Raf
17-07-2000, 09:10 PM
Found this on Soccernet. Looks like the boys want to get out of there as soon as possible...
Chinese fans erupt in five-hour rampage
BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an used tear gas to dispel football fans who went on a five-hour rampage over a disputed penalty decision, the China Soccer newspaper reported on Monday.
Supporters of second division Shaanxi Guoli turned on the referee after he refused the home side an injury time penalty on Saturday and the match with Chengdu Wuniu ended in a 1-1 draw.
Scores of angry Shaanxi fans then clashed with Chengdu supporters before taking their protests to the streets of the ancient Chinese capital, where onlookers joined the fracas.
The rioters stoned passing cars with licence plates from the province of Sichuan, home of the Chengdu side, and were getting ready to storm local government offices when they were dispersed with tear gas, the newspaper said.
There were no reports of injuries, it said.
The newspaper said Xi'an squads had figured in eight of the 42 cases in which the China Fooball Association had meted out formal punishments since professional play began in the country in 1995.
Chinese fans erupt in five-hour rampage
BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an used tear gas to dispel football fans who went on a five-hour rampage over a disputed penalty decision, the China Soccer newspaper reported on Monday.
Supporters of second division Shaanxi Guoli turned on the referee after he refused the home side an injury time penalty on Saturday and the match with Chengdu Wuniu ended in a 1-1 draw.
Scores of angry Shaanxi fans then clashed with Chengdu supporters before taking their protests to the streets of the ancient Chinese capital, where onlookers joined the fracas.
The rioters stoned passing cars with licence plates from the province of Sichuan, home of the Chengdu side, and were getting ready to storm local government offices when they were dispersed with tear gas, the newspaper said.
There were no reports of injuries, it said.
The newspaper said Xi'an squads had figured in eight of the 42 cases in which the China Fooball Association had meted out formal punishments since professional play began in the country in 1995.