Not long ago, a heavy news came from the Chinese soccer world. Due to suspected serious violations of the law, the Chinese Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan is under investigation. This wave of "blackmail storm" in Chinese soccer has not stopped at all. Chen Xuyuan's failure may benefit the fishermen. Under his leadership, Chinese soccer is expected to get back on track!
This is 57-year-old former coach Gao Hongbo. Fans who follow Chinese soccer are no strangers to him. During his time as a coach, Gao Hongbo coached the Chinese men's soccer team twice. When he first coached the national soccer team, the Chinese team once became the "king of friendly matches". Even the world champions France and Germany failed to take advantage of the Chinese team. However, due to the superstitious beliefs of the top management of the Football Association, Gao Hongbo was forced to step down and hand over the coaching to the famous Spanish coach Camacho.
In the 2018 World Qualifiers, the national soccer team struggled in the Top 40 and at one point came to the brink of exiting the tournament. At the moment of crisis, Gao Hongbo stood up and took over as coach from Pelan to coach the Chinese men's soccer team for the second time. After defeating Qatar at home, the Chinese men's soccer team miraculously advanced to the final 12 matches. But in the next 12 games, Gao Hongbo led the team to win the first four rounds, especially losing at home to Syria, the weakest team in the group, which caused dissatisfaction among fans across the country. The famous "RNM refund" came from a post-match interview. Under pressure, Gao Hongbo voluntarily resigned, and his journey with the national team came to an end.
After leaving the national soccer coach, Gao Hongbo coached Beijing Beijing Control, and after leaving in 2019, he began to enter politics, entering the Chinese Football Association, and became one of the main leaders of Chinese soccer by being elected as the vice-chairman of the Chinese Football Association with a high number of votes at the 11th member meeting of the Chinese Football Association in 2019. Now that Chen Xuyuan, the president of the soccer association, is under investigation, this is certainly good news for Gao Hongbo. Once the allegations against Chen Xuyuan do exist, his chairmanship will be vacant and Gao Hongbo is expected to succeed in advancing to the chairmanship of the soccer association and control the voice of Chinese soccer!
In recent years, fans have been advocating for experts to manage Chinese soccer. If Gao Hongbo can take the throne, the fans' call for years will become a reality. Because he has coached the national soccer team twice, he definitely knows Chinese soccer very well. At that time, Gao Hongbo is expected to correct the problems left by his predecessor and point out the right direction for the development of Chinese soccer. It is certain that the youth training level of Chinese soccer has been improving in recent years. Under the correct guidance of the senior management, the return of Chinese soccer to the World Cup will no longer be a distant dream.
Of course, for Gao Hongbo to rise to the top, there must be a prerequisite that he has not colluded with Chen Xuyuan, Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang to do some illegal activities. Otherwise, I'm afraid he's the next person to be investigated!
