On the evening of August 27th, Beijing time, an important match in the 24th round of the Chinese Super League ended. Wuhan Three Town defeated the promoted Nantong Zhiyun at home with a score of 4-2. After two consecutive victories, Wuhan Sanzhen's points temporarily rose to the 6th place, reaching 39 points. Wuhan Sanzhen had a chance to make the score 5-2 in injury time, but incredibly, the two current internationals Xie Pengfei and Wei Shihao never got a shot on target when faced with an open goal.
Tri-Town had taken a 4-2 lead into the first minute of added time and they continued to attack. Substitute Wei Shihao received a direct pass from a teammate and quickly plunged forward towards the bottom line and delivered a cross. At that moment, there was no one on the left side of the Nantong Zhiyun goal to guard Xie Pengfei, who was facing an almost empty half of the goal.
Possibly due to a lack of confidence, Xie Pengfei didn't decide to shoot and instead chose to pass the ball back the way it came. Wei Shihao obviously didn't expect Xie Pengfei to pass it back to him again, and he fell to the ground unprepared to pass the ball back. And Xie Pengfei was equally panicked as he kicked the ball away. The two were playing "ping-pong" in front of Nantong Zhiyun's goal, but didn't choose to shoot.
When the three foreigners in the middle of the penalty area, Malcolm, saw this ridiculous scenario, they were all shocked and couldn't believe their eyes. Luckily, the missed goal didn't have much impact on the outcome of the game, otherwise Wei Shihao and Xie Pengfei would have most likely triggered more criticism from the fans.
Many netizens said it would leave Chinese fans feeling helpless and heartbroken for the future of the national team after seeing two of our current hot internationals with such a lack of grasp in front of the goal.
