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Brawl mars Olympic team's England tripBy Yu Nan (chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-02-08 10:13 An unexpected brawl broke out yesterday between the Chinese Olympic football team and England's Queens Park Rangers just ten minutes before the end of the match at the Rangers training ground in west London, sina.com reports. The referee was forced to halt the match, the second in China's warm up series in England. The Rangers were ahead 2-1.England local police started to investigate into the conflict.
Queens Park Rangers took an easy lead in the first half after the Chinese keeper failed to intercept a long pass, giving the Rangers with a rare chance to chip a drive into the open net. China rallied to level the score in the second half with a long shot from Gao Lin, but conceded a second goal to the Queens Park Rangers just minutes later. Then a fight broke out between Gao Lin and one of his rivals after they collided with each other in the 75th minute, transforming the field into a boxing ring. Even the substitutes on the sidelines joined in the fray. China will play their last match on their tour against English Championship side Brentford on Tuesday. |
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