The long silent "Li Tie case" has recently attracted strong attention from the soccer world again. With the CCTV documentary broadcast, even the world's media are concerned about the progress of "Li Tie case", many foreign media have reported Li Tie, focusing on his experience as the head coach of the national football team to send money. Obviously, after the fermentation of "Li Tie case", the external image of the Chinese men's soccer team has been hit hard again.
RECORD PORTUGAL: Arrested former China national soccer team head coach Li Tie has admitted that he paid 3 million yuan (400,000 euros) in 2019 to secure his position as head coach of the national team. The coach also admitted that he helped buy several games in order to ensure his team won.
digisport, Romania: In his testimony, Li Tie, 46, claimed that he paid 400,000 euros for the position of head coach of the Chinese national soccer team and was involved in a series of match-fixing operations. He was the head coach of the Chinese team from 2019 to 2021 and selected four foreigners from Wuhan Zall. According to the former club executives, none of the four players were capable of being selected for the national team.
Soccer news from Sweden: 46-year-old former Everton player Li Tie is in jail. He has come forward and pleaded guilty to spending 400,000 euros seeking the national team manager's job in 2019, claiming it was his "dream". He also said it was a very common phenomenon in Chinese soccer.
Observer Uruguay: Li Tie paid millions of dollars to get the job as head coach of the Chinese national team, the latest scandal in Chinese soccer. He added that these things were "a very common phenomenon" before Chinese soccer.
Bangkok Daily News THAILAND: China has blamed its poor soccer record on its ethos. Former China head coach Li Tie admitted that he signed a 60 million dollar contract with Wuhan Zall and brought four incompetent players into the national team. Chinese fans have long mocked the underachieving men's soccer team, even making hilarious emoticons out of them.
