[This fucking idiot referee, what the hell? If that wasn't a penalty, then what was?]
[Fine, fine, so you just refuse to give King Tang a penalty, huh? Haters, stop using penalties to trash-talk my king.]
[What the fuck???? 66666]
[Why wasn't that given as a penalty?!]
The fans back in China were frantic.
Never mind whether it really was a penalty or not—when there was controversy, shouldn't you at least have checked VAR?
What was the point of not even looking at VAR?
Fans were highly sensitive to these things. With this happening, Chinese fans would surely feel that FIFA was targeting them, and FIFA inevitably got bombarded with abuse online.
The bad news was that FIFA had long grown used to being cursed at. A little stir like this was nothing to worry about.
"This is a controversial call... In the end, the referee gave the China national football team a Direct Free Kick."
"Yes, both Tang Ye and Wei Shihao are quite good at Direct Free Kicks, but there is still a huge difference between a Direct Free Kick and a penalty..."
There truly was a huge difference between a free kick and a penalty.
As for just how huge, one only had to look at Tang Ye's expression on the pitch.
The displeased look on Tang Ye's face made it seem as though he might run over and kick the referee at any moment.
"Come on!"
"Come on, Tang Ye!"
"Beep beep beep beep!!!"
Wei Shihao and Tang Ye stood side by side, covering their mouths as they spoke quietly.
It looked as though they were exchanging opinions, but in reality, Wei Shihao was asking Tang Ye what he wanted to do.
"What do you think?"
"..."
"I'll take it directly."
"Then I'll make a dummy