As the first phase of this season's Chinese Super League draws to a close, Shandong Taishan's performance has been as bright as the stars, and its momentum has shown the king's demeanor. Currently, the team has accumulated 33 points in 14 rounds of the tournament, while the performance of the other giants, Beijing Guoan, is a little flat, after 13 rounds, only 1 point behind the fourth-ranked Hebei team, in the Suzhou region is only ranked fifth, the initiative to compete for the title has been lost.
The Riverhounds' bid for the championship bracket looked to be in good hands.
However, the CFA has long had its sights set on the Hebei team. Just yesterday, Hebei team staff Jin Ri was sentenced to a five-game suspension for disciplinary reasons in the match between Hebei and Guoan; today, the CFA also penalized Hebei player Zhang Chengdong!
On August 13, the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) issued a notice announcing that Hebei's No. 28 player, Zhang Chengdong, had been suspended for five matches and fined 50,000 yuan!
Together with a red card he received earlier, the 31-year-old international has accumulated a six-match suspension this time around.
In the match between Changchun Yatai and Hebei, Zhang Chengdong suddenly lost control of his emotions at the end of the game and pushed the on-site referee, which the CFA considered an extremely bad violation and therefore severely punished him.
In addition to Zhang Chengdong, another player in the clash, Wang Peng, was also penalized by the CFA with a two-game suspension and a 20,000 fine.
From an objective point of view, the amount of this fine is not large, if placed in previous years, such a fine can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. However, in the past two seasons, many teams in the Chinese Super League have had difficulties in their operations, and some teams have even defaulted on their wages for a long time. Many players may not have received wages for a long time, and then fined you 50,000, 100,000, the players are expected to have a hard time!
Zhang Chengdong's six-game suspension puts Hebei's future in jeopardy!
