Shanghai Shenhua Football Club has suspended its youth team coach Mao苍井空快播 Jianqing for making improper remarks on his live broadcast platform苍井空快播, attacking Shenhua head coach Wu Jingui.
The club issued a notification on Tuesday, confirming that his online remarks had no evidence, which damaged the reputation of the club and took a toll on the coach and players involved as well as Shenghua fans.
Mao, a former Chinese national team player, launched a fierce attack on Shenhua head coach Wu and assistant coaches Li Chengming and Zheng Kewei on Mao's personal live broadcast platform in the early hours of Tuesday.
A live video circulated online showed that Mao was emotional and poured out his dissatisfaction with Wu's coaching team. "They asked me to accompany them drinking until 4am but never taught me football," he complained in the broadcast.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mao extended a public apology on his social media account, admitting that his wrongful remarks had caused major harm to Shenhua FC, Wu Jingui and others. He pledged never to engage in any form of live broadcast again.
骚麦"I felt deep remorse for my behavior after reflection," Mao said, "From now on, I will definitely correct my bad habits, devote myself wholeheartedly to coaching, and will no longer conduct any form of live broadcast."
Mao got into a fight with someone while propping up a bar and was detained for seven days and fined 500 yuan (US$69.43) in 2008. He was also demoted to the reserve team several times by Shenhua for his issues with alcohol.苍井空快播