Du Zhaocai, the former head of the Football Association (FA), who once held a high position of power in our soccer world, has now been formally taken into custody by the judiciary. With the preliminary trial coming to an end, he is about to face the severe punishment of the law. Since Du Zhaocai took charge of the Football Association in 2017, time has passed, six whole spring and fall. The former leader in the field of soccer is now in such a difficult situation. Behind all the tragedies, it is saddening; and it is this type of character that has left an indelible scar on Chinese soccer.
In the summer of 2017, Du Zhaocai parachuted into the position of the head of the Football Association. At that time, Cai Zhenhua has been marginalized, Du Zhaocai quietly became the actual helmsman of the Football Association. At the beginning of his tenure, he began to rectify the much criticized "transfer fee" system, not only did not relax the control of the club, but introduced more stringent measures, trying to plug all the loopholes, so that clubs can not escape the "high tax burden".
To 2020, Guangzhou Evergrande, Beijing Guoan, Tianjin Tianhai and other clubs to the Football Association to pay a total of more than 1.5 billion corrective fees, once became Du Zhaocai's "pool of funds". However, the funds have now become a hot potato, the destination of the funds, how to extract, has become a big mystery. This is undoubtedly on Du Zhaocai period football association leadership "crooked" a great challenge, quite ironic.
Du Zhaocai at the helm of the Football Association, the Chinese Super League was also plunged into a three-year-long period of chaos, "every year there are new policies". He once tried to create a "national team professional league", and then wanted to form a "national training team", and even forced the selection of players from each team. During the tournament for militarized training, the formation of the so-called "U25 national team". These initiatives are invariably ended in failure, but the Chinese Super League standings and sponsor confidence caused a devastating blow. In fact, over the years, the Chinese Super League, although still in the golden dollar era, has begun to decline.
In the summer of 2019, Chen Xuyuan joined the Football Association and Du Zhaocai's dictatorship came to an end. For a while, Chen Xuyuan worked internally and Du Zhaocai worked externally. Despite their apparent unanimity, the two men were in fact in a state of darkness. In order to consolidate their own power in the Association, Du Zhaocai even went so far as to expand the huge power structure of the Association, mobilizing "friends and relatives" to fight against Chen Xuyuan. Thus, the Football Association has become a battlefield for Du and Chen to compete for power and profit. People can't help but wonder how much attention can be paid to soccer.
However, all of the above is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Du Zhaocai's greatest damage to Chinese soccer.In 2019, China's national Olympic team sparked an uproar when they failed to beat Vietnam at home. It was later revealed that the national team selection was manipulated by the organization and reduced to a tool for profit transfer. As Du Zhaocai, who controlled the selection of young players at the time, naturally could not escape blame. This is the act of destroying the foundation of Chinese soccer, and Du Zhaocai can not be absolved of his sins.
