Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Aftermath of the Race
Although it was just an ordinary game in the N north London derby, this game caused an uproar, the result of the game was not mentioned for the time being, the grievances between the two sides were put aside for the time being, and some of the situations that occurred in the game touched the nerves of many people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The boycott of the Arsenal players has won most praise, and while there is still a small number of people who believe that it may lead to frequent boycotts in future matches, the Arsenal players' behaviour of saying no to "racism" has been supported by all the mainstream media and most of the fans.
At the post-match press conference, Arsene Wenger first challenged the management of the Tottenham team, saying that the Spurs team put this kind of sign with racist slogans into the stadium was deliberate and premeditated, and that the Spurs team should be responsible for the incident and should apologize to Liu Han for being discriminated against.
However, Tottenham Hotspur manager Graham said left and right in the press conference, did not respond positively to Wenger's criticism and reporters' questions, and he also gave an opinion to the referee who officiated the game, he believed that the referee was suspected of favoring the Arsenal team.
When asked by a reporter what he thought of today's game, Liu Han said: "When I came to London on the first day, most people were talking about the bad weather, and then I gradually got used to this kind of behavior of talking about the weather as soon as we met, and I think this place can accommodate me like this The pre-professional players are very generous and that makes me grateful for the city, but when I saw the sign on the pitch, I didn't feel that it was as easy to accept me as it seemed. However, I would like to say here to those who do not like me, you can insult me, but not my race, I am against violence, but I will show my attitude with victory. ”
Liu Han's direct but not humble and arrogant speech was later reprinted by many media, and his professional attitude was also praised by many people, after experiencing such humiliation, Liu Han did not think about doing something to the Tottenham players on the field, but worked hard to treat the game and won with goals, and many Premier League celebrities have expressed their support for Liu Han.
After the game, the FA soon launched an investigation into the racist signs at Tottenham's home stadium, and the referee's "impartial" report was quickly handed over to the FA as evidence.
Just when the management of the Tottenham team was a little anxious, the British Chinese community also added fuel to the fire, and the British Chinese Entrepreneurs Association first protested to Tottenham and said that if there was no apology, they would directly organize a Chinese demonstration.
When Liu Han was in the NBA, he had won the support of the global Chinese with his achievements, many old Chinese or Chinese Americans who had never been in contact with basketball at all knew that there was a compatriot superstar in the NBA, and these Chinese who came in the blue wisps of the road were not less discriminated against before, and now there is finally a young man who has won glory for them, of course they have to support him, not to mention that this young man is now in the limelight in the Premier League, and he has become a collective idol of the global Chinese, so as soon as the incident at Tottenham's home stadium happened, It immediately caused a strong reaction among the Chinese community.
The Tottenham Hotspur home incident culminated in a statement from the Chinese Consulate General in the UK that it would closely monitor the racially discriminatory incident.
With the continuous reform and opening up of the country, China's economy has been growing at a high rate of nearly 10% per year, which makes their position in the international arena slowly become important, the Asian financial crisis in 1998 began to spread to the world, but China did not move, and even successfully sniped the international tour capital in Hong Kong, so that Soros, who had been invincible before, had to retreat, which made the British government pay more and more attention to the relationship with China, Although there have been some dirty quarrels between the two countries over the Hong Kong issue, no one will get along with interests, so the Chinese government's statement this time has also made the British attach great importance to it.
In such a situation, the management of the Tottenham team immediately responded, first apologizing to Liu Han, who was treated unfairly, and then immediately dismissing the person in charge of the White Hart Lane stadium, which can be regarded as abandoning the car to protect the coach.
The FA also imposed penalties immediately after that, with Tottenham being fined £50,000 for racial slogans at home and banned fans from three of Tottenham's home games.
A brand, but made a much-talked-about north London derby a joke, Tottenham not only lost the game, but was also attacked by a group, and even suffered financially, so to speak, it can be said that the real losers lost.
The fans who brought discriminatory slogans to the stadium face a month in prison and hundreds of hours of community service.
In fact, English football has been greatly punished for the behavior of these radical fans, after the Heysel tragedy, English league teams at all levels were banned from participating in European competitions for five years, and Liverpool was banned from participating for seven years, and the notoriety of English football hooligans spread far and wide. Since the 80s, the British government has carried out a vigorous rectification of football violence and racial discrimination on the pitch, creating archives for football hooligans and some racist fans, and even banning them from entering the stadium, which has led to the transformation of the image of British football and fans.
Now the violence on the pitch has decreased a lot, but racism still exists, and in recent years, the Premier League has become more and more popular, and players from many other countries and even races have gone to the United Kingdom to participate in the English League, which makes the Premier League expected to surpass Serie A and become the first league in Europe, so racial discrimination will obviously hinder the development of the Premier League, and at the same time, once it is flooded, it will also plunge into turmoil in British society with many immigrants, which is not in the interests of most people, and Liu Han is not just an ordinary player, He has a large number of fans around the world, including basketball fans and football fans, and he has the largest number of racial supporters in the world behind him, which makes Tottenham only the unlucky one, maybe this incident was just the brainstorm of the people below, but since it has happened, it is bound to be punished. (To be continued.) )