(Source: China Daily)
On July 26th, Beijing time, in the 30th Anniversary Tour of the 2015 Donghai Cup Hong Kong Star Football Team held in dongxing city Sports Center, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Hong Kong Star Team led by Alan Tam, Felix Wong Yat Wa, Chen Baixiang and Luo Jiaying played against Dongxing Team. Due to the disparity in strength, the Hong Kong Star Team led Dongxing Team 6-1 in the first half, and scored another goal in the second half, making the score 7-1. I thought the game would end like this, but no one expected that a conflict broke out between the two teams 12 minutes before the end. The conflict was caused by the excessive tackle of Dongxing team members, which knocked down the Hong Kong star team players. All the Hong Kong team members rushed into the stadium at once, and then the small-scale conflict turned into a large-scale European group. Even if the commentator shouted for the players to calm down, it didn’t play any role.
Not long ago, an exchange match between Beijing whirlwind American football team and Hong Kong killer whale team turned into a "boxing match". This time, it was a friendly match between Hong Kong and the mainland, but it ended in a bad fight. Dongxing team is behind by a big score, and the players have begun to become irritable and their movements are getting bigger and bigger. These stars of the Hong Kong Star Team are all old. How can they turn a blind eye to the unreasonable foul and reckless tackle of the other side? According to the eyewitness’s recollection, the two sides were still cursing at the same time, and even more, Felix Wong Yat Wa of the Hong Kong Star Team used a trick to knock down three members of Dongxing Team.
The commentator has been shouting loudly that both sides should be restrained and calm, but it still does not help. Seeing that the situation was not good, the security guards and armed police then entered the venue to stop and interrupted the game in advance. It is reported that all the players of the Hong Kong Star Team immediately left the stadium with their luggage, without giving the organizer any chance to coordinate. After the reception dinner, the atmosphere between the two sides was fairly harmonious and was not affected by the conflict in the game.
The Hong Kong Star Team has always taken charity as its theme, raising hundreds of millions of yuan over the years, and its influence is very broad. This match with Dongxing is the second stop of the national tour, which aims to strengthen communication with Dongxing football and promote young people’s love for football. Fight? Group fight? Promote the development of youth football? Both the big names of the Hong Kong Star Team and the players of Dongxing Team should reflect on it. Football is football, and the game is always second. Football violence and even sports violence must be resolutely opposed by everyone. I hope that both sides of sports competitions can put friendship first, and I hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future.