Poor attendances continued pre-YOG, but the latest episode in our local league would leave football administrators scratching their heads in their quest towards a league with filled stadiums and entertaining football.
The Young Lions in an attempt to upstage their younger counterparts, the Cubs, decided to get involved in a huge brawl last night at the Jalan Besar Stadium. But frankly speaking, in all honesty without bias, the Beijing Guoan team played dirty and provoked the Young Lions into the fight.
The disgusting nature of their football, time-wasting accompanied by horrendous tackles (X-rated tackle at 1:52), led to the fight between the two sides towards the end of the game.
What's more sickening was the way the Beijing substitutes rushing onto the field to assault the Young Lions (Watch 2:22). The Young Lions should not have reacted and retaliated, but watching the video, you will realise that even a religious goody-two-shoe would find it impossible to suppress the animal in him. And there was some cowardly fighting (2:32) when a Beijing Guoan player kicks out at a Young Lion while he's down.
I certainly hope the authorities punish those who were involved in the brawl, team officials included.
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