Guangzhou Evergrande docked the pay of five backroom staff Wednesday for "damaging the club brand" after star defender Zhang Linpeng was forced to wear another players shirt with the name and number covered by yellow tape.
The incident happened during the first half of Tuesday's Asian Champions League last 16 first leg at Chinese rivals Tianjin Quanjian, after match officials told Zhang, Evergrande's number five, to change his shirt because it had blood on it.