By Ion Danker – September 8th, 2010
The
Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is launching an
immediate investigation into a brawl which broke out in a Great
Eastern-Yeo’s
S-League match between the
Young Lions and
Beijing Guoan at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday
evening.
The fight erupted in the 89th minute of the game, after Young
Lions’ Afiq Yunos levelled the score at 1-1, as two separate fights
broke out involving players and officials from both teams.
Two Young Lions players, Gabriel Quak and Abdul Hameed, were
sent to hospital after they were injured in the brawl.
In a statement issued last night, the FAS said: “We take a
serious view of this gross misconduct by the players and are
conducting an investigation into this matter and the perpetrator
will be dealt with severely.”
Football fans Yahoo! Singapore spoke to were shocked to hear
about the incident.
Said student Galvin Ng, 18, “I never imagined a serious fight
like this can happen in our local football game, it’s really
embarrassing.”
Engineer Danny Lim, 32, agreed, but was not surprised the brawl
involved Beijing Guoan. “I’ve heard about their players, and how
they provoke opposing teams with their late tackles and I think
it’s time for FAS to act on this guys,” he said.
The brawl forced referee Zaid Hussein to abandon the game
minutes before the final whistle with the score at 1-1.
Source:
http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/09/08/fight-breaks-out-at-s-league-match/
