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Newly-promoted Chinese second division club Harbin Yiteng have sacked their coach and seven players - accusing them of match-fixing after they lost 6-0 to the Chengdu Blades. "If we play as well as we can then even the national team couldn't beat us 6-0," insisted chief executive Cui Hua, before saying he was prepared to "discuss" the situation if the players could "prove their innocence".
As reported on the Grauniad's excellent Fiver online column
http://football.guardian.co.uk/fiver/

Newly-promoted Chinese second division club Harbin Yiteng have sacked their coach and seven players - accusing them of match-fixing after they lost 6-0 to the Chengdu Blades. "If we play as well as we can then even the national team couldn't beat us 6-0," insisted chief executive Cui Hua, before saying he was prepared to "discuss" the situation if the players could "prove their innocence".
As reported on the Grauniad's excellent Fiver online column
http://football.guardian.co.uk/fiver/