The Football Association will thoroughly investigate the incident of Tianjin players chasing and beating the referee, and the players involved may face a lifetime ban.

by sisi1212 on 2009-07-29 09:51:16

The pursuit and attack on the referee by Tianjin all-male football team in the National Games was like a bomb. Yesterday morning Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association held an urgent meeting and made a decision to punish Tianjin all-male football team in the National Games. The decision was to cancel the qualification of Tianjin all-male football team to participate in the final stage of the 11th National Games, cancel the qualification for selection of sports ethics and style award, order to submit inspection within 24 hours, and submit the relevant law-breaking players to the Discipline Committee for further punishment. It is understood that several players who participated in the pursuit and attack on the referee might even receive the heaviest penalty - lifetime ban.