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China's top 10 sports scandals: Football fan kicks ref for red card
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-12-28 10:19
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Qingdao fans smash a car they believe belonged to the referee Wang Zhe after the Chinese Super League match between Qingdao and Shanghai outside the Tiantai Stadium in Qingdao, July 25, 2010. [Photo/CFP] |
"The man was definitely not on the staff of our club. He was just an emotional fan. And The referee failed to control the game well – perhaps he was too young."
- Yu Tao, general manager of the Qingdao club
Chinese soccer fans have many ways of letting off their dissatisfactions. They abuse. They spit. They throw bottles… This time, they kick referees. An enraged fan invaded the pitch, karate-kicked referee Wang Zhe and shoved a linesman after two players on his home team Qingdao Jonoon were sent off within three minutes during the club's 0-2 loss to Shanghai Shenhua in a Chinese Super League match on July 25, 2010. If that wasn't entertaining enough, around 100 fans also smashed a car they believe belonged to the referee. The karate-kicking fan later turned out to be an interpreter for the Korean players on the Qingdao team.
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A pitch intruder (2nd R) kicks the referee Wang Zhe (R) during the Chinese Super League match between Qingdao and Shanghai at Tiantai Stadium in Qingdao, July 25, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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The Qingdao club staff (R) argues with a linesman as the team receives a red card after a foul on a Shanghai player during their Chinese Super League match at Tiantai Stadium in Qingdao, July 25, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] |