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The decision shocked many supporters, and we understand them. The Chinese Zhejiang FC club maintained its championship match on Wednesday evening despite the announcement only a few hours earlier from the death of its attacker, Aaron Boupendza. The Gabonese international fell in the afternoon of the 11th floor of a building in the megapol of Hangzhou (southeast of China), where the club is based.
A drama that did not prevent the Zhejiang FC from playing his Super League match at home the evening against Meizhou Hakka. “Shouldn't this match have been postponed?” “Wrote a surfer on the Weibo social network. “The Super League is very amateur,” said another. The match ended on an anecdotal score of 2-2. It took place, inevitably, in a heavy atmosphere. None of the club's foreign players participated.
Supporters chanted the name of Boupendza, brandished his jersey or even lit the pocket lamp function of their mobile phones, before seeing the players and the staff of the Zhejiang FC go to meet them after the match, for a tribute to Aaron Boupendza.
“I really have nothing to say”
Captain of Zhejiang FC, Cheng Jin, visibly marked, 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.
For his part, Hangzhou police 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 claiming “cooperating fully with the authorities in the investigation” on the death of the player trained in the Girondins de Bordeaux. “All club members present their most sincere condolences to his family,” he added.
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