On January 11th, Chivalry published an opinion piece after Li Tie, Chen Xuyuan and Du Zhaocai's anti-corruption featurette on corruption in Chinese soccer, stating that "there is systematic and crushing corruption in soccer."
Since 2022, more than 10 senior and mid-level cadres of the CFA have been scrutinized and investigated. In addition, dozens of people are involved, including coaches, players, referees, club executives and agents, covering almost every aspect of the soccer ecosystem. Chen Xuyuan put it more directly, "Chinese soccer corruption is not one aspect, but comprehensive."
This movie shows many details of this all-encompassing corruption - the
As a manager, Li Tie led Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Wuhan Zhuoer into the Chinese Super League, but behind the scenes there was a lot of match-fixing. He could spend 14 million yuan on "working" for the referee and acquiring opponents' players and coaches in a match; in order to become the head coach of the national soccer team, Li Tie asked Wuhan Zhuoer to pay a bribe of 2 million yuan to Chen Xuyuan, and then paid a bribe of 1 million yuan out of his own pocket to the then secretary-general of the Football Association (F.A.A.A.), Liu Yi; and after becoming the head coach of the national soccer team, Li Tie signed a contract with Zhuoer totaling 60 million yuan in order to obtain benefits. In order to gain benefits, Li Tie signed a contract with Zhuoer totaling 60 million yuan and selected four of Zhuoer's players for the national team.
How about the FA as a supervisor? Chronic management indistinguishability, both supervising and organizing leagues, "eating soccer by soccer" -
Chen Xuyuan was elected chairman of the night, the two local football association head sent 300,000 yuan each "worship dock". Finally, Chen Xuyuan received tens of millions of dollars from a number of clubs; Du Zhaocai also received tens of millions of dollars in the club owner's "hunting", and perfunctorily suppressed some of the clues about match-fixing and gambling. Finally, Chen Xuyuan received tens of millions of dollars from a number of clubs; Du Zhaocai also received tens of millions of dollars in the club owner's "hunting" and perfunctorily suppressed some clues about match-fixing and gambling.
All participants are not in it for the soccer, but for the profit - for Huaxia Happiness Club, "I want to get good results as soon as possible, which will have an impact on the company's brand". This kind of "Jinyuan soccer" is very rich, "the meaning of the drunkard" is not in the ball, but in the brand and land acquisition; for Chen Xuyuan and other soccer officials, they do not hesitate to bet on the World Cup, "this is not to prove that Chen Xuyuan For soccer officials such as Chen Xuyuan, who will do anything to bet on the World Cup, "doesn't this prove that Chen Xuyuan is very capable"; for players, coaches, agents and others, all they really care about is how much money they can make in their short or long careers. Strangely enough, we can achieve in such an environment!
The gap widens day after day when the national soccer team's competitors are playing by the rules, letting the market lead, and following the path of science, when our league is still managed, administratively led, and lacks oversight, and when the trees that others planted 20 years ago are beginning to bear fruit and we are still digging into the toxic soil over and over again.
