What political slogans did Evergrande fans use in Hong Kong?

Although Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Hong Kong Oriental 6-0 in the AFC Champions League group match on the evening of April 25, 2017, returning to first place in the group. But the Evergrande team encountered some troubles off the court.

Due to well-known reasons in recent years, individual Guangzhou Evergrande fans have put up political slogans and slogans in the stadium, and this incident has attracted the attention of the AFC.

An AFC official revealed: "After the match supervisor submits the match report, the AFC will evaluate the behavior of this small group of Guangzhou Evergrande fans." The AFC will evaluate the behavior of this small group of Guangzhou Evergrande fans on April 26. The match report is obtained and the results of the investigation on this matter will be announced in the near future.

The China Hong Kong Football Association said: "Such slogans should not appear in the stadium. We do not know how the banner was brought into the stadium through the security check. We will investigate this."

A few hours before the start of the game, the Hong Kong Football Association urgently increased the number of seats in the away team fan area from 350 to 700, and deployed additional security forces to separate the home team fan area and the visiting team fan area. After some Evergrande fans posted political slogans, fans of the nearby home team tried to fight back, but were quickly stopped by game security.

After the game, both Evergrande coach Scolari and Oriental coach Chen Wanting said they had not seen any relevant political slogans.

Coincidentally, in another match of the AFC Evergrande group on the evening of April 25th: During the home match between Suwon Samsung and Kawasaki Frontale, Japanese fans publicly displayed the military flags used during the Japanese Empire in the stadium. . Although the flag was quickly confiscated and the fans who displayed the flag were escorted out of the stadium, Suwon Samsung still issued a written protest to the AFC over the matter. Like Evergrande, Kawasaki Frontale is also facing investigation and punishment by the AFC.