On the afternoon of January 11, Beijing time, the Chinese Super League team once again suffered heavy penalties, and Dalian Renren Club and 8 people who were still struggling for relegation were heavily punished. The Official Announcement of the Football Association confirmed that Dalian Renren Club players Zheng Long and Yang Haoyu, as well as the club's management personnel Jiang Zongyan, Fan Hongji, Wang Zhong, Liu Peng, Xu Fei and Gao Yan were all severely punished for their violent violations in Dalian's 1-1 draw against Chengdu Rongcheng, which surrounded the referee, of which Yang Haoyu also directly punched the referee, causing adverse social impact.
According to the official announcement, the total fines of Dalian Ren Club and 8 people reached 830,000 yuan, including Wang Zhong was banned from entering the stadium 5 times and fined 50,000 yuan; Liu Peng was banned from entering the bench for 6 games, fined 60,000 yuan; Jiang Zongyan, Fan Hongji and Xu Fei were each fined 60,000 yuan and banned from entering the stadium for 6 games; Gao Yan was fined 80,000 yuan and banned from entering the stadium 8 times; Zheng Long was banned from 6 games and fined 60,000 yuan; Yang Haoyu was banned for 12 months and fined 200,000 yuan; and Dalian Ren Club was fined 200,000 yuan.
This heavy penalty fully exposed the problems of Dalian people's team management, players and managers were very impetuous, and the atmosphere in the team was not good, which may be the root cause of their sluggish performance this season. In the game, although Dalian people played a 1-1 draw with Chengdu Rongcheng in the promotion and relegation play-offs, they were obviously at a disadvantage, with only 44% of the possession rate in the whole game, only 6 shots on goal, 2 shots on target, and ate a red card; Chengdu Rongcheng, the whole team played better, 14 shots on goal and 5 shots on target, but bad luck failed to win, Liu Ruovan hit the upright. In the second round of the duel, the Dalian people were fierce and less auspicious.
The good thing is that Dalian people's cards are still better than Chengdu Rongcheng, Larson, Danielsen, Zhao Xuri, Shan Huanhuan, Tao Qianglong, Li Shuai, Tong Lei and other main players will continue to play, the overall strength has not been affected by heavy penalties, as long as the best state of the main lineup, they still have a good chance of winning. Beijing time on January 12 at 15:30, Dalian people will start the second leg of the showdown with Chengdu Rongcheng, before the game, Dalian coach Jose Gonzalez and Tao Qianglong attended the press conference, Jose said that this decisive battle should pay attention to details, through the first leg of the game, Chengdu Rongcheng is more familiar, the second leg hopes to play better. When it comes to the atmosphere in the team, Jose bluntly said that it is not easy, and he hopes that the players will adjust as soon as possible about what happened before. Tao Qianglong said that he would play according to the manager's arrangement and try his best to win the game.
Recently, there is news that Wanda will withdraw after the end of the season, for this important rumor, the well-known media "Football Newspaper" responded, the media to the Dalian people's senior management to verify that Dalian Ren Club is waiting for a unified equity reform plan, Wanda has no signs of quitting. According to the equity optimization plan of most teams in the Chinese Super League, Dalian Renren Club may implement the "433" equity optimization under the leadership of Wanda Group, support the team by 3 major shareholders, so that the club can achieve sustainable development, not overly dependent on a company, Guangzhou team, Guangzhou City and other teams that are seeking equity change are also likely to follow this plan.