After the end of the 16th round of the Chinese Super League shenhua and cangzhou lions, a jaw-dropping situation occurred. The two players of the Cangzhou Lions, Liao Chengjian and the foreign assistant Senghor, had a conflict, and the two fisted and kicked each other, and as a result, both were shown red cards by the referee.
In this match, Cangzhou Lions and Shanghai Shenhua finally shook hands 1-1. Just after the final whistle blew, infighting broke out within the Lions. Senghor hit Liao Chengjian in the head, and Liao Chengjian kicked Senghor again, and then the two were pulled apart by their teammates. The referee showed the two men a direct red card.
In response, Lions coach Sablic said at a press conference: "I am sad about what happened to our players after the game, I don't know what really happened, but it directly lost 3 players in the next game (including Senghor, Liao Chengjian, who was sent off for red cards, and Oscar, who was suspended for 4 yellow cards). ”
In the early hours of this morning, the Cangzhou Lions posted an apology statement on the official Weibo:
After understanding, the two players in the last moments of the game, due to the dispute over the defensive position, because of the language barrier, there was a misunderstanding. Faced with the pressure of relegation, the two players experienced emotional loss of control, which seriously violated the code of conduct of the Chinese Super League and caused a bad impact on the brand of our club and the Chinese Super League.
My club will punish the players involved severely after the study. Here, our club apologizes to the public, in the future work we will take the team discipline seriously, prevent the recurrence of such things, we will also seriously summarize, unite and strive to complete the relegation goal of this season.
Teammates infighting and beating each other is indeed more ugly. In the 2018 season, Guangzhou Evergrande's two U23 Wang Junhui and Situ Hualong fought the court, and finally Evergrande's coaches, players and even referees ran to persuade each other, which prevented the conflict from escalating further. The two also suffered huge penalties - 200,000 plus three stops.
Of course, this is not a feature of Chinese football. In world football, it happens from time to time. In the 2004-05 Premier League season, Newcastle United lost 3-0 at home to Aston Villa. Two of Newcastle's players, Bower and Dale, played on the pitch.
In the 81st minute of the match, Newcastle was 0-3 behind and had one less man to fight. Bowie rushed towards Dale as a headshot. After that, the two fought together. Bower gave Dale two punches, and Dale ripped off Bower's jersey. Midfielder Barry and Newcastle, who were still playing for Villa at the time, hurried to pull the two apart. The referee sent both of them off. The cause of the incident was Bower complaining that Dale would not pass the ball to him.
Teammates beating each other don't need to be over-interpreted. I hope that cangzhou lion club will do a good job in education, after all, without a united team, there will be no excellent results.