Chinese soccer is now more entertaining than competitive, it's really become an entertainment program, with much more exciting on and off the field lace-up matches. There are all kinds of refereeing farces in the Chinese Super League, and even the Football Association has apologized to the Nantong club for an outrageous offside misjudgment. This time, the scene that happened in China A is even more bizarre:The team's coach slapped the referee directly after being penalized by the referee's red card, and then fainted and was sent to the hospital...
Slapping the referee! The head coach of Liaoning in the Central League slapped the referee after he saw red and then fainted himself and was taken to the hospital:
This bizarre scene took place in the 15th round of the Central League, Nanjing City's home match against Liaoning Shenyang City.
In the first half, Nanjing started the game with a temporary lead of 1-0. In the first half of extra time, Nanjing launched an attack and Liaoning's foreign aid made physical contact with the opponent at the top. After landing on the ground, he complained to the referee about Nanjing's elbow action, but the referee ignored it.
Liaoning's foreign aid insisted on asking the referee for an explanation, and the referee really gave it to him: nagging, a yellow card.
The Liaoning coaching staff resigned and protested on the sidelines. The referee's ears were true as he immediately ran from the center of the field to the sidelines and showed the Liaoning assistant coach a yellow card for wearing a training undershirt.
At this point, Liaoning head coach Duan Xin saw the referee take out the yellow card and got anxious. He went straight to his hand and tried to press the referee's card back, pointing at the referee and saying something. Seeing the fire, the referee put the yellow card in his pocket, took out the red card directly from his chest, and raised it at Duan Xin - you! The red card comes out!
Said to come late, when it was quick, the moment Duan Xin saw the red card, he slapped him like a bull seeing a red rag, he didn't even think about it! The slap took everyone by surprise and made the referee take a few steps backwards!
The Liaoning players come over to stop the referee. At that moment, Duan Xin, who had just finished hitting the referee, suddenly collapsed! The scene was chaotic! Then Duan Xin was sent to the hospital.
With this slap down, it's time for Duan Xin to retire and enjoy his old age:
Liaoning head coach Duan Xin was born in 1961 and is now 62 years old. It's not uncommon for people in this age group to have some minor cardiovascular or heart problems, most likely dizziness after taking a red card and hitting the referee angrily.
What did the referee do wrong in this game? Rules wise there was no big mistake, every card could have been justified, it just seemed too strict for Liaoning.
But Duan Xin has another reason, slapping the referee has become a reality. According to the rules, it's at least a six-month suspension.
Prior to this, there were two precedents of attacking referees in the Chinese Super League:Shandong Taishan head coach Kucka was banned from the bench and fined 140,000 yuan for seven months after hitting an assistant referee in the players' channel; Henan foreign aid player Dorado was fined a 12-month suspension for intentionally knocking down referee Maning during a game.
Will Duan Xin, 62, simply announce his retirement after deciding on the suspension penalty?
