The mass brawl against Queens Park Rangers was not the first on their training tour. Ever since the Chinese Olympic team embarked on their tour of Europe as part of their preparations for next year's Beijing Olympics, they had been embroiled in controversy.
Ugly incidents had erupted during three of the nine matches played in Europe since the team started their tour on 9 Jan.
Fighting broke out during their match against French side Marseille's development team.
On Monday, their match against Chelsea's reserve team was another ill-tempered affair that saw one Chinese player sent off for violent conduct.
The Beijing Times put the blame on the China FA in an editorial, saying: 'The father should be blamed for the son's fault.'
Other critics on sina.com labelled the brawl as 'Shaolin Soccer'.
One pundit even said that getting 'hammered' by QPR not just brought shame to Chinese football, but also disgraced Chinese kung-fu.
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