The year 2023 will be an eventful year for Chinese soccer, but also the beginning of change. The national team's Asian Cup, World Cup qualifiers and the Women's World Cup are coming up one after another; and with the dust settling on the "Class B B Management" policy, the Chinese Super League will also be on the right track. However, at the beginning of the new year, a storm called "Li Tie case" is quietly brewing, making it difficult to predict who will be caught in the vortex next.
On January 10th, the media broke the news that the general manager of the Chinese Super League Shenzhen team Ding Yong was taken away by the relevant departments, which seems to be inextricably linked with the "Li Tie case". It is worth mentioning that in recent years, "Li Tie case" related rumors are endless. January 4, sports weekly reporter Ran Xiongfei revealed that two Chinese Super League managers were taken away for investigation, one of them is the southern club general manager Ding Yong, while the other is the northern club manager Li Ming. This news let the outside world will focus on the national security general manager Li Ming and Shenzhen soccer general manager Ding Yong.
However, Ran Xiongfei apologized on air, saying that he had brought bad influence to the two bosses. Immediately after that, there were rumors that the incident was true. It turned out that the two owners involved were Li Jun, the former general manager of Hebei Huaxia Happiness, and Ding Dongmei, the former general manager of Shenzhen Football Club. Now, with media sources confirming that Ding Yong was taken away for investigation. At the same time, Shenzhen Football Club's former international player Zhang Lu, former general manager Ding Dongmei and current general manager Ding Yong are involved in the "Li Tie case". Whether Li Jun, the former owner of Hebei Huaxia Happiness, is involved is not yet clear.
As of now, the exact reason and nature of Ding Yong's removal is not yet clear. But some sources say that he was taken away and Li Tie as an intermediary to promote the transfer of related. With the fermentation of "Li Tie case", and his close relations with the brokerage company Comande Sports has also become a target.
Meanwhile, on the morning of January 11, Wuhan Changjiang defender Tomorrow publicly accused the club on social media that he had been cheated for three years and demanded payment of his salary. Two hours later, Wuhan Changjiang responded, stating that tomorrow's non-payment of wages was due to the player's illegal refusal to participate in matches, as well as serious problems and disputes in the player's contract with the club.
According to sources familiar with the matter, tomorrow completed a contract extension with the club in December 2017, with the contract due to be completed by the end of 2021, shortly after Li Tie took over as the team's coach. In fact, the 21-year-old tomorrow just completed a contract extension with the club at the beginning of this year, and rarely sign two contract extensions in a year. Last February, I renewed tomorrow's contract again to stay with the team, but did not disclose the length of the contract extension. However, judging from tomorrow's response to the Wuhan Changjiang team's statement, no one can say what is right or wrong except both sides.
On November 26 last year, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision website released a message confirming that the former head coach of the Chinese men's soccer team Li Tie suspected of serious violations of the law, is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of the State General Administration of Sport Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group and Hubei Provincial Supervisory Commission, "Li Tie case" has finally surfaced.
With the passage of time, more and more people are suspected of being involved in the "Li Tie case", online public information shows that the soccer circle is suspected of being involved in the "Li Tie case" is suspected of being arrested or assisting in the investigation of the number of people has reached double digits, including active coaches Zheng Bin, Xinfeng, Wuhan Football Association Secretary General, Director of the Football Management Center Fu Xiang.
It is worth noting that during the investigation of the "Li Tie case", the Chinese sports sector was not quiet. On December 24th of last year, the Guangdong Disciplinary Inspection Committee reported that 16 party members and leading cadres bore serious responsibility for the Guangdong sports match-fixing incident. Among them, Wang Yuping, director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Lei Inspection Jun, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Ouyang Ziwen, director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, and Xu Guangyong, secretary of the party committee of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Qingyuan City, were removed from their posts. Members of the Guangzhou Football Association (GFA) were suspended for two years as part of the Chinese Football Association's industry penalties, including Xie Zhiguang, chairman of the GFA, and Wang Yajun, principal of the Guangzhou Evergrande Football School. "Grounded".
In addition, the World Taiwan Federation also announced the banning of 10 Chinese players suspected of match-fixing, including Liang Wenbo, Lu Ning, Li Xing, Zhao Jianbo, Bai Langning, Chang Bingyu, Yan Bantao, Chen Zifan, Zhao Xintong and Zhang Health. The Chinese Taiwan Federation has since quickly followed suit and banned the 10. Meanwhile, the Discipline Inspection Panel of the State General Administration of Sport has reportedly set up a special team to rigorously investigate the matter.
In addition, on January 9, according to the Central Discipline Inspection Committee of the State General Administration of Sports Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group, Beijing Discipline Inspection Committee: Hu Guangyu, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations, and is currently under review and investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Committee of the State General Administration of Sports Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group and the Supervisory Committee of the Dongcheng District, Beijing. Undoubtedly, these "scraping the bones to heal the poison" all the tough means show the relevant departments to punish Chinese sports corruption and fake gambling and black determination and attitude, but also in the future to improve the environment of China's soccer played a model role.
On January 11, the FA Cup finished its semi-final, with Shandong Taishan and Zhejiang meeting in the final, and Shanghai Port's plan to use the FA Cup title to enter next season's AFC Champions League ultimately failed. Of course, fans are now more concerned about whether the relevant leaders of the CFA will be present at the award ceremony when the FA Cup winner emerges on January 15th.
Now, when the time enters 2023, Chinese soccer's anti-gambling and anti-blackness action has been fully launched. "Li Tie case" the real face of Chinese soccer is slowly recovering. "Li Tie case" will there be a bigger fish to be pulled out? Will there be? "Digging carrot bring out mud", triggering another sensational anti-corruption storm in the Chinese soccer world, people wait and see!
