Marcello Lippi, coach of China's Guangzhou Evergrande, speaks during a news conference ahead of the Club World Cup, in Agadir December 16, 2013. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
(Reuters) - Guangzhou Evergrande coach Marcello Lippi has been provisionally suspended for the team's Asian Champions League quarter-final return leg at home to Western Sydney Warriors for 'unsporting behaviour', the Asian Football Confederation said.
Lippi angrily confronted Emirati referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed after midfielder Gao Lin had followed defender Zhang Linpeng in being shown straight red cards during the Asian champions' 1-0 loss in Sydney last Wednesday.
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