The chaos of Chinese soccer has been entrenched for two months. Despite the outstanding performance of the U20 national soccer team against Saudi Arabia, fans still have doubts in their minds. Mystery surrounds the progress of the investigations into FA president Chen Xuyuan and former national soccer coach Li Tie, leaving everyone in suspense. Against this backdrop, internal conflicts within the soccer media circle intensified, with Li Xuan and Ma Dexing having a particularly heated exchange, starting a war of words between the two on the internet. Li Xuan even wrote a long article, pointing out the many fallacies of Ma Dexing, and even said that he is the patron of Chen Xuyuan, not worthy of a first-line soccer reporter.
Li Xuan stated that he had no intention of paying attention to Ma Dexing's gang, but that they had repeatedly tarnished his image. At one point, he was accused of being a "disabled person" who wrote stories from home in a wheelchair. After the U20 victory, Ma Dexing once again satirized Li Xuan, suggesting that there was a difference between live interviews and online celebrities, clearly belittling Li Xuan. Li Xuan retaliated by pointing out Ma Dexing's incompetence. After the coach of the national soccer team was selected, Ma Dexing reported that the selection of the coach had been stalled, clearly not knowing the truth and a blasphemy to the profession of journalism.
Meanwhile, Li Xuan revealed the secret relationship between Chen Xuyuan and Ma Dexing. As we all know, Ma Dexing has always supported Chen Xuyuan. Li Xuan once exposed that Chen Xuyuan played cards with the national soccer team every night and was insulted by Ma Dexing by calling him "disabled". Chen Xuyuan's relationship has caused many fans to support Ma Dexing, and also caused trouble for Li Xuan. Ma Dexing even used Chen Xuyuan's connections to coach national soccer players, calling himself a real journalist.
Currently, Li Xuan clearly has the upper hand in the media struggle, with far more social media attention than Ma Dexing. Although Ma Dexing is nominally a frontline journalist, fans prefer Li Xuan. For no other reason than the fact that Li Xuan dares to expose the dark side of Chinese soccer, and her comments are mostly true. In contrast, Ma Dexing has whitewashed the situation and supported the problematic figures of Chinese football such as Chen Xuyuan and Li Tie.
Chen Xuyuan and Li Tie are already in trouble, and although Ma Dexing has no background, he has not reflected on the past, but is instead mocking Li Xuan. It is unethical to mock others for their physical defects, and Ma Dexing, as a journalist, should do even less. Li Xuan has no intention of becoming a frontline reporter and reporting the news on the spot, but rather shine in her own way, providing her fans with the fastest and most up-to-date information.
Li Xuan's long article made Ma Dexing lose face, and fans also saw the gap between the two. At the critical moment of the change of the national football team, if Ma Dexing continues this line, the position of the first-line reporter is difficult to keep. The change of Chinese soccer is not only the national football itself, but also the Football Association, but also the media and fans. Only the formation of a culture of right and wrong, Chinese soccer can really improve.
