On the morning of April 20, the official penalty for Guangzhou player Guan Haojin's red card in the first round of the AFC Champions League was finally released. According to Zhu Yi, the administrator of the "German Transfer Market", Guan Haojin's serious foul in the AFC Champions League, the AFC Disciplinary Committee has made a disciplinary punishment of 3 games of suspension and some fines (the specific amount is not known), and stressed that this is "violent behavior", but it is the lowest punishment in "violent behavior".
Event replay: In the first round of the AFC Champions League group stage on April 15, the Chinese Super League team Guangzhou team against Malaysian team Johor Bahru Johor Bahru, the 69th minute of the game, at this time Guangzhou team has fallen behind 0-4, Guan Haojin kicked the head of the opposing player Bergson in a defense, and the referee on duty decisively showed a red card and directly sent it off, resulting in Guangzhou playing 1 less person, and finally the score was 0-5.
In general, this punishment is not a problem, because Guan Haojin has superfluous actions after the referee's whistle, and kicked the opponent's head, endangering personal safety, and it is not too much to characterize it as "violent".
However, considering that Guan Haojin did not perform "violent acts" in the subjective sense, and that he had a good attitude of admitting his mistake afterwards, I also explained in a timely manner on the social platform because the line of sight was blocked and the subconscious was unblocked. Therefore, the AFC raised its hand this time, but only made the minimum penalty in the "violent acts" of the stadium, banning 3 games and part of the fine.
This punishment can be described as long overdue, because Guan Haojin was expelled from the Guangzhou team the next day, and now I don't know if he is still in the division. However, most of the media and fans are still very sympathetic to Guan Haojin, believing that the Guangzhou team's reaction this time is a bit "too big".
According to a Guangzhou player who did not want to be named, Guan Haojin had a very good temper in private, was a "well-behaved boy", and this foul was definitely not intentional. After the end of last season, Guan Haojin originally wanted to retire directly, but because Guangzhou team participated in the AFC Champions League, he signed up as the only 3 older players.
Considering the great impact of this incident and the harsh environment in Chinese football, Guan Haojin is likely to retire in situ, it is reported that he has previously registered in a local football amateur league in Guangzhou, but gave up because of participating in the AFC Champions League.
It is a bit inconceivable that a player was expelled for a red card for a foul, but it really happened, and I can only sigh when the real professionalization of Chinese football can come - the football equal brother.