In recent seasons, the refereeing problems in the Chinese Super League A have arisen many times and caused considerable controversy. Chen Xuyuan admitted in an interview that the phenomenon of hilltop culture exists in the refereeing circle, but this persistent problem has not been significantly improved. After Chen Xuyuan was investigated, Golden Whistle Maning's personal social media was quickly captured by fans.
After Chen Xuyuan's arrest, the comments about Chen Xuyuan's past face-slapping were also picked up by netizens. Prior to this, Chen Xuyuan openly criticized gold-dollar soccer, even though he was not the chairman, and he would never have cited an example. Ironically, when Chen Xuyuan was the owner of the Hong Kong club, he was the representative of golden dollar soccer, investing 12 billion dollars to win the league championship.
Just as Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang were arrested on January 19, Chen Xuyuan also publicly expressed his firm support for the fight against corruption in soccer. In his speech at last week's FA Warning Education Conference, Chen Xuyuan also condemned corruption in soccer, saying that corruption will never be eliminated and Chinese soccer will never be at peace. Now looking back at these former lofty words, full of irony.
Is Chen Xuyuan's investigation the end of the line? Media personality Zhao Yu said: "According to my judgment, Chen Xuyuan's fall does not mean he has shut down the Internet, because he is not the worst one." Reporter Qin Yun also said that Chen Xuyuan may not be the end of the road, but may also be a turning point, the storm will continue to sweep China's soccer.
The current wave of soccer anti-corruption involves many FA officials, national soccer team and club coaches, as well as some current or retired players, but it has not yet affected referees. Will there be referees in the future? Let's wait and see!
