Boy band upstages ‘Fabio’ duel
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Chinese football fans anticipating the first clash between the “Fabios” — Italian coaches Cannavaro and Capello — will have to wait as their sides have been bumped from a stadium this weekend by China’s hottest boy band.
The Tianjin-Jiangsu clash was set for Sunday at the stadium on the grounds of the Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing — Jiangsu Suning’s home pitch — but it now conflicts with a concert in an adjacent indoor arena by the wildly popular TFBOYS.
The Chinese Football Association said yesterday that the game would be postponed until September 28 for “security” reasons.
A separate statement by the Chinese Super League’s official broadcaster, China Sports Media, said the Nanjing sports complex would be unable to provide adequate security for both events on the same day. The CSL match had been scheduled months ago. It was not immediately clear how the scheduling snafu occurred.
The TFBOYS, whose name stands for “The Fighting Boys”, have won millions of passionate female fans.
Cannavaro, Italy’s World Cup-winning captain in 2006, has led Tianjin Quanjian to a current third place in the CSL, behind defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG.
Capello, a former England, and Real Madrid manager, was hired in June to revive the fortunes of Jiangsu.
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