Soccer in our country, has morphed from a purely competitive event into a feast full of entertainment, whether it is a fierce competition on the field, or under the field of gossip, are people overwhelmed. The Chinese Super League is a frequent referee farce, even the Football Association had to apologize to the Nantong club for a ridiculous offside penalty. Recently, Chinese soccer once again staged a jaw-dropping farce: a coach suffered a red card penalty, but directly to the referee a loud slap, and then fell to the ground, was rushed to the hospital ...
This bizarre incident happened in the 15th round of the Central League, when Nanjing City hosted Liaoning Shenyang City. At the end of the first half, Nanjing was leading 1-0. In stoppage time, Nanjing started to attack, and after making contact with the opponent, Liaoning's foreign aid complained to the referee about the Nanjing player's elbow, but the referee ignored it.
Liaoning's foreign aid insisted that the referee give an explanation, but the referee ended up giving him a yellow card. Faced with this penalty, the Liaoning coaching staff became agitated and protested on the sidelines. The referee did not budge and quickly ran to the sidelines and showed the Liaoning assistant coach a yellow card.
At this point, Duan Xin, Liaoning's head coach, witnessed the referee pulling out the yellow card and became anxious, reaching out to try to retrieve it and pointing at the referee in a loud voice of questioning. The referee, enraged at the sight, pocketed the yellow card, pulled out the red card from his chest and waved it at Duan Xin - the red card was shown!
However, Duan Xin's reaction was beyond everyone's expectation as he slapped the referee without hesitation, a move that caused the referee to take a few steps backward. Liaoning players quickly stepped forward to stop the referee, while Duan Xin suddenly fell to the ground and the scene was thrown into chaos. Later, Duan Xin was sent to the hospital.
The 62-year-old coach, after this incident, perhaps should consider retirement. It is understood that Duan Xin was born in 1961, an age group that often suffers from cardiovascular or heart disease, and this fainting after slapping a referee may be the result of a heart problem.
Did the referees actually do something wrong in this game? In terms of the rules, the referee's call was not obviously wrong, but just stricter on Liaoning. But Duan Xin's slapping of the referee is irreparable, and according to the rules, he will be suspended for at least half a year.
Prior to this, two coaches in the Chinese Super League have already been suspended for attacking referees: Shandong Taishan head coach Kucka was banned from the bench for seven months and fined 140,000 yuan for hitting an assistant referee in the player's tunnel, while Henan foreigner Dorado was suspended for 12 months for intentionally striking referee Maning.
Will the 62-year-old Duan Xin choose to just announce his retirement when he faces a suspension? That may be the most important question for him to consider at this point.
