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Football fans were left with a bitter taste in their mouths, when they should’ve been celebrating Taiwan’s win over India at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Tuesday. Though Team Taiwan prevailed and won the match 3-1, a decision from organizers to ban cheers for Taiwan put a damper on the mood. During the game, a former national team football manager led the crowd in cheers of “Go Taiwan!” only to be asked to sit down. He refused to do so, and after several interventions he was escorted from the pitch. Organizers claimed the cheer carried a political message, but fans say it’s all just double standards, as fans for the other team were not stopped from cheering for India.

It’s Taiwan versus India at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. On the side, former national team manager Chen Kuei-jen leads the crowd to cheer “Go Taiwan!” But the excitement and sportsmanship was brought to a screeching halt, after organizers told Chen to sit down, saying that standing up was forbidden. But that rule didn’t seem to apply to the other team.

Organizers said that saying “Go Taiwan!” was a political message. After three warnings, Chen was kicked out.

Chen Kuei-jen
Former football national team manager
I’m fine. I’m OK. I’ll keep watching over our football team, to help them qualify for the World Cup.

Voice of Peter Huang
Taiwanese-Australian businessman
The moment he stood up, security personnel would order him to sit down. During the half-time break, security staff asked him to go up, and there was a bit of a shuffle. They were 100% trying to oppress Taiwan. Double standards!

Australians watching the game took it upon themselves to continue leading the cheers for Team Taiwan. Somehow, that no longer bothered organizers.

Lin Chu-yin
Lawmaker (DPP)
Security is very strict, and extends to cheers and flags and even symbols referring to Taiwan. You can’t bring any of those things in. But are these rules the same for everyone? If that’s the case, and they are in place to prevent conflict, then we respect the decision of the organizers.

But it appears that other teams were allowed to bring in flags, messages and symbols representing their country. It seems that once again, Taiwan was singled out.

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