Advertisement
The East Stand | Hackers and death threats: Chinese Super League red card leads to bizarre social media war of words and club fine
- Post on accounting reported to belong to Shandong Luneng player’s wife tells rival player ‘I’d like to live-stream slapping you to death’
- Dalian Yifang fine Li Shuai US$75,000 and demote him to reserves before Chinese FA issue their punishment for sending off
Reading Time:2 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
Dalian Yifang footballer Li Shuai has been involved in a bizarre incident involving hackers, online trolls and a rival player’s wife.
Advertisement
The strange turn of events came following Li’s dismissal in the Chinese Super League game between Shandong Luneng and his side at the weekend.
The left back was sent off after raising his arms to the face of Shandong Luneng’s Wu Xinghan following a heated exchange between the pair.
Although referee Ma Ning missed the incident it was pointed out to him by the video assistant referee and he subsequently showed Li a second yellow of the game. Dalian held on to win the game 1-0.
Li issued two apologies via his own Weibo where he expressed his regret at letting down his team and the fans, while lamenting his failure to keep his emotions in check in the face of provocation.
Advertisement
Advertisement