The National Football Asian Games defeated Qatar 1-0. Unfortunately, two men will be unavailable for the final eight games against South Korea. One is Gao Tianyi, who accumulated two yellow cards, and the other is Jiang Shenglong, who received a red at the end of the match. After an interview with a Sportsweek reporter, the fans understood his original intention!
Despite the weakness of the national soccer team, fans still don't have to worry about the grouping of the Asian Games; after all, the opponents in the same group are much weaker. The first Asian Games with 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 points to top the group to reach the last 16. The opponent for the last 16 matches is Qatar, which has just completed the World Cup. Of course, the adult national team and U23 are different. Before the match, many fans thought the Asian Games trip would be over.
Fans grossly overestimated the strength of Qatar and underestimated the strength of the national soccer team and the Asian Games. In less than 3 minutes after the start, the national soccer team took advantage of a steal and Fang Hao's pass into the penalty area, and Tao Qiang led the way to a goal. This goal was also the only goal of the game. Qatar had only one shot on goal and had yet to take a shot on goal. The national soccer team had as many as nine shots, four of which were on goal. The national soccer team also had a slight edge in possession at 55%.
Reaching the last eight was a welcome relief, but the national Asian Games team paid a heavy price in their defeat to Qatar. Gao Tianyi was unavailable due to the accumulation of yellow cards and Jiang Shenglong missed the match against South Korea due to a red card in the closing stages. South Korea themselves are better than the national soccer team for the Asian Games, and now having two of them unavailable is a big blow. So why did Jiang Shenglong get a red card for impulsiveness in the closing stages?
Jiang Shenglong was interviewed by Sportsweek reporter Wang Xiaorui about his penalty: first of all, I was really impulsive the last time. Then, when I went back, I still had to summarize myself and learn from it. I'm also sorry that I couldn't play for Korea, especially with the lack of defenders. Speaking about how the team played well against Korea, Kang Sung Ryong said that he should still play defense and trust his teammates to make up for his lack of impact.
After hearing Jiang Shenglong's answer in the interview, fans said he finally understood why he was impulsively given a red card. In the extra time throughout the game, Liu Yang clashed with his opponent and things had calmed down. Unexpectedly, Jiang Shenglong rushed up and started straight away, and the referee had to penalize him with a red card. Jiang Shenglong's behavior was completely unnecessary. Why was he redundant?
After listening to his interview, fans think Kang Sung Ryong is not stupid but smart and just doesn't want to play Korea. We all know Korea is stronger than the Asian Games and the players will definitely get sprayed if they get eliminated. To avoid being sprayed, Kang Sung Ryong just used this opportunity to cause trouble to win the red finish. As the center back of the national soccer Asian Games, he would definitely take the blame if his team concedes. Getting the red color on purpose is probably just not wanting to be held accountable.
