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Despite death a few hours earlier from Aaron Boupendza on Wednesday April 16, his Zhejiang FC club played a Chinese championship match against Meizhou Hakka. What arouse the incomprehension of the deceased supporters and partners.
A lack of decency. The Chinese Zhejiang FC club decided to maintain a championship match on Wednesday only a few hours after the death of its Gabonese international striker, Aaron Boupendza, which shocked many supporters.
A tribute paid by supporters
Chinese police have dismissed any criminal track in the death of the 28-year-old footballer, who fell on Wednesday afternoon on the 11th floor of a building in the mega-cob of Hangzhou (southeast of China), where the club is based. Despite the death of the player, trained at the Girondins de Bordeaux, the Zhejiang FC played, the same evening, his Super League match (1st division) at home against the Meizhou Hakka.
“Wouldn't this match should have been postponed?” Written a surfer on the Weibo social network. “The Super League is very amateur,” said another user. The match ended with a score of 2-2. It took place in a heavy atmosphere, without any of the other foreign players in the club participating.
Supporters chanted the name Boupendza, brandished his jersey or even lit the pocket lamp function of their mobile phones, before seeing the players and the zhejiang FC staff go to meet them after the match, for a tribute to Aaron Boupendza.
“Football has no place in such a context”
Captain of Zhejiang FC, Cheng Jin, visibly marked, politely shorted his television interview. “I'm sorry, it's not a lack of respect for you. But I really have nothing to say,” he said. The Spanish coach of the club, Raul Caneda, said at a press conference after the meeting having “nothing to say in the match”. “Football has no place in such a context,” he said via an interpreter.
Hangzhou police have confirmed the death of Aaron Boupendza, saying that they “ruled out any criminal track” after an investigation including interrogations and the video surveillance image exam. The Zhejiang FC published a statement saying “to cooperate fully with the authorities in the investigation” on the death of the player. “All club members present their most sincere condolences to his family,” he added.
Gabonese international (35 selections, 8 goals), Aaron Boupendza first evolved in France (Pau, Gazélec Ajaccio, Tours). He then played in particular in Hatayspor (Turkey), Al-Arabi (Qatar) as well as FC Cincinnati (United States) and Rapid Bucharest (Romania) before joining the Zhejiang FC in January.
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