Yesterday (14), Chinese soccer once again had a "big earthquake". That night, the Hubei Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee website announced that Chen Xuyuan, President of the Chinese Football Association and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and was under review and investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Committee, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the General Administration of Sport and the Hubei Provincial Supervisory Committee. As soon as the news came out, the entire network was shocked.
Chen Xuyuan was investigated, showing the determination of the relevant parties to comprehensively rectify the Chinese soccer - he is the first investigation of the Chinese Football Association President, Nan Yong, Xie Yalong and others are full-time vice president of the Chinese Football Association, administrative positions and "jianghu status" and Chen Xuyuan There is still a gap. In addition, the national soccer coach Li Tie, the former secretary general of the Chinese Football Association, Liu Yi, the Chinese Football Association executive deputy secretary general, national management minister Chen Yongliang, etc. were investigated, all kinds of signs indicate that a new round of Chinese soccer anti-corruption storm has entered the deep water.
During Chen Xuyuan's tenure, Chinese soccer did suffer a devastating blow: many furniture and music departments were disbanded, and the professional league was in pieces; the introduction of naturalized players such as Luo Guofu and Gaolat, which appeared to be powerful, and the outside world's expectations for the national soccer team's return to the World Cup were full of anticipation, but witnessed a 1:3 loss in the Spring Festival to Vietnam and other humiliating defeats, and another failure; in addition, the national team's world ranking continued to fall, and youth soccer , and the outlook is bleak. The women's soccer team won the 2022 Asian Cup, becoming the only shade.
With the loss of Chen Xuyuan, some inevitable questions arise: what happened to Chinese soccer? Why is there no effective mechanism to discipline the practitioners involved? Take Li Tie as an example, he was the first player to enter the World Cup in 2002, with a tough style on the pitch, loved by fans. However, how can such a "big brother" become a "negative textbook" in just a few years after becoming a coach? Chen Xuyuan performed well in the management of the Shanghai Group, a large state-owned enterprise. Why did he become the helmsman of the CFA and the "horse that hurts the group"?
