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on the afternoon of august 27, beijing time, the chinese football association suddenly announced the penalty results for beijing guoan club international zhang yuning. zhang yuning, who was in dalian with the national team preparing for the world cup qualifiers, responded through his personal social media platform: "i have given up arguing about the red card, knowing that even if it is a misjudgment, it cannot be revoked. but being punished and determined to be violent is a stain on me and it is hard to accept."

zhang yuning then explained his actions, saying that the ball was developing on the right side, and he was preparing to grab a point in the middle, but the opponent blocked him by hugging him, so he propped up his forearm to push the opponent away to create space for himself. the direction of the action was diagonally downward, not exceeding the shoulder. at the moment of contact, the opponent's center of gravity lowered, and his neck collided with his forearm, and then fell to the ground. in the next 2-3 minutes, the opponent kept covering his neck.

regarding the live broadcast, zhang yuning said: "the var video playback only showed a long-distance camera position of my back, which caused a misalignment. my elbow did not touch the opponent from beginning to end. the so-called elbow strike was totally unfounded, and there was no camera position on the right side of the court, otherwise it would be very clear. and my instant reaction after the opponent fell to the ground was to raise my hands, and the referee came over and said it was not a foul.

zhang yuning finally stated: "as a player, i have experienced many injuries and played in many international games. i have never used excessive force recklessly, let alone violent behavior. i would rather get injured than let my opponents get injured because of me. i cherish my career very much and have always wanted to play seriously and win games for the national team and the club legally and compliantly."

in response to the additional punishment by the chinese football association and zhang yuning's personal statement, most media and chinese fans stood on zhang yuning's side. after all, in today's era of highly developed internet new media, no one is stupid or blind, and everyone is only willing to believe the facts seen by their own eyes. judging from the existing videos and pictures, there is indeed no way to prove that zhang yuning elbowed the opponent. in this case, the chinese football association's additional punishment for zhang yuning obviously lacks sufficient factual basis. the only explanation we can think of is that the chinese football association made this penalty decision in order to maintain the authority of the referee.

the timing of the chinese football association's announcement of the penalty decision against zhang yuning was also very inappropriate, because zhang yuning was preparing for the first two games of the world cup asian qualifiers in dalian. making such a penalty decision at this time will obviously have a certain negative impact on zhang yuning's preparations. even if the chinese football association insists on punishing zhang yuning, it can wait until the national football team finishes the two world cup qualifiers before announcing the penalty decision. after all, the chinese super league and the fa cup will not continue for a long time to come.

more importantly, in the last two games of the asian 36-strong world cup qualifiers, zhang yuning had missed the national football training due to injury, but he had a very strong desire to play for the national football team. so he was selected for the national football team with an injury and actively recovered. then, he played as a substitute for a period of time in the two games against thailand and south korea with a closed injection, which aggravated his injury. in other words, zhang yuning's desire to play for the national football team is actually stronger than that of most domestic players. in today's era, putting aside technical and tactical abilities, just in terms of the attitude of serving the country, players like zhang yuning are rare.

unfortunately, the chinese football association made a wrong decision at the wrong time, which obviously hurt zhang yuning's heart and further reduced the credibility of the chinese football association.