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Shandong Luneng's Brazilian coach Cuca beaten to bleeding

Xinhua, June 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Shandong Luneng's Brazilian coach Cuca got a bad beating after their Chinese Super League match against Guizhou Renhe club in Guiyang on Thursday night.

"Cuca has a deep wound more than two and a half centimetres beside his left eyebrow," said an official with Luneng club on Friday, also mentioning they will appeal to the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

It was claimed that Zhan Wei, the linesman, pounched Cuca after the match.

According to the match video, Luneng had a 69th-minute goal disallowed for offside, when the score tied at 2-2. Han Peng of Luneng talked to the linesman to win back the goal, but the referee gave Han Peng a yellow card.

Han's yellow card aroused a fuss from the bench. The final score remained 2-2, and some Luneng players tried to explain with the linesman. Luneng's captain Hao Junmin was issued a second yellow card, which irritated the team.

When Cuca and his players explained to the linesman Zhan Wei after the macth, Zhan seemed to pounch Cuca's face, according to the match video.

Afterwards, Cuca was sent to the hospital for his wound next to his left eyebrow. Zhan Wei was surrounded by Luneng palyers and kneed down on the pitch for a while before they were splited by guards.

"It was for the first time in my 23-year playing career that I saw a referee beating club coach on the pitch," said 28-year-old Luneng player Zhao Mingjian in a twitter-like Weibo.

Some Luneng players forwarded a photo with Cuca's wounded face, writing that it was a criminal act.

"It is clear that Cuca was beaten to bleeding," the club said in a statement, claiming that the CFA should take an action.

Shandong Luneng are topping the league table with 26 points after 13 rounds of the new season, followed by defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande who also collected 26 points.

With only 10 points, Guizhou Renhe are still struggling in the relegation zone. Endi