In the past four months, Chinese soccer has been unsettled and has become the focus of attention. First, soccer giants such as Li Tie, Chen Yongliang, Liu Yi and Chen Xuyuan were arrested one after another. Then came the rumors of Wu Xinghan's cheating scandal. Wu Xinghan also revealed in his chat logs that the Chinese Super League was all about match-fixing. He was also suspected of taking part and making 400,000 yuan per game. All in all, the only good news in soccer since the Chinese New Year was the U20 national soccer team's 2-0 win over defending champion Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup. I'm sure it will instill more confidence in the Chinese players that the Chinese team can fight against the top teams in Asia.
However, just recently, Chinese soccer has been making waves again, with clashes and even on-air conversations between domestic soccer reporters. Ma Dexing, a reporter for the national soccer team, had suspiciously mocked Li Xuan, a reporter for Soccer Daily, for his physical deficiencies, and the two men also formed a bond. After the U20's victory over Saudi Arabia, Ma Dexing's words made a lot of sense and seemed to imply that some journalists could only sit at home and that Ma could go to the field to report.
Madsen wrote: "I believe there is a fundamental difference between live interviews and sitting at home and becoming an internet celebrity, I'm just a journalist, I can't be an internet celebrity! Writing before the match and squeezing the Saudi Arabian team out of the hotel was just trying to kick Saudi Arabia out! Interviews, we're serious, check out my live coverage." Madsen seemed to be so vague that Soccer Daily reporter Li Xuan countered with a lengthy 1,800-word article, in which Li Xuan talked about only three things.
First, there is a past grudge between her and Ma Dexing. As we all know, Li Xuan blasted Chen Xuyuan for playing cards during the national team's training, while Ma Dexing called Li Xuan a disabled person who wanted to become an internet celebrity. At the time, when Chen Xuyuan, the president of the Football Association (FA), found out about the incident, in front of other journalists, he, along with Dai Xiaowei, the press officer of the national football team, condemned Ma Dexing for not mocking Li Xuan's physical handicap, but rather for talking about things instead of making personal attacks.
Secondly, in the past 12 matches, Ma Dexing has been following the national soccer team to cover the national team. Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan have been defending them and lost their stance as journalists.
Thirdly, Ma Dexing followed Chen Xuyuan to visit the national ladder team, and also visited the U20 led by Antonio, in the seminar, Ma Dexing openly blamed Antonio, why not take two overseas players who personally believe in the ability of the Antonio assistant management team to directly refute Ma Dexing, or in the presence of Chen Xuyuan, so that Ma Dexing and Chen Xuyuan, and others are dumbfounded.
This time, if what reporter Li Xuan revealed is true, and if the reporter can take part in the selection of the national soccer team, it is really speechless. Antonio and Jankovic are brave coaches. They have their own criteria for employment and will not listen to the "advice" of other unprofessionals. Anyway, there are too many problems in Chinese soccer to be solved in a while. The most important thing is to let professionals do professional things. In the case of the national soccer team, everything is based on Yankovic's tactics. If the results are not good, he can be dismissed, but should not interfere, because the coach's job is to lead the team to success. What else does the coach of the national soccer team need to do if someone else is telling him what to do?
