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According to a famous media source, Ran, the team that won the "Central" championship last season was suspected of faking a game in Shandong Taishan, in which Jin Jingdao never appeared on the team's roster for 13 rounds after a game. In addition, another media outlet revealed that Hao Wei, Sun Zhunhao and Guo Tianyu accepted a bribe of 2 million yuan from Fu Xiang, the former secretary general of the Wuhan Football Association, and the former agent of the "champion team".
And the 6 million yuan each use: 2 million for the Taishan team to host the "championship team", 2 million Taishan team to host the Cangzhou Lions, 2 million away to challenge the "championship team". Looking back at the schedule of the 22 seasons, the above three matches should be the 18th round (Shandong Taishan 1-1 Wuhan Sanzhen), the 28th round (Taishan 2-3 Cangzhou Lions), the 30th round (Wuhan Sanzhen 1-1 Shandong Taishan). This is for the sole purpose of allowing the "winning team" to win the championship.
In retrospect, almost all fans and media were surprised by the performance of the Taishan team at that time and scolded them for "habitually dropping the ball". Little did they realize that there was a deep pool behind them. Considering the statement of "No Contest Week" on December 27, 2022, I am completely speechless.
Needless to guess, the "winning team" in "Central" refers to last season's Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen.
Article 73 of the Disciplinary Code of the Chinese Football Association stipulates that, if the process and results of a match are in serious or obvious violation of sportsmanship and cause an adverse social impact, i.e., the result of the match is canceled and other penalties may be combined. Article 74 stipulates that anyone who violates sports ethics, loses the spirit of sportsmanship, and engages in improper transactions for undue benefits shall be punished by fines, deduction of points, relegation or disqualification from registration.
If the above reports are true, I personally think that apart from the people involved, the teams and the clubs, the biggest headache may be the FA. Perhaps people have now become ants in the fire.
How do you deal with these two teams that are suspected of playing fake football?
If it's just fines and demerit points, I guess it's hard to balance public opinion. In addition, Zhejiang's third, fourth port, which was initially supposed to be the champion and second, also qualified for this year's Asian Champions League. Chengdu Chengdu and Songshan Longmen (now Henan), will qualify for the Asian Champions League (play-offs). Can these teams be accepted again?
If these two teams are relegated, there is a very big question as to whether the remaining matches in the Chinese Super League this season will continue to be completed by 14 teams, or whether two teams from the Chinese First Division will be filled in to make it to the Round of 16. For example, how do you score points in the seven games that have already been completed? Chinese First Division teams, as well as other teams that continue to play in the Chinese First Division? Also, should the Chinese First Division fill the Chinese First Division? What about the Champions League? It's a series of trivial responses that can keep the staff of a soccer association busy.
The truth is, these are minor problems. Perhaps it is the national team that has the most trouble.
In these two teams, there are more than 10 active international players (Jin Jingdao and Wu Xinghan don't count) such as Liu Dianzuo, Deng Hanwen, Gao Junyi, Xie Pengfei, Wei Shihao, Wang Dalei, Sun Guowen, Liu Binbin, Liu Yang, Fei Nando, Chen Pu, and other ex-internationals or quasi-internationals such as Zheng Zheng, He Chao, Jixiang, Shi Ke, Wang Tong, Liu Yiming, etc., and the number of these players accounted for almost half or even more than half of the national team's training list, and many of them are still absolute mainstays or mainstays of the rotation. Wang Dalei and Liu Dengzheng, in particular, are the second and third goalkeepers of the national team. If all these players went to play in the Central League, let alone the World Cup and Asian Cup, they probably wouldn't even be able to win against Myanmar. If you really want to be so complete, what about Jankovic?
However, if the matter is not taken seriously, or even handled improperly, because of "taking care of" the national team and "mud", and the fight against corruption in soccer continues, who would dare to be the master of this? How can the CFA stand up and hold its head up?
On May 18, South Korean media outlet Dong-A Ilbo, referring to the Son Jun-ho incident, noted that Chinese soccer, which is riddled with match-fixing, club bankruptcies, and delinquent wages and transfer fees, has collapsed, and that the national team can't even beat Southeast Asian teams.
Chen Xuyuan has sadly said that Chinese soccer is in danger of collapsing. Surprisingly, it was a prophecy. However, it was Chen Xuyuan, Du Zhaocai and other corrupt FA officials who dug the dam.
I really don't know how the FA is dealing with this mess.
