Observing his left leg in detail, we can see that he skillfully performed a fake run, and then he did not sprint, but quickly retracted his leg back to the starting position, patiently waiting for his right leg to follow up synchronously. Then, he cleverly stomped with his toes (as shown in the picture), his body ejected like a spring, close to the body of the Guangzhou team's defenders to leap in the air. This diving trick, even without slow-motion replay, made the audience think that he was really shoveled to the ground by his opponent.
It is unbelievable that this goal was awarded as a penalty kick. Yanbian Longding took a 1-0 lead with this penalty kick. However, only 8 minutes later, Guangzhou equalized with a goal by Liao Jintao. The hosts took the lead again at the end of the first half, while Guangzhou equalized again in the second half. In the end, the two sides shook hands 2-2, with Guangzhou losing two points due to a misjudgment, but still holding the sixth place in the Central League table with 22 points.
The speculation of using an opponent who has not touched but has gone down to get a penalty should be reduced in our league. With the aid of VAR technology, such fouls should not be penalized. Unfortunately, VAR has not been adopted in the Central League, resulting in some players specializing in such techniques to gain an advantage. Our referees, who are in dire need of improvement, are so eager to blow for a penalty once they see a home player fall to the ground that they are afraid of reacting half a beat too slowly.
Guangzhou has suffered more than one misjudgment this season. For example, yesterday Dalian Yingbo's offside goal was ruled invalid, and Guangzhou had a similar goal that was not recognized. The team can only suffer the loss silently, and the fans' experience of watching the game is also greatly affected.
