Guangzhou team fired Guan Haojin for serious foul in AFC Champions League
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 16 (Xinhua) — Guangzhou Football Club issued a penalty notice on its official website on the 16th, giving player Guan Haojin a penalty of criticism and immediate dismissal.
In the first match of the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage on the 15th, the Guangzhou team, which played with young players, lost 0:5 to the Johor Bahru team of Malaysia. In the 70th minute, Guan Haojin, the defender of the Guangzhou team, was sent off for allegedly pulling and pedaling while fighting for the ball with the opposing player Bergsson.
The Guangzhou team stated in the penalty notice that the player Guan Haojin committed a serious foul during the game and was directly sent off with a red card, which seriously violated the “Guangzhou Football Club Players’ “Three Nines” Team Rules; The “Double Ten” Team Rules of the Club Coaching Staff”. After the club’s research, it was decided: to give the player Guan Haojin the punishment of reporting criticism and immediate expulsion; giving the coaching staff the punishment of reporting criticism, the head coach’s salary will be reduced by three levels, and the assistant coach’s salary will be reduced by one level.