The "mutual beating" between the two Cangzhou Lions on the evening of December 15 has attracted attention inside and outside the football world. Although Cangzhou Lions Club publicly apologized for this at the first time and confirmed that it would severely punish the two players involved, the two will face at least 3 suspensions and additional penalties of 30,000 yuan in accordance with the relevant penalties of the Chinese Football Association Disciplinary Code, which will constitute irreparable losses for the club and its individuals. The occurrence of this incident has actually sounded the alarm for other participating clubs, telling them that no matter what difficulties they face and what kind of pressure they face, they should do a good job in the emotional management of players and all league practitioners, so that the Chinese Super League, which has been fragmented, can be successfully completed.
After the cangzhou lion and Shanghai Shenhua match, the two players of the cangzhou lion, Senghor and Liao Chengjian, beat each other and joined hands to push the "infighting" incident to the Internet hot search list. Many people watch the hilarity, but they can't understand the actions of the two. After all, in this originally clear competition, the Cangzhou Lions forced the powerful veteran Shenhua team to equalize, creating the first cold goal since the start of the second stage of the Chinese Super League.
It is not difficult to see from the public statement of the Cangzhou Lions Club afterwards that the two people's emotional loss of control stems from heavy pressure. As for what kind of pressure? The answer may not be difficult to find in the fact that the vast majority of Chinese Super League clubs are in serious financial crisis at present. In addition, compared with the championship group, the relegation team is fully committed to "settling down", and the pressure they bear may not be felt by the outside world. Coupled with the troublesome problems such as player performance brought by the league schedule to clubs during the New Year's Eve, players who have been in a closed working state for a long time will inevitably suppress the outbreak of emotions.
As the "parent" of the players, the club side obviously understands the players better than all parties. As mentioned in the official statement of Cangzhou Lions Club, "We understand that the players are emotionally out of control under the pressure of relegation".
However, whether it is physical conflict or infighting, it has crossed the "bottom line" of the professional football league code of conduct, and the violation of discipline has caused extremely bad social impact inside and outside the football world, adding an ugly stroke to the club, myself and the entire Chinese Super League. In this case, the two players involved must pay for their loss of control.
The third paragraph of Article 53 of the 2021 Edition of the Chinese Football Association Disciplinary Guidelines, which deals with the content of penalties, clearly states: "Those who commit violent acts (elbow, boxing, kicking, etc.) shall be given at least suspension or prohibition from entering the bench or prohibited from entering the stadium (stadium) for 3 games, and fined at least 30,000 yuan." The schedule shows that the second stage of the Chinese Super League has a total of 8 rounds of matches (the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the regular season will also participate in two rounds of the Super League play-offs). This means that once the disciplinary violations of Liao Chengjian and Senghor are determined by the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association, they will miss at least half of the rounds of the regular season in The Second Stage. In the context of the unprecedented intensity of the schedule, such non-combat attrition will undoubtedly adversely affect the relegation competition of the Cangzhou Lions.
In the view of the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the China Football Federation, this incident actually gave the all-China Super League a very bad behavior demonstration. In fact, since the start of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, whether it is the championship group or the relegation group, the teams have done a relatively good job in maintaining the discipline of the game. The data shows that by the end of the second round of the relegation group, the teams performed more rationally in the game, such as the first round of the championship group Shandong Taishan team and Hebei team only produced 1 yellow card. The two games with the largest number of yellow cards appeared in the relegation group, namely the last round of Dalian ren vs Henan Songshan Longmen, the same round of Wuhan vs Cangzhou Lions, and the current round of Henan Songshan Longmen vs Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, the cumulative number of yellow cards in 3 games was 5 respectively.
In this round of Cangzhou Lions vs Shanghai Shenhua, the two teams each received 2 yellow cards, while the Cangzhou Lions won two consecutive red cards with the "infighting" time after the game. A series of facts have also aroused the high vigilance of the Preparatory Group of the China Football Federation.
It is understood that the relevant person in charge of the preparatory group of the China Football Federation contacted the Cangzhou Lion Club at the first time after the game, and while understanding the incident and the opinions of the club' handling, he also stressed to them the importance of "strictly maintaining the discipline of the game". In fact, before and during the start of the Chinese Super League this season, the organizers, organizers and managers of the tournament have asked clubs to pay attention to the emotional management of league practitioners more than once, so that clubs can focus on playing a good game. Judging from the "infighting" incident that occurred in the Cangzhou Lions, the maintenance of Psiphon discipline still needs to be constantly grasped.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao