Is this UFC? Violent foul play in China's serious amateur league → Media is also shaking its head, unconventional
Jul 07, 2025
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On the 7th, Chinese media Wang Yi announced the disciplinary decision against Yang Xiaotian, the 28th player of Nanjing, on the 6th. According to the announcement, in the 39th minute of the first half of the match against Suzhou in Nanjing in the sixth round of the league, Yang Xiaotian was judged to have committed ungentlemanly behavior and had a bad influence on society. As a result, a one-game suspension has been imposed based on league regulations and takes effect immediately,' the report said.
The incident took place in a local amateur league in Jiangsu Province, not in the Super League, a Chinese professional league. Since 2025, Jiangsu has created a regional amateur league. Now, some players who are not competitive at the professional level are also participating, but most of them are amateurs. However, the league is currently attracting attention from all over China due to its huge box office hit. It has better crowd mobilization than the Chinese Super League.
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The reason is that Yang Xiaotian is a former professional Chinese soccer player. Yang Xiaoten, a defender, is a player who played for professional teams such as Jiangsu Suning, Guangzhou City, and Changzhou. Yang Xiaoten, born in 1990, is a veteran who won the FA Cup in 2015 and the Super League with Jiangsu Suning. He joined the Nanjing team in March this year.
Even if a professional player sets an example in the amateur league, he committed a shocking foul that hit an amateur player in the neck. Wang Yi said, "'The fact that professional players on the verge of retirement joined the city league was to improve the quality of the league through their professional spirit and dignity and to set an example for amateur players. He believed it would raise the level of the game and add to the fans' interest. However, Yang Xiaotian criticized that he created a scene that was rather 'abnormal' with his ungentlemanly behavior.
Wang then said 'Yang Xiaotian's behavior seems to be more of a habit than intentional. This reveals that some Chinese professional players still have low professionalism and bad habits. Professional athletes should be superior to amateurs in terms of skills and understanding of tactics, and even if they are on the verge of retirement, there is no reason to act ungentlemanly. In the end, this is caused by a long-standing bad habit, which even criticized the level of the Chinese professional league.
This is also expected to be an additional controversy as only one game of suspension is given to players who deliberately hit their opponents.
Meanwhile, the amateur league game between Nanjing and Suzhou attracted more than 60,000 spectators, setting a record for the largest number of spectators in Chinese amateur league history.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
