After a few moments of silence, Choi Kang-hee's emotions, like a lit fuse, finally broke out of control. He said passionately, "From the Round of 16 all the way to the Round of 8, we have played three games against Japanese teams. If certain incidents happen again and again, it's not a coincidence, it's clearly a deliberate act. In the coming matches, we have to show our determination again and not give our opponents any breathing space as we did last time. I've been to three AFC Champions League finals and I know all about the challenges of the knockout stages, so what else can I say?"
With these remarks, Choi Kang-hee was convinced that there was a problem with the referee's decision regardless of the fairness of the penalty award, and even accused the referee of being clearly biased in favor of the Japanese team. Such a phenomenon is not uncommon in Asian soccer. Recalling the unfair treatment of the Chinese men's soccer team in the Asian Cup, the AFC has found it difficult to cope with the controversy caused by Chinese soccer. The AFC's dissatisfaction with Chinese soccer was overflowing when the Chinese Super League teams performed poorly in the AFC Champions League, which is one of the reasons why the Chinese men's soccer team and other Chinese teams suffered from prejudice. To get out of this predicament, the only way for the Chinese men's soccer team and Chinese teams to get out of this predicament is to win again and again on the field of play, and to use their strength to counter the outside world's skepticism, and there is no other way to do so.
