China and South Korea last year because some of the penalties in the game were biased towards South Korea.
The team was criticized by the Chinese media and fans after the game.
After all, Hu Lai was almost defeated by the opponent's Sun Haomin at that time. Although he was lucky (there was a mistake) and was fine, it still scared the Chinese media and fans into a cold sweat. Many people felt that if Fahani was in the game
If the players in the Korean team can strictly restrain the fouls committed by the Korean team players and play cards in a timely manner, instead of being like a stingy man and not playing cards, then maybe Sun Haomin will not dare to take advantage of Hu Lai.
Did these criticisms reach Farhani’s ears?
Did Hu Lai really not expect that this Iranian referee would come to China to surf the Internet when he had nothing to do?
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When the Chinese team took the lead in the first four minutes, the Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV thought that this would be a hearty victory. The Chinese team would defeat their opponents and successfully finish first in the group.
Qualify in Group A while avoiding the strong Japanese Olympic team.
Now it seems that that goal may be the only part of the game that looks like an official game.
After that, the game slipped into an unknown abyss...
And there was no sign of slowing down or stopping at all.
In the 28th minute, while fighting for the ball with a Qatari player, Guo Junfu was kicked to the ground again by the opponent's player.
Alireza Farhani called a foul on Qatar, but there was still no yellow card or verbal warning.
Even if other Qatari players protested his penalty, thinking it was Guo Junfu's diving, he did not show his authority to the protesting Qatari players.
One minute later, Luo Kai broke through with the ball just past the center line on the right wing. He was hugged from behind by Qatar's No. 13 player Burak and fell to the ground.
Farhani's whistle was almost inaudible amid the huge boos.
The fouled Burak ran back to his position without looking back. Fahani just signaled the Chinese team to take a free kick and ignored the fouled Burak.
Just like that, Brack, who committed two consecutive fouls and had another suspected foul, didn't even get a yellow card...
In the 32nd minute, when Guo Junfu retreated in the midfield to get the ball with his back, he was flanked by two Qatari players. Among them, the midfielder Madibo, who was quite disrespectful to the referee, sprinted up from five or six meters away and directly hit the ball.
He put a shovel behind his back, and although he caught the ball, he also roughly knocked Guo Junfu to the ground.
Farhani did not stop the game, but allowed the game to continue. It was not until the Qatari player took the ball on the wing and was blocked by the Chinese team player that he gave Qatar a foul ball...
At this time, Guo Junfu had been lying on the ground for almost half a minute.
Because the opponent's fight took place right in front of the Chinese coaching bench, this also caused dissatisfaction among the Chinese team's coaching staff. Li Zhifei couldn't help but wave his arms and yell at the court.
He also received a verbal warning from the referee Farhani: "If you shout again, you will be sent to the stands!"
Team leader Ran Jiachang could only drag Li Zhifei back to the coaching bench.
Shi Wuyin spread his hands towards the referee Farhani, whose eyes were firm and his expression was sacred and inviolable, feeling helpless.
During this period, the commentators He Feng and Yan Kang didn't know how to explain the game. He Feng could only hold back his anger and kept reminding the boys of the Olympic team: "Control your temper, control your temper... don't be influenced by emotions.
...Don't argue with the referee...Don't be irritated by your opponent...That's the way the game is, the most important thing is to do your own thing...We will encounter many difficulties in the game, and today's situation is a very good one for everyone
The test..."
When he said these words himself, he could guess how many Chinese fans on the Internet and in front of the TV would scold him bloody.
But he can't help it. Ordinary fans can of course scold him any way they want. Now more than 50,000 Chinese team fans in the stands of the Ocean Stadium are collectively greeting all the female relatives of the Farhani family.
But he is a commentator, he is working now, he has his own responsibilities and professional ethics, these things require him not to vent his emotions at will like ordinary people.
So no matter how angry he is, he can only hold back his anger and continue to try to explain the football game itself, trying to make this game still like a game, and retain the only dignity for the U23 Asian Cup...
But his efforts came to nothing in the 41st minute.
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In the 41st minute, the Qatar Olympic team launched an attack from the center circle. Akram Afef, who took the ball, suddenly accelerated and then passed the ball to Almoez Ali, who was retreating in front to meet him. Then he
He ran without the ball and tried to get through the two Chinese team players Guo Junfu and Gao Ruimin.
Then he was pulled down by Guo Junfu.
A sharp whistle sounded.
Farhani, who was right next to the incident, pointed to the location of the foul with one hand and reached into the pocket behind his butt with one hand, where there was... the card!
"Eh? This ball?" He Feng also noticed this action and was stunned for a moment.
Afef, who was pulled down on the field, reacted faster than him. After looking back and seeing the referee's action, and realizing that Guo Junfu might get a second yellow card, he quickly got up from the ground and applauded as hard as he could.
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The other players of the Chinese team around him have not yet recovered from their sluggishness.
"The referee actually wants to play a card?" He Feng's eyes widened. He finally stopped holding back and shouted, "If Guo Junfu's pull is worth a yellow card! Then in the sixth minute of the game, Qatar defender Sa
The foul when Salman tripped Guo Junfu should also be a yellow card! Because there was only one defender behind Salman at that time! But Salman did not receive the card! If Salman did not receive the card, then Guo Junfu is now
This foul should not result in a card!"
The boos in the stadium were as loud as the harshest cicada chirping in midsummer, and it had reached the point where it was unsettling.
Hu Lai, who had always avoided getting into trouble with the referee before, couldn't help but rush forward when he saw this. He used his language advantage to explain and plead with the referee: "Sir, he just pushed it lightly and called a foul. Use
Don't you need to give me a card? Please, he already has a yellow card..."
Farhani, who was lowering his head to take out the cards, was stunned for a moment when he heard fluent Persian speaking in his ears, and then he saw Hulay's flattering face approaching.
But Farhani obviously did not listen to Hulay's opinion because his Persian was so pure. Instead, he showed the yellow card to Hulay!
"Hu Lai got a yellow card for coming forward to protest!" He Feng cursed in his heart: Damn it!
"Fuck the black whistle!!" The Chinese fans in the stands had already cursed He Feng's innermost thoughts with loud voices. "The whole family!!"
Amidst the deafening curses, Fahani turned to Guo Junfu, almost slapped the yellow card on his face, and then showed him the red card!
The captain of the Chinese Olympic team was sent off.
His teammates gathered around Fahani, who was dressed in black, and expressed shock, protest, dissatisfaction, and pleas to him in various ways... but to no avail.
Guo Junfu also tried to defend himself. He pointed to the Qatar half and asked Farhani loudly in his native language: "Why didn't they get a card for the foul they committed on No. 2?! And there is obviously a whole defense line behind me.
Why do I have to take cards?!"
Farhani did not give an explanation, and did not even pay attention to Guo Junfu anymore. Instead, he turned around and warned the Chinese team players who gathered around him that if they yelled at him again, they would be punished.
It was Wang Guangwei who rushed up and dispersed those teammates. Finally, he persuaded Guo Junfu to leave: "Team Guo, it's useless. Nothing you say is of any use..."
Hearing Wang Guangwei's words, Guo Junfu's eyes suddenly turned red.
He felt very wronged.
After scoring the goal in the opening game, he thought he would become a hero in the eyes of Chinese fans and could lead the team to the knockout rounds or even the Olympics...
As a result, he was targeted by Qatari players for almost the entire first half, and was chopped down to the ground like a tree again and again.
The opposing player didn't even give a verbal warning.
And what about yourself?
Just like that, two yellows turned into one red, and he was sent off!
As the captain, he reminded his teammates to control their emotions before the game, but now his grievances and unwillingness suddenly came to his mind and he was out of control.
Tears welled up in my eyes.
After realizing that he was crying, he quickly lowered his head, took off the captain's armband on his arm, and handed it to Wang Guangwei: "Old Wang, please hand it to Liu Yan for me..."
After saying that, he turned around and walked to the sideline with his head lowered.
Behind him were his teammates who were holding their heads in their hands and pulling their hair in pain, as well as the fans in the stands who were pointing at the court and shouting curses.
In front of him, team leader Ran Jiachang was yelling at the fourth official: "We want to protest to the AFC! This is our home court, you can't treat us like this!!"
Wang Zijian, who was on the bench, slammed the mineral water bottle in his hand to the ground. Water splashed on his face, but it failed to extinguish the fire in his heart.
Guo Junfu raised his hand to cover his face with his arms, and plunged into the players' tunnel amidst the boos.