Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Ji Yu
According to news on November 18, in a women’s Asian Cup qualifier in September, the Iranian women’s football team was eliminated on penalty kicks The Jordanian women's football team has reached the Asian Cup finals for the first time in team history. Recently, the Jordanian Football Association sent a letter to the Asian Football Confederation requesting to identify the gender of Iran goalkeeper Kudai. The goalkeeper insists she is a woman and said she was hurt by the Jordan Football Association's accusations, the Daily Mail reported.
In the 2022 Indian Women’s Football Asian Cup Group G match on September 25, the Jordanian women’s football team and the Iranian women’s football team fought to a 0-0 draw in regular time. In the end, the Iranian women’s football team passed a penalty shootout 4- 2 defeated the opponent.
Judging from the game scene, the Jordanian women's football team is leading in terms of ball possession rate and shooting. However, in the penalty shootout, Kudai performed well. She saved two penalty kicks and helped the Iranian women's football team win the final.
With the victory in this game, the Iranian women's football team entered the Asian Cup finals for the first time in history. In the Women's Asian Cup group stage, the Iranian women's football team and the Chinese women's football team are in Group A. According to the schedule, the first round of the group stage will start on January 20, 2022.
After this game, the Jordanian Football Association questioned the Iranian women's football goalkeeper Kudai for "dressing up as a man in Hanfu" and sent a letter to the Asian Football Confederation requesting an investigation into the goalkeeper's gender. Jordan claims that they understand that gender verification is not mandatory, but if a party has doubts about a player's eligibility, the AFC should also have the right to take action.Investigate this.
Jordan stated that considering that the Iranian women’s football team has a history of gender and doping issues, the AFC must use a team of independent medical experts to investigate the matter. "If true, it will be a very serious problem. I hope the AFC will stay awake." The chairman of the Jordan Football Association added when analyzing the letter.
The "record" mentioned by Jordan refers to the fact that the Iranian women's football team has been accused of sending male players in the game. According to reports at the time, there were many men in the Iranian women's football team at the time. However, there are currently no definite reports confirming the authenticity of this rumor.
According to a recent report by the "Daily Mail", Kudai insisted that she is a woman and said she would sue the Jordan Football Association. "I am a woman. This is Jordan's slander against me, and I will sue the Jordanian Football Association."
"These accusations are just an excuse that they cannot accept the loss to the Iranian women's football team. The Jordanian team believes that they "They have a high probability of advancing, and when they lose, it's normal to use false excuses and avoid responsibility for the loss," Kudai said.
At the same time, the Iranian women’s football coach also denied the accusations made by the Jordan Football Association and believed that this was Jordan making excuses for failure. Iran said medical staff have carefully checked the hormones of each national team player to avoid problems in this regard. At the same time, Iran will provide all relevant documents to support the AFC's investigation.
The AFC stated that the AFC does not comment on ongoing investigations or litigation, whether actual or potential.
