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The six players will have to sit out all matches
through Nov. 30. They also face further punishment from their respective
clubs.
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Beijing(Agencies) : The Chinese
Football Association says six members of the national under-19 have been
suspended for six months for violating coronavirus control measures by leaving
training camp at midnight to go drinking.
The 35-player training camp in Shanghai began on May 17 and
ended Saturday.
“It was a severe violation of the team’s epidemic control
regulations, and caused negative impacts on the whole team,” the CFA was quoted
as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The six players will have to sit out all matches through
Nov. 30. They also face further punishment from their respective clubs. Players
in China have no official organization to represent their interests and it
wasn’t clear if there was any way to appeal the ban.
“They all realized
the seriousness of the situation. It is a loss to the team, and of course, it
will have greater effects on the players themselves,” head coach Cheng Yaodong
was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The under-19 team is to play in the Chinese third division
in the upcoming season to give players more competition in preparation for
upcoming Olympics.
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