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Shenhua midfielder Qin Sheng punished by club for stamping on Axel Witsel's foot
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SHANGHAI Greenland Shenhua midfielder Qin Sheng was fined 300,000 yuan (US$43,400) and sent to the second-tier team by his club after deliberately stamping on the foot of Tianjin Quanjian’s Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel in their Chinese Super League match at Hongkou Football Stadium on Saturday. Qin was given a direct red card and Shenhua had to play with 10 men in the rest 75 minutes of their 1-1 draw.
The punishments were announced by the club through its official Weibo account five hours after the match.
“In the 24th minute, Greenland Shenhua player Qin Sheng deliberately stamped on the foot of his opponent in the box, and was shown a red card by the referee. His manners were against sportsmanship,” said the statement.
Qin was ordered to make a public apology and was “relegated” to the club’s second team, meaning he would not be playing in the CSL for a while. Also, the 30-year-old Dalian native was fined 300,000 yuan by the club for breaking the team’s regulation of committing fouls that are against sportsmanship.
“The club will see his attitude and follow-up performances, and decide whether to cut his annual salary,” said the statement. “When purchasing competitive achievements, the club will not loosen its management over players… We will take this as a lesson and avoid incidents like this.”
Qin wrote several apologies through his personal social communication accounts before the club’s statement.
“Exciting match but stupid foul,” he wrote in the apologies. “My personal manner affected the whole team. I want to apologize to the fans, club officials and coaches, as well as my pals fighting together on the pitch. As a professional player, I should not make such ‘revenge’ but respect referee’s decision. What I did hurt the opponent players, and affected my teammates’ emotion.”
National team member Qin joined Shenhua from Liaoning Whowin last year, and has been known for his “bad tempers.” In a CFA Cup final match in 2013, Qin, representing Guangzhou Evergrande, kicked Guizhou Renhe’s Bosnian striker Zlatan Muslimovic in face when fighting for a ball. Muslimovic suffered a nasal fracture, and had to go back to his country for a surgery.
When playing for China against Netherlands in a friendly in Beijing on June 11, 2013, Qin tackled down Netherlands midfielder Jonathan de Guzman and was given a direct red card by the referee.
Qin’s foul on Saturday was described as “unnecessary” by Shenhua manager Gus Poyet at the post-match press conference. The match was broadcasted live by China’s Central Television, as well as Sky Sports.
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