Chapter 581: Unexpected Red Card
Lu Wenbin's genius performance like an ice prince dance silenced all the Japanese at the Tokyo National Stadium, and also made the Chinese fans feel extremely excited and proud.
However, after celebrating the goal and restarting the game, the players of the Japanese team were not intimidated by Lu Wenbin.
Although we hate Japan, we sometimes have to admire the spirit and will of others.
During World War II, Japan was able to occupy so many territories in Asia, and after the war, it was able to quickly rise from the ruins to become the world's second largest economy.
If the Chinese team hadn't had Lu Wenbin, a pervert who played football with a plug-in, I am afraid that they would not even have won the first Asian Cup championship.
The Japanese team, which restarted the game, did not shrink because they were afraid of Lu Wenbin, nor did they rush to equalize and press on it, but still maintained their rhythm and entangled with the Chinese team.
The Chinese team did not take advantage of the morale boost brought by the first goal to take a bigger lead.
On the contrary, the Japanese team from time to time took advantage of the overall strength of the Chinese team players other than Lu Wenbin to threaten the Chinese team's goal.
In the 17th minute, Japan played a delicate match up front, penetrating the Chinese defence, and Shinji Kagawa completed a dangerous shot from a tight angle in the corner of the small forbidden area.
Fortunately, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Zeng Cheng, made a crucial save in advance and pulled the ball out of the bottom line with his fingertips.
In the ensuing corner, the Japanese team failed to grab the first point and was cleared by the Chinese defenders out of the forbidden zone.
However, the Chinese team also failed to play a quick counterattack, Zheng Zhi's pass to Lu Wenbin was broken in the process, and the two sides fought in the midfield.
In the 24th minute, the Chinese team attacked, and Lu Wenbin, who was holding the ball, was originally going to make a wonderful pass to penetrate the Japanese team's defense and create scoring opportunities for striker Gao Lin.
But at that second, Gao Lin did not understand Lu Wenbin's passing intention, and started a little slowly, but the ball was intercepted by the Japanese team, and the Chinese team missed an opportunity to fight offside.
The Chinese fans in the stands sighed, Gao Lin also patted his head in annoyance, and then gave Lu Wenbin a thumbs up and made an apologetic expression.
But Lu Wenbin was not as annoyed as them, and he didn't have time to be annoyed, because the Japanese team that broke the ball had already played a quick ball and fought back.
Lu Wenbin tried to intercept, but since the last game against Iraq, the Japanese also know that Lu Wenbin's defensive ability has increased greatly, and he seems to be more powerful than Zheng Zhi and Zhao Peng, who are the Chinese team's defensive giants.
Therefore, the Japanese did not intend to pass by Lu Wenbin at all, and the two-foot pass avoided Lu Wenbin and passed the ball to the front court.
The Chinese team, which was still on the offensive just now, was beaten with a quick counterattack.
Japan's final pass was passed by Shinji Kagawa to striker Ryoichi Maeda, and a through ball was passed to avoid Zheng Zhi and central defender Dewey, who received the ball before another central defender, Zhao Peng, and rushed towards the Chinese team's forbidden zone.
Although Zhao Peng was not completely thrown away, he was separated by Maeda Liao, and he was never able to grab the ball with his feet.
The two pulled and entangled all the way and rushed towards the forbidden area of the Chinese team.
Seeing that he was about to enter the forbidden area, Zhao Peng was in a hurry and made irrational moves.
Zhao Peng, who couldn't break the ball, came to the ground from the side and tackled the ball to the ground, trying to stop the ball.
As a result, he didn't tackle the ball, but instead shoveled Maeda Liaoichi to the ground, rolled two or three times, and covered the foot that was shoveled by Zhao Peng and cried out in pain.
Zhao Peng disrupted Ryoichi Maeda's shot that was about to rush into the forbidden zone, but he fouled it.
Players on both sides immediately rushed forward, and the Japanese players naturally angrily said that Zhao Peng's tackle was a serious foul and should be severely punished.
The Chinese team players, including Lu Wenbin, claimed that Zhao Peng did not shovel Maeda Ryuichi at all, and Maeda Ryuichi faked a fall.
It's just to speak for their own people, in fact, Lu Wenbin and other Chinese team players all know that Zhao Peng must have committed a foul this time, just to see if he will win a card.
Anyway, Zhao Peng's purpose was to tackle, not to deliberately tackle people, and Maeda Ryoichi was not injured and had already stood up with the support of his teammates.
The players of the Chinese team, including Lu Wenbin, thought that they would get a yellow card at most, and what everyone wanted to fight for was not to get a card.
However, the referee from Singapore separated the players from both sides of the quarrel and directly showed Zhao Peng a red card to send him off the field.
Everyone in the Chinese team was shocked, and Lu Wenbin, as the captain, was the first to roar at the referee, saying that Zhao Peng's action was definitely not up to the standard of a red card.
Other Chinese players also gathered around to put pressure on the referee, and the Chinese fans in the stands also shouted "black whistles".
But the Singaporean referee insisted on his opinion, and finally even put his hand in his pocket, threatening Lu Wenbin and others to play cards if they were entangled any longer.
Zhao Peng himself came over to persuade his teammates one by one, and then got off the field, and the Chinese team will face one less person to fight in the first 24 minutes, and it is one less key central defender.
However, the decision already made by the Singaporean referee cannot be changed.
For some reason, Singaporeans, who are supposed to be of the same origin and race, like to oppose China in all aspects of politics and economy, and sometimes feel that they hate China more than Japan and the United States.
Japan were given a free-kick in a well-placed position.
The goal was naturally taken by Keisuke Honda, the free-kick master of the Japanese team.
Keisuke Honda didn't waste this opportunity either, kicking the ball into the corner of the Chinese team's goal. Zeng Cheng couldn't reach it, and he could only watch the ball go into the net.
Japan equalised 1-1, while China will face one less player for the rest of the game.
As a last resort, Zheng Zhi, who was originally in the back position, could only continue to retreat and stand in the position of central defender, leaving only Zhao Xuri alone in the back position.
As a forward midfielder, Lu Wenbin could only retreat appropriately to help Zhao Xuri defend in the midfield, which was farther away from the Japanese team's forbidden zone.
But there is no way, the Chinese team cannot play three backs, and there is only one central defender, so the defense in the forbidden area must have problems, and Zhao Xuri cannot face the overall impact of the Japanese team with a back waist.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhi himself is an all-round player who was born as a central defender, and there is no problem in playing as a cameo central defender.
Lu Wenbin has also filled up his defensive ability, and the selection value is also 10 points, which can be of great help to the Chinese team's midfield defense.
It's just that Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin retreated at the same time, and the Chinese team's offense must be greatly affected.
But this is all a lawless thing, who let Zhao Peng shovel people irrationally and foul people? Who let the Chinese team meet a Singaporean referee and then fight with one less man?