The Hong Kong Football Association announced today (11th) that it has punished one more player for the Hong Kong Football League U23's disciplinary turmoil in Japan, bringing the total number of players involved to 11.
The Hong Kong Football League U23 had a drunken incident in Japan last October. The Football Association fined 10 players who violated the rules last month, suspended them from being called up to the Hong Kong national team for one year, and fined them according to the severity of the violation.
The Football Association pointed out at the time that another player involved was applying for an appeal, and the Disciplinary Committee would arrange a hearing.
Hong Kong Football U23 Japan's drunken accident FA severely punishes 10 players and suspends Hong Kong team qualification for 1 year: hope to learn a lesson
Today, the Football Association announced that after the hearing, Chen Jinyi, who played for Jie Zhi, was suspended from the Hong Kong team for one year and fined 4,000 yuan.
The reason for the ruling is that it violated the epidemic prevention measures and related guidelines of the Japanese division of the Asian Football Association U23 Asian Cup qualifying group stage, and violated the code of conduct and ethics of the team players.
Chen Jinyi played for Jiezhi and was elected the MVP of the Elite Cup finals in the previous season.
(File photo/Photo by Yuan Zhihao)
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