Pham remorsefully spits on basketball incident on Spitfire
On the night of April 8, 2021 in Beijing, former soccer superstar Fan Zhiyi was invited to join a web-based talk show, publicly mentioning his remorse for having trolled the basketball world in a tweet.
Fan candidly said, "I did not mean to be abusive, I am deeply remorseful, it's all a matter of face! However, I did not expect that this comment would spark such a widespread (controversy)."
The origin of all this can be traced back to the March 14th broadcast of Spitfire, where Fan and current national men's basketball player
Zhou Qi
Guo Allen (1976-), Chinese basketball player
As well as well-known basketball coach Yang Ming appeared on this program together.
In this installment, the "slots" for men's basketball players focus on the 2019 men's basketball team.
World Cup
of poor performance.
2019 man篮
World Cup
Eight cities in China to start, before the game is widely predicted that the Chinese team will easily advance. However, unfortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team only achieved a 1 win and 2 losses in the group stage, missing the opportunity to go straight to the Olympics at home - after the game, the
Zhou Qi
Out-of-bounds turnover at a crucial moment in the battle between China and Poland,
Guo Allen (1976-), Chinese basketball player
A performance of just one point in a key game became a target.
In the face of Fan's tirade, the men's basketball team did not show any weakness, citing the national soccer team's difficulty in getting into the
World Cup
The status quo fights back.
Men's basketball players and coaches were on fire during the program. This episode of Spitfire has also generated a lot of attention both inside and outside the industry.
Former national player Wang Shipeng said in a video program on Tencent Sports, "2019 Men's Basketball
World Cup
of that game is scarring for a lot of basketball people, and this episode is just rubbing salt in the wound."
In addition, Wang Shipeng also expressed puzzlement about the format of this program, "soccer players can now also review basketball players, I feel the program
Zhou Qi
和
Guo Allen (1976-), Chinese basketball player
It's also more awkward to sit down there, and as a basketball person I feel sad and upset."
New People's Sports, on the other hand, criticized that such a program would not only "take the Chinese
national soccer team
The "ball claptrap" is not the only thing that can be said about the Chinese government, but it is the only thing that can be said about the Chinese government.
national soccer team
The ball isn't being pushed in any positive way.
On March 15, Xinhua News Agency released a commentary on the series of events, reminding basketball people that they should not forget to be introspective while laughing at themselves, "The original intention of the Trolling Conference program may be to amuse people, however
Zhou Qi
Guo Allen (1976-), Chinese basketball player
and Yang Ming should not laugh it off, but should have the courage to introspect and know the shame."
March 17, CCTV network also announced comments "Fan Zhiyi told a few fiery paragraphs, do not have to be on the line", said "competitive sports is to take the results of the profession, bad results should be able to tolerate criticism. And Chinese fans are the world's best fans collectively, never because of poor results and do not pay attention to, to understand the depth of love and responsibility, know the shame to be brave."
The next episode of the Spitfire Sports Special, which was scheduled to go live on March 21, failed to air on time, with the reason given by the official Spitfire microblogging site being a lack of editing time. In fact, the relevant content has not been aired so far.
