Currently, the 2023 Chinese Super League, which is of interest to domestic fans, is in full swing. In the past 2022 season, a new champion team appeared in the Chinese Super League, namely Wuhan Sanzhen, who emerged as a dark horse. However, with the ongoing anti-corruption and anti-gambling storm in Chinese soccer, especially with the latest breakthrough in the case of international player Jin Jingdao, the once-praised championship team by the fans will be stripped of the 2022 season by the relevant authorities. Zhejiang, who finished third in the team's history in the Chinese Super League last season, could lay claim to the title for the first time.
Before the start of the Qatar World Cup last year, Li Tie, a former international player who had led the Chinese men's soccer team to the Qatar World Cup, was taken away by the relevant departments. Li Tie's being taken away also unveiled the prelude to a major earthquake in Chinese soccer. With the entry of Li Tie, Chinese soccer entered a stage where everyone was in danger. The CFA was almost taken away by the middle and high level in a short period of time. As Li Tie's case festered, another clue related to gambling and match-fixing was also exposed: the gambling case of Jin Jingdao, a former international player and star player of Shandong Taishan. Now, one of Jin Jingdao's cases has come to light with a major breakthrough. He was in the main team of Shandong Taishan and the Junshan team.
Among those who have made it to Shandong Taishan, South Korean international Sun Junho is undoubtedly the center of fans' attention. Sun Junho made very bad history by being the first foreigner in Chinese Super League history to be taken in for investigation by the Chinese authorities. Shortly after Sun Junho went in, his first charge came to light, which involved bribing a non-state worker. According to Ran Xiongfei's sources, with the breakthrough in the Jin Jingdao case, Sun Junhao was also exposed. In addition to bribery of non-state workers, it also involved receiving huge amounts of black money and match-fixing.
So what kind of black money did Sun Junhao receive? According to relevant media reports, many years ago by Li Tie took away the Wuhan Football Association Secretary General, the Chinese Football Association Executive Committee of the Fu Xiang, through Sun Jun Hao's Chinese agent Zhou Kaixuan, jointly operated the Wuhan three towns of foreign aid Jade Song transferred to Shandong Taishan, Guo Tianyu joined Wuhan Zhuoer on loan. Subsequently, Fu Xiang was commissioned by the Chinese forces. Through Zhou Kaixuan, he bribed the head coach of Shandong Taishan Hao Wei, foreign aid Sun Junhao and Guo Tianyu. The aim was to make Shandong Taishan lose, thus realizing the first time this Chinese team won the Chinese Super League title.
And all three bribes were not small, amounting to 2 million dollars. And they were given away in three different matches, Shandong Taishan's home match against a certain central championship team, Shandong Taishan's away match against Cangzhou, and an away match against a certain central championship team. Naturally, the goal was for Shandong Taishan to lose and for this central team to profit and win the championship. Now, Fu Xiang, who gave the bribe, Zhou Kaixuan, the middleman, and Hao Wei, Sun Junhao, and Guo Tianyu, who accepted the bribe, are all under investigation.
Although this news does not specify the name of this central championship team, fans know that Wuhan was the only team to compete with Shandong Taishan for the title last season. And Wuhan Sanzhen happens to be a central team, and Fu Xiang is also the former secretary general of the Wuhan Football Association. So it's very likely that this team will be Wuhan Sanzhen. Last season, Wuhan Three Town won the championship and Shandong Taishan was the runner-up.
If this news is eventually confirmed, Wuhan Sanzhen and Shandong Taishan, who were involved in match-fixing, will undoubtedly be penalized by the CFA. Due to the number of matches involved, three of which have been exposed so far, Wuhan Sanzhen will likely be stripped of their championship honors. It is unlikely that second-ranked Shandong Taishan will be able to make up the title since they were also involved. This leaves the third-ranked Zhejiang team with a high probability of laying claim to the title and winning the Chinese Super League for the first time. Although this matter is still in the rumor stage, it has not been confirmed yet. But in Chinese soccer, many things are heard first.
