On the night of August 28th, Henan Songshan Dragons faced Guangzhou in the 15th round of the Chinese Super League at their home stadium. During the match, some Songshan Longmen fans hung banners in the stands to say goodbye to Dorado, who was banned for one year, and posed with a black-and-white photo of referee Manning (the target of Dorado's attack) as their avatar, making a "goodbye picture". The move was widely denounced and criticized, and the CFA quickly intervened to investigate and is expected to take punitive measures against the Songshan Dragons and their home ground.
Although Songshan Dragons beat Guangzhou 2-1 in the game on the night of 28th, which was a gift for the 28th anniversary of the team, the irrational behavior of some fans under the influence of Dorado's disciplinary and heavy penalty incident still aroused concern. They openly displayed a "farewell statue" with Manning's photo in the stands. The incident quickly spread through the Internet, triggering strong reactions from inside and outside the soccer community, which generally condemned such behavior.
According to the news, the CFA is also highly concerned about the incident and has launched an investigation. According to the regulations, the home club is directly responsible for the behavior of its home fans, especially the violations, and once the investigation confirms the relevant facts, the Songshan Dragons and their home district will face unavoidable punishment.
Mt. Dragon team side for the occurrence of this incident expressed regret. Club personnel revealed that a total of 4656 fans through the real name system way to enter, security personnel more than 1300, the ratio of security personnel and fans as high as 1 to 3.43. In accordance with the provisions of all the plan to hang out the content of the banner need to be submitted to the club before the game to audit, to be audited and approved before the game before the day before the layout. However, "due to the sudden change of weather on that day, many people were wearing thick clothes, the security personnel could not carry out strict security checks like those at airports or high-speed rail stations, and the club did not have the authority to do so. As you can notice, some of the banner materials were very thin, if they were thicker, they could not have been brought into the venue." Club officials explained.
Nonetheless, it is regrettable that such incidents occur, and clubs and tournaments have to take responsibility for them. The CFA will also decide on the appropriate penalties for this incident.
