Chapter 515: The Carnival of the Media
A game of the Charity Shield, which was not very important, did not expect to turn into the most severe on-field violence in the history of the Premier League, which may not have even been expected by Campbell, who maliciously tackled Yang Fan on the pitch at the beginning, right?!
In one game, the referee showed seven red cards, two players left the field injured, three players started to beat people, and many people maliciously fouled, almost trying to abolish the posture of the opposing players. Therefore, what happened in this game can be said to not only shocked the football world, but also caused repercussions from all sides.
Ferguson knew that the impact of the incident was bad, and in order to help his disciple reduce the punishment, Manchester United acted quickly this time, on the night of the game. submitted a detailed report on the game to the English FA, in the report, although the Manchester United team did not avoid Tevez and Yang Fan's hand-beating behavior, but they particularly emphasized that the occurrence of this qiē was based on the premise that Portsmouth's player Campbell deliberately tackled Yang Fan's unsportsmanlike behavior, which means that without Campbell's malicious injury, there would have been no violent clashes later! What is shown in Manchester United's report is that Yang Fan and Tevez are at fault, but, in a certain way, these two are not victims, especially Yang Fan, who was directly injured by Campbell and is still lying in the hospital.
This was the club's response at Ferguson's request, they wanted to "strike first", put pressure on the FA, and in short, try to reduce the punishment for Yang Fan and Tevez.
“…… The Charity Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth saw massive clashes between players on and off the pitch......"
"It was the most violent clash on the pitch in the history of the Premier League, with almost all players from both sides involved in the clashes, and referee Bol showed a total of seven red cards......"
In the TV picture, Campbell maliciously tackled Yang Fan, and the players of the two sides clashed, and then Tevez sneaked up on Campbell's success, and the Argentine gave Campbell a punch, and was randomly knocked down by Diop with a punch......
Then the picture turned, and then cut to the sidelines, Yang Fan, who was injured and left the field, got off the stretcher, was hugged by the team doctor and teammates, and there was a verbal exchange between them, at this time, Diop, who was sent off, came over, Manchester United's 35 million pound gentleman, with his hands on the shoulders of the two people who supported him, flew up and kicked on the small belly of the tall Diop, and the Senegalese screamed and fell to the ground...... This immediately sparked an even greater conflict.
The scene switched again, to the stands, Manchester United players and Portsmouth players fought together, the fans on both sides in the stadium stands were not idle, the two sides broke out fierce clashes, some fans dismantled their seats as grenades, smashed at each other, riot police rushed out, brandishing batons and shields, forming a human wall......
Yang Fan was already at Waterbridge Hospital in Manchester at this time, which is the designated hospital of Manchester United club.
Yang Fan was lying on the hospital bed, nibbling on an apple.
The agent Baker was looking at him helplessly, he really didn't expect Yang Fan to make such a big move in the first official game for Manchester United.
Just now, he said everything that should have been said, but he didn't know if Yang Fan listened to it. In the past, Baker admired Yang Fan's personality, perseverance and assertiveness, but now he has a headache about this.
"You're a celebrity now. Baker said, pointing to the TV screen.
"Wasn't I famous before?" Yang Fan said.
Mr. Baker pouted, meaning that I was not in the mood to argue with you, "Well, I won't say anything superfluous, and you'll only be more annoyed...... This time it's such a big deal, the FA will definitely punish you heavily, have you ever thought about this?"
"Yes. Yang Fan nodded, "I hope the result won't be too bad." ”
"Seeing you like this, I thought you weren't worried at all. Baker said angrily.
"How could I not be worried. Yang Fan snorted, "Michael, guess what, how will they be punished?"
"Bans are indispensable, and now it's up to them how many times they're going to be banned. "And fines." ”
"It's not going to ban me for the whole season. Yang Fan said.
"Not really. However, it is definitely a heavy penalty. Baker thought about it, thought about it for a long time, and didn't find such a case to refer to, because, such a strict stadium conflict is rare in European football, he has a headache, this Yang Fan will really create history.
Yang Fan is the most important player under his banner now, he is his cash cow, no matter how much headache he has, he has to help solve the problem, he stood up: "You have a good rest, I should go." ”
He made an appointment with Ferguson to meet, and the two of them had to work together to figure out how to help Yang Fan reduce the punishment as much as possible.
It's a headache to think about.
"Good work, Michael. ”
"If you give me less trouble, I'll thank God. ”
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"The FA said it was shocked by the clash of players born at the Millennium Stadium last night, and Bavik has said the FA has zero tolerance for violent clashes on the pitch...... This suggests that players clashing between the two sides will likely be subject to heavy penalties. ”
"Ferguson slammed Campbell's malicious and hurtful behaviour and reiterated that the Portsmouth defenders were the real culprits......
“…… Portsmouth manager Redknapp accused Yang Fan of being the executioner, claiming that he would not fancy such a player, let alone £35 million, even if it was given away for nothing......
Redknapp's words angered Manchester United fans, who thought he couldn't eat grapes and said that grapes were sour, and Manchester United fans expressed their support for Yang Fan...... Redknapp's home in Portsmouth was tossed with horse manure ......"
"There is a big war of words in the media in Manchester and Portsmouth. Portsmouth angrily denounced Yang Fan as a butcher, while the Manchester media slammed Campbell for his malicious and hurtful behavior, with both sides angrily denouncing the other as the executioner......
"The latest news, Diop, who was injured by Yang Fanfei in the game, has been treated in the hospital, and the attending physician Martino said that the Senegalese have mild symptoms of internal bleeding, and he described the Senegalese as if he had been kicked by a running bull...... Fortunately, Diop's body is strong, otherwise he would have been more seriously injured. ”
According to information from Senegal, Diop's mother, who was watching the match in front of the television, broke down in tears when she saw her son being kicked in the air, and the poor mother was visibly terrified...... The poor mother angrily denounced Yang Fan's violent actions, claiming that she never imagined that her son playing football would be so dangerous......"
Campbell said he would not forgive Tevez, saying that he was despised by the Argentines for sneak attacks, saying that the Argentines would only sneak attack, just as they had done in the early days of the Falklands War. ”
"Manchester United have rejected all requests to interview Yang Fan and Tevez, and there have been rumours that Tevez has been filmed visiting Yang Fan at Waterbridge Hospital, and laughter can be heard in the ward, which may anger the Portsmouthers......"
The media in England also did not expect that the new Premier League season had not officially started, and there was such a big meal, and they didn't need to deliberately dig up the news, just this big meal would be able to make them eat and drink for a while.
According to a private survey, Fleet Street is now so fond of Yang Fan that they say Manchester United's decision to spend a lot of money to bring in the Chinese star is fantastic, and it is a great benefit for media workers.
In China, there are two very different views on the violent clashes on the pitch, especially about Yang Fanfei's kicking of opponents. One point of view is to criticize and denounce Yang Fan's behavior as bad, which is to smear the image of Chinese football that is not good again, which will make the outside world's inherent impression of Chinese football's roughness and barbarism even deeper. These people also said that Yang Fan is really a black sheep, no wonder the Chinese Football Association expelled such a player from the team. It is worth mentioning that behind the experts who hold such remarks, there is a faint shadow of the Chinese Football Association, and they finally found an opportunity to criticize Yang Fan to breathe a sigh of relief.
Another point of view is to support Yang Fan, they believe that Yang Fan's kick has kicked out the blood of Chinese players, and when it is time to shoot, they will shoot, and there is no ambiguity. Moreover, they think that Yang Fan was able to hold back and not explode when he was maliciously tackled by Campbell, which is already commendable, and this time he only shot for Tevez, which speaks for itself.
The media hype is hot, Manchester United and Portsmouth FC are also constantly publicizing, both sides want the other player's players to be heavily punished, and their own players can be punished lightly.
Manchester United and Portsmouth, these two teams were not rivals before, but it is clear that after this clash, the Premier League has added a pair of bitter rivals.
The FA said they were studying the footage of the match and the media was buzzing ahead of the penalty results.
During this time, for the local media in England, it is simply a holiday, and there are news points that can be hyped up every day...... Some English media even joked that they planned to order a doll with Yang Fan's comic image, and the Chinese star, who had dedicated such a big event as soon as he came to the Premier League, had a certain possibility that he was regarded as a mascot by media workers......
In this context, the FA has announced the results of the punishment for the violent clashes on the pitch of the Charity Shield final.
The FA, which has always been procrastinating, showed a rare quick efficiency this time, and actually announced the penalty results before the opening game of the Premier League.