With the end of the Chinese Super League, First Division, Second Division Pro League and the FA Cup, the domestic soccer season has ended and champions and promotion teams have been produced, according to common sense, Chinese soccer can end in the past year with plans and prospects for the next new season. However, there are still three major events hanging over the current domestic soccer before saying goodbye to the old New Year.
Where do leaders go from here?
Any organization or group needs a leader to lead. Currently, the leader of Chinese soccer is naturally Chen Xuyuan, the current FAFC. Before taking office, Chen Xuyuan had a proud record in soccer. When he was the head of Shanghai Harbor Club, he reportedly invested 12 billion yuan to win the Chinese Super League title, hence his entry into the Football Association.
After taking office, his achievements have been even more fruitful. During his tenure, he pushed the neutral name with full force and put forward the concept of public welfare soccer to help Chinese soccer lose weight. Nearly 40 domestic professional soccer clubs were dissolved, even including old soccer clubs such as Chinese Super League champions Jiangsu and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic. As far as hiring is concerned, Chen is also an old soccer club secretary general with a background as a soccer agent. And his hand-picked Li Tie, who remained true to his word and insisted on bringing in the goods during his time leading the national soccer team, finally went in.
During the World Qualifiers, Chan spared no effort in leading his team to the tournament and managed to break through to the Top 40. On the spur of the moment, he performed a dance for everyone in the locker room, resulting in a timeless and classic scene.
It is said that whether the team is good or not, the leader is the most important thing. In the blink of an eye, Chen has been with the FA for four years. Rumors are swirling about whether Chinese soccer will continue to move forward under his leadership next. For us ordinary fans, we can only wait and see.
However, I still want to say: Chairman Chen, you have worked hard in the past four years, hurry home to raise the day.
Of course, it's not up to us to say whether we can go back or not.
Are any teams going away?
This season has just passed, and the domestic professional league can be said to have gone through difficulties and dangers. At the beginning of the season, Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic disbanded.
Over the course of the season, many teams have been exposed to numerous rumors of wage arrears, with Wuhan Changjiang, Hebei, Shanghai Shenhua and other Chinese Super League (CSL) teams also being docked points, with Hebei even ending the season with an unheard of -3 points. In addition, Shenzhen, Beijing Guoan, and even Shandong Taishan were reported to be in the midst of this season's wage arrears crisis.
According to domestic media reports, Wuhan Changjiang, Hebei and Shenzhen are now at risk of disbanding. Li Weifeng finally led Guangzhou to relegation, but there was nothing he could do.
In the upcoming new season, the Chinese Super League will probably not be able to gather 18 teams, or even 16 teams. Will China's first division teams continue to make up for it? China's first division teams are also at risk of disbanding. Or just lose weight?
We should know that there are only 16 teams in the Super League, and that's just the expansion that was accomplished during Chen Xuyuan's tenure. If we go back to even less than before, we won't know who we're slapping in the face.
In order to save these difficult families, the Football Association has also broken its heart, initially asking the furniture and music department to resolve all historical wage arrears by December 31, 2022, which was eventually postponed to January 31, 2023, and the transfer window was also postponed to February.
Even so, it's not clear how many of these clubs with wage arrears issues will end up surviving the winter.
Who will be the head coach of the Chinese men's soccer team?
If we were to choose the head coach with the least presence in the history of Chinese men's soccer, Li Xiaopeng would be the most popular candidate. After Li Tie's emergency dismissal, Li Xiaopeng unsurprisingly took over the pot and became a backstabber.
After the 12 strong match, in the Chinese men's football head coach of the wind position, Li Xiaopeng can disappear, even in the major media is difficult to see his news, which is rare.
After the World Cup in Qatar, many domestic media outlets began to reveal that the national soccer team would begin selecting foreign Englishmen again.
Choosing a foreign coach is certainly the right thing to do. On a competitive level alone, no one is qualified to lead a national soccer team in an Asian continental tournament. Even if Xie Hui leads Dalian to play something different, he has no experience leading a team in Asia.
Surprisingly, a domestic media outlet revealed that the national soccer team is having a hard time choosing a foreign manager because the FA has run out of money.
At the outset, the adjustment fees, measured in 100 million dollars, were not refunded to the clubs. Only a portion of the money paid by the Asian Cup cities was eventually refunded. Where did the FA's money go? No one knows.
In 2023, the Chinese men's national team has a world qualifier and the national Olympic team has an Asian Games assignment. Can we only continue to let Li Xiaopeng, Jankovic and the like continue to lead the team?
The above three things, if not solved as soon as possible, Chinese soccer, especially Chinese men's football will continue to sink in 2023.
Some people may say, Chief, there is one more thing, and that is, what will be the final outcome of Li Tie's case, and how many big fish can be brought out?
Catching a big fish like this is usually not something that can be rushed, so I'm afraid we'll have to be patient and take our time.
Finally, I wish Chinese soccer to get rid of the baggage, get out of the mud, revitalize its spirit and set sail again in the new year!
