Beijing time on July 23, a shocking Chinese soccer heavy news came. 2023 first division league round 15, Nanjing and Liaoning Shenyang game, Liaoning Shenyang's coach Duan Xin by the referee Chen Hao's red card, directly with his hand slapped the referee Chen Hao a slap.
At the end of the first half of Nanjing's match against Liaoning Shenyang, the Liaoning Shenyang player complained to referee Chen Hao that he was elbowed by a Nanjing player. During the argument with referee Chen Hao, the Shenyang City player was shown a yellow card by referee Chen Hao.
The penalty upset the Liaoning coaching staff, and then referee Chen Hao ran to the sidelines and showed yellow cards to members of the Liaoning coaching staff. Duan Xin, the Liaoning Shenyang coach, stepped forward to stop them, and then Chen Hao showed the red card. At this point, Duan Xin completely lost his mind and slapped Chen Hao hard.
Then an even more shocking scene occurred when Liaoning Shenyang coach Duan Xin slapped referee Chen Hao and fainted right on the sidelines before being dragged away in an ambulance.
Northern fans are no strangers to Duan Xin's name. Duan Xin, 62, was the head coach of Heilongjiang Bingcheng Football Club and is currently the head coach of Shenyang City Football Club in Liaoning Province.
In 2003, Duan Xin led the Shenyang youth soccer team to win the National Youth League Championship, in 2005, Liaoning soccer won the third place in the Tenth Games, in 2013, Harbin Yiteng won the second place in the First Division League, and the thirteenth National Games men's city group competition won the silver medal of the National Games. It can be said that Duan Xin is a generation of famous northern soccer coaches.
Some fans questioned that Duan Xin fainted after the referee, but that was not the case. Duan Xin himself suffers from high blood pressure and after emergency treatment, he had no serious health problems. After relevant communication from the Liaoning Shenyang City Music Department, Duan Xin and the first team management realized the seriousness of the mistake and immediately approached the match supervisor and duty referee and apologized for the irrational behavior. Officials of Liaoning Shenyang City said that the Music Department will carry out internal rectification of the team's problems in accordance with the latest industry rectification requirements of the State General Administration of Sport.
The beaten referee Chen Hao has also become the focus of public attention, and was also found by fans to be black history. Years ago, he was "suspended for 55 minutes for catching a plane" during a Central League reserve team match between Hangzhou Greentown and Meizhou Hakka.
Hangzhou Greentown Club has said:Â "Wuhua County is located in a remote area, 120 kilometers away from the nearest airport in the vicinity, which is still a small airport. It is very inconvenient to travel. We did ask the match supervisors to start the match earlier as we had to catch the only flight of the day. Hangzhou Greentown has handed over specific related matters to the CFA in the form of a report." The CFA also intervened to investigate the matter, but ultimately there was no result related to punishment.
It was inevitable that Duan Xin would be punished by the Chinese Football Association. There have been violent acts against referees in previous Chinese professional soccer leagues, all of which have been punished by the Chinese Football Association. Former Shandong Luneng manager Kucka was banned for seven months after fighting with first assistant referee Zhan Wei. Dorado was also banned for a year after colliding with referee Ma Ning.
After the incident, many fans who watched the incident said that it was really popular to see the referee being beaten up. Such comments are obviously too extreme. Whether the referee was at fault or not, he shouldn't have attacked him with violence directly on the field of play. Even if he is really a black whistle, he should be punished by legal means.
However, from this incident, the CFA should also take notice and reflect. Chinese fans who have watched the Chinese First Division obviously feel that the referee had many incredible decisions in many matches, some of which are far from being defined by the level of the referee, nor can they be described as official whistles or home whistles. There may be something beyond the competitive element of soccer that requires investigation and intervention by the relevant authorities. Never let our Chinese First Division become a hotbed of gambling and match-fixing.
