Seeing the ball go into the net, all the Chinese fans in the stands stood up with a loud “wow” and gave warm applause and screams.
The commentator of the live broadcast of China CCTV-5 in the commentary booth also excitedly explained:
"Lu Wenbin breaks through, has a chance, shoots—the ball goes in!"
"A beautiful goal! Lu Wenbin scored the first goal for the Chinese team in this Asian Cup!"
"This is a long shot from outside the penalty area after passing three players. It's so beautiful!"
"This is a complete reflection of Lu Wenbin's personal ability. The Kuwaitis's tight defense couldn't stop Lu Wenbin from scoring!"
Another guest commentator also said excitedly: "Yes, this is Lu Wenbin's strength! Even if the opponent knows his threat and defends carefully again and again, and multiple people surround and double-team him, they can't stop Lu Wenbin! European teams can't defend Lu Wenbin, let alone Asian teams!"
At home, countless fans from all over the country jumped up in front of the TV, cheering and screaming excitedly for Lu Wenbin's first goal!
Lu Wenbin used his strong personal strength to score the first goal and opened the door to victory for the Chinese team in this game!
After scoring the goal and taking a 1-0 lead, the Chinese players felt much more relaxed mentally and performed much better.
Moreover, the Chinese team also took the initiative and could retreat more formations to lure Kuwait to press forward and attack, leaving space in the backcourt, and then Lu Wenbin could launch their counterattack.
On the other hand, Kuwait is behind in the score and will face strong Uzbekistan and host Qatar in the next games, so they cannot afford to lose this game.
At the very least, we have to draw with the Chinese team to retain our hopes of qualifying.
Therefore, Kuwait, which was behind in the score, had to start to press forward more, leaving more space in the backcourt, and could not use four or five people to double-team Lu Wenbin.
On the surface, Kuwait was pressing the Chinese team's half-court attack, but in reality, it was the Chinese team's counterattack that was more threatening.
In the 31st minute, the Chinese team quickly counterattacked after stealing the ball. Zheng Zhi made a low cross from the bottom line. Lu Wenbin received the ball and shot in the penalty area, but the shot was blocked by the opponent's defender and went out of the baseline.
In the 37th minute, Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball to the top of Kuwait's penalty area and was surrounded by three opponents.
Then, Lu Wenbin made a wonderful pass to the left side of the restricted area before the opponent surrounded him. Left midfielder Deng Zhuoxiang rushed up to meet the ball and shot, but the angle was a little straight and was caught by the goalkeeper.
Although there was no goal, the Chinese team had more shots than the attacking Kuwait and posed a much greater threat.
For a moment, there was panic in front of Kuwait's goal and it seemed that they would lose the ball at any time.
Sure enough, before the end of the first half, in the 42nd minute, the Chinese team successfully scored the second goal.
In the 41st minute, Kuwait won a corner kick through the attack, but Dewey got the first point and headed the ball out of the penalty area and it fell to Hao Junmin's feet.
Hao Junmin turned around and dribbled the ball to avoid the opponent's pressure, then made a long pass in the air and passed the ball to a large open space in Kuwait's backcourt.
In the Chinese team's counterattack, Lu Wenbin competed with the opponent in speed.
Although the two central defenders of the opposing team were positioned further back than Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin was faster than them.
Soon, Lu Wenbin ran to a line parallel to Kuwaiti central defender Fadhil and was about to overtake him to receive the pass from Hao Junmin.
There was no other way. Fadhil, who could not outrun Lu Wenbin, could only reach out and grab Lu Wenbin's clothes and pull Lu Wenbin directly to the ground.
It was a malicious tactical foul, and the referee Williams rushed up and gave Fadil a yellow card, and awarded the Chinese team a free kick about 32 meters away from the goal.
The ball was far away, and it was difficult to score from a free kick. Moreover, Lu Wenbin's free kick skills had already been used up, so now he could only rely on Lu Wenbin's own free kick skills to take the penalty.
Although the distance is far, Lu Wenbin's physique is perfect and his strength is sufficient.
Therefore, he still wanted to try to shoot directly.
Because the distance was far enough and a little to the left, Kuwait only sent two players to act as a human wall, and then the goalkeeper stood in the middle of the goal.
For an ordinary shot, because the distance is too far, the ball flies in the air for too long. No matter which side Lu Wenbin shoots, Halliday has enough time to react.
After thinking about it, Lu Wenbin prepared to kick in a large arc.
Although it requires a lot of luck and the ball may not hit the goal frame, as long as it does, it is likely to fool the goalkeeper and score a goal.
After the referee blew the whistle for a penalty kick, Lu Wenbin took a few steps and kicked the football with the outside of his right foot.
The ball flew into the air, from the left side of the human wall, and initially headed towards the baseline.
However, everyone could see that the ball had an arc and should have gone into the goal frame and hit the left near corner of the goal, which is where Lu Wenbin often scores free kicks.
Although the arc of Lu Wenbin's penalty this time was opposite to the arc he had shot with the inside of his foot from the left, no one expected that Lu Wenbin's real intention was to hit the far end.
Therefore, after seeing the ball take off, draw an arc and start to rotate inward, Halliday, who was standing in the middle of the goal line, quickly stepped towards the near end, ready to save the ball.
However, he had just taken a step and was shocked to find that the arc of Lu Wenbin's curve ball was too big.
The free kick taken by Lu Wenbin did start to spin towards the inner goal after passing the wall of people, but it did not spin towards the near end of the goal. Instead, it spun in a huge arc after passing the wall of people, flew in front of Halliday, and went into the goal along the far post of the goal.
Because Halliday's center of gravity was toward the near end, he only had time to brake after realizing something was wrong, and then took a step toward the far end, and watched the ball go into the goal without even having time to save it. (Refer to the Puskas Award goal in 2016)
With a cry of “Wow…”, not only the Chinese fans, but all the Qatari fans in the stadium went crazy, and everyone clapped and screamed like crazy.
The Kuwaiti fans were all stunned.
The commentators in the commentary booth, including the Chinese commentators and commentators from other Asian countries, as well as the commentators from European and American TV stations broadcasting the game, all started yelling like crazy:
“Goooooooooooooooooooal…”
"The ball goes in, Lu scores a free kick with a huge arc!"
"This is a magical goal, an unstoppable magical goal. Even world-class goalkeepers like Buffon and Casillas can't do anything about it!"
"This free kick will probably be the best goal of this Asian Cup!"
"Not only is this the best goal of the Asian Cup, I think this goal can even book this year's Puskas Award!"
"Today is only January 8th and 2011 has just begun, but I think Lu Wenbin's free kick has already booked the 2011 Puskas Award!"
The arc of Lu Wenbin's free kick was so exaggerated and the way he scored the goal was so strange that it shocked everyone: both professional commentators and the audience!
Just look at the Kuwaiti goalkeeper Khalidi who fell to his knees in despair after watching the ball go into the net, and you will know how much of a blow this ball was to him.
As the Chinese team was running wildly in celebration, the Kuwaiti players all lowered their heads, as if they had lost their parents!
Facing such a Lu Wenbin, they felt that they could not possibly win this game. (Seeking monthly votes)