The anti-gambling and anti-triad operations in Chinese soccer have entered a new phase with a number of Chinese Super League players being taken away for investigation by the relevant authorities. Among those players taken away for investigation, Taishan midfield general Jin Jingdao is undoubtedly the most surprising.
Compared to players who have already made a name for themselves, such as Qin Sheng and Sun Shilin, Jin Jingdao's impression on fans has always been that he is down-to-earth and spares no effort in playing every minute as long as he is able to get on the field.
So this time, it was really out of many fans' expectation that little Jin was caught and exposed as the organizer of D-ball in the Chinese Super League. But the fact is that Jin Jingdao was found to have signs of playing fake soccer four years ago, but people didn't have much suspicion about him at that time.
In the 2019 season, Shandong Taishan led by Li Xiaopeng once again entered the final of the FA Cup. After defeating their opponents 1-0 at home, Taishan was scored three consecutive goals by Shanghai Shenhua in the second half, and ended up with two 1-3 defeats, which was successfully reversed by Shenhua, and missed the F.A.C.A. Cup trophy again.
Jin Jingdao had an exceptional game in the first round of the AFC Cup final between Taishan and Shenhua. Taishan dominated the entire match but ended up winning by only one goal against Shenhua, which set the stage for Taishan to be overturned 3-1 by Shenhua in the second round.
It is also worth mentioning that Li Xiaopeng, the head coach of Taishan at that time, was also puzzled by his use of personnel in the AFC Cup. The team's efficient Brazilian goalscorer Gedes was pressed by Li Xiaopeng on the bench, which made fans suspect that Li Xiaopeng did this to prevent Xiaoge from scoring after he came on the field, thus disrupting his original plan.
After leading his team to miss out on the AFC Cup title, Li Xiaopeng wasn't too affected, and even lost 0-3 to Shenhua at the Super League awards ceremony a day later, which was jokingly referred to as "we took three smacks in last night's game". This joke also aroused the discontent of many Shandong fans at that time. In a sense, this indirectly led to Li Xiaopeng's departure from the Taishan team after his dismissal in the following 2020 season.
Although Li Xiaopeng never led his team to win any matches during his time in charge of Taishan, this did not have any effect on his future development. After leaving Taishan, Li Xiaopeng soon joined Wuhan Zall. Despite his poor results leading the team, he was still chosen by the FA as the interim head coach of the national soccer team, which further led to the Chinese men's soccer team's losing streak in the last four matches of the top 12 in the World Qualifiers, even Vietnam lost.
Judging from the current situation, Li Xiaopeng's many years of coaching Chinese Super League teams is indeed highly suspect. Although there is no negative news about Li Xiaopeng yet, who can guarantee that he will not really have an accident at some point in the future?
After all, the national football and football association of the "big name" character Li Tie, Chen Xuyuan are now down, Jin Jingdao such "honest" players also because of the D ball and jail. Therefore, it is really difficult to say whether Li Xiaopeng has any problems. Let's wait for the results of the investigation of the relevant departments before drawing any conclusions...
