On August 7, Beijing time, the official website of the Chinese Football Association just announced a blockbuster fine, 35-year-old former international player and Wuhan Three Towns player Jiang Zhipeng was heavily fined for insulting the referee, banned for 5 games and fined 50,000 yuan.
In the match between Wuhan Three Towns and Shanghai Shenhua on July 29, in the 63rd minute of the game, Jiang Zhipeng and Gao Tianyi competed for the ball near the sideline, Gao Tianyi pulled Jiang Zhipeng's jersey, and then the ball went out of bounds, and the linesman awarded the ball to Shenhua. This penalty caused Jiang Zhipeng's strong dissatisfaction, Jiang Zhipeng immediately pointed to the linesman for an output, and the linesman immediately called the referee and pointed at Jiang Zhipeng, and finally Jiang Zhipeng was directly sent off with a red card.
Jiang Zhipeng was extremely dissatisfied with this punishment, and after receiving the red card, he still did not give up, and kept looking for a linesman theory, and finally returned to the locker room under the persuasion of the staff of Wuhan Three Towns and the fourth official.
This red card also has a great impact on Wuhan Three Towns, before the red card they were only one goal behind, and once dominated on the field, but after Jiang Zhipeng was sent off, the Wuhan Three Towns defense immediately fell into passivity, only 3 minutes later Zhang Xiaobin tripped Teixeira in the penalty area to give the opponent a penalty, and finally Wuhan Three Towns lost 0-2 to Shenhua.
After a round of the league, the official website of the Chinese Football Association announced the fine for Jiang Zhipeng this morning. The fine determined that Jiang Zhipeng loudly insulted the first assistant referee as an unsporting act, and finally banned him for 5 games and fined him 50,000 yuan. Since Jiang Zhipeng has already carried out the punishment of a red card and a natural suspension of one game, he will also miss 5 rounds of the league.
According to the schedule, the next 5 rounds of Wuhan Three Towns will usher in 4 consecutive away games, successively challenging Changchun Yatai, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Qingdao Manatee and Shandong Taishan, and returning to the home stadium to face Henan team after four consecutive aways. Jiang Zhipeng's comeback will have to wait until October 18 for the home match against Zhejiang, when the league is nearing its end, and he only has three league games left after the ban is lifted.
Fortunately, at present, Wuhan Three Towns is ranked 9th in the standings with 26 points, with a difference of 8 points from the relegation zone, and the pressure of relegation is not great. Therefore, Jiang Zhipeng was punished so heavily this time, at least it did not have much impact on the team's relegation.
Regarding this fine, Li Xuan, a media person from the "Football" newspaper, was not surprised, and bluntly said that the Football Association has cracked down on insulting match officials this season.