Recently, a letter from FIFA suddenly came to light. The letter was originally sent on January 30th, but only became known in the last few days. The main content of the letter was that FIFA congratulated Wuhan Three Town for winning the Chinese Super League title and praised the Chinese Football Association (CFA) for their efforts and contributions this year. It was signed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
At first, I thought the letter was fake. This is because in the past few seasons of the Chinese Super League (CSL), whether it was Guangzhou Evergrande and Jiangsu before that, or Shanghai and Shandong Taishan later on, FIFA did not send out any congratulatory letters when they won the CSL title. In addition, championship teams like the Big Five rarely receive personal letters of congratulations from FIFA. After all, FIFA's vision is more at the national team level. However, the media later confirmed with the Wuhan Three Town team that the letter was indeed from FIFA.
FIFA personally congratulated Wuhan Sanzhen team to win the championship, the purpose behind it, I am afraid more is to knock the Chinese Football Association. Especially Chen Xuyuan control of Chinese soccer, if not dealt with "Li Tie incident", may be subject to FIFA's severe punishment, the most serious consequence is to be banned from the world.
Let's start with why FIFA congratulated Wuhan Sanzhen individually for winning the title
Is it because they have a good name? Apparently not, the Wuhan Three Town team's win has special significance for Chinese soccer.
As we all know, Wuhan Sanzhen team reported the CFA before the last round of the Chinese Super League. This kind of courage is unprecedented in the history of the Chinese Super League! Subsequently, CFA also responded positively to many issues raised by Wuhan Three Towns Team. It also requested Wuhan Three Towns Team to submit reporting materials to the CFA.
After the FA incident, many fans felt that Wuhan Sanzhen's team's title win was hanging in the balance. After all, they offended the FA. From a Chinese perspective, the behavior of the Wuhan Sanzhen team did hang in the balance a bit. But luckily, things were staged in the public eye, so no one dared to make a scene. In the end, Wuhan Three Town managed to win the Chinese Super League title.
It's worth reminding ourselves that Chen Xuyuan didn't come out for the Wuhan Sanzhen team's award ceremony. This is an interesting episode. According to the past experience of awarding prizes in the Chinese Super League, Chen Xuyuan will come out to present the prizes. This time, it was unexpectedly absent!
FIFA therefore congratulates the Wuhan Three Towns team, not only for winning the championship, but also for helping Chinese soccer find the spirit of fairness in soccer.
Then we talk about why FIFA congratulated the Wuhan Three Towns team for hammering the FA
In this letter from FIFA, FIFA ends with a special mention, "Thank you to the Chinese Football Association for its contribution to Chinese soccer."
I am afraid that the more the CFA listens to these words, the more embarrassed they become and the more they feel that something is not right. Even more stupid, I'm afraid that they don't really think they've done anything worthy of FIFA's praise. Therefore, they didn't take the initiative to publish a congratulatory letter in the first place, which was recently exposed by a blogger who has been following the Wuhan Three Towns team. This shows that our FA is still a bit self-aware and likes to keep a low profile!
Looking back on the past year in Chinese soccer, there was a loss to Vietnam in the World Qualifier, widespread wage arrears in the Chinese Super League, the "Li Tie case" during the World Cup, and the involvement of two soccer associations earlier this year. None of these things seem like the contribution of the soccer association to Chinese soccer. After Li Tie's arrest in the former Chinese Super League, there were rumors of match-fixing in several matches!
What does FIFA hate the most? Yes, match-fixing. The "match-fixing" is a sign of FIFA's hard work, and it harms the great sport of soccer. FIFA obviously can't just sit back and do nothing. Therefore, the defeat of the CFA is likely to be related to match-fixing. If the CFA does not handle the case of Li Tie well, the national soccer team is likely to be banned by FIFA worldwide. It must be said that Chen Xuyuan is under more pressure this time than before! It would be shameful if the national soccer team was banned at his hands.
