Looking back at the anti-corruption and anti-gambling operation in 2009, which included official whistles like Golden Whistle Lu Jun and some other black whistles, the 2022 anti-gambling and anti-gambling operation has been going on for more than four months, and not a single person in the refereeing circle has been caught, which makes people wonder, so much so, that media person Duliyan lamented, "We've all found this. When is it the turn of some referees?"
Look at the list of those arrested now. Chen Xuyuan, the man at the helm of the FA, Liu Yi, the former secretary general of the FA, Chen Yongliang, the head of the national management department, Huang, the head of the competition department, and Wang Xiaoping, the head of the disciplinary committee, the FA system has already arrested six people, including Fu Xiang. These men carry enough weight, as well as former national soccer team head coach Li Tie and some club executives. How is it possible if referees are not involved in the corruption, match-fixing and gambling cases they are involved in?
Under Du Liyan's microblog, many fans are also speculating about some of the referees, including Ma, Fu, Shi, Zhang and Li. Who will be the first referee to be taken away for investigation? Some fans are even very pessimistic that half of the referees in this list will be taken away.
Things have come to this point and the atmosphere has come to a bit of a head. Without a few referees, it's really hard to bring an end to this anti-gambling and anti-triad action. Chinese soccer has fallen to the level it is today, and it's definitely not the involvement of a few FA officials, club executives, or club players. Referees are definitely indispensable, as well as peripheral bookmakers and player agents, who together have corrupted Chinese soccer. We look forward to giving Chinese soccer the truth.
