Recently, an anti-gambling storm has arisen in Chinese soccer, with heavy news coming one after another. Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Shenhua and other clubs, whether active or retired, a number of players are involved in the Super League gambling storm. According to the latest media exposure, the players who were taken away by the police for investigation are not trivial, they used to be the backbone of the national team, and Jin Jingdao of Shandong Taishan is one of them, who is even more active in the international soccer world.
When it comes to Jin Jingdao, the first thing that comes to fans' mind is his low-key character, excellent running ability, tireless efforts and good physical fitness. Since joining Shandong Taishan, the Jilin youth player has risen quickly to become the core of the team's midfield, helping the team win the FA Cup several times, and has been selected for the national team several times.
However, this seemingly calm and introverted player is actually the planner and implementer of gambling. He secretly colluded with gambling gangs to assign players to "tasks" and to make cash dividends after completing them. It is reported that Shandong Taishan club in the last season has been aware of this matter, so he in the second half of the season almost faded out of the team's main lineup.
If it wasn't for this police intervention, I'm sure the vast majority of fans wouldn't be suspicious of him.
Some fans have likened him to the real-life version of the wildly popular protagonist Gao Qiqiang, but that's not a good analogy. For an accurate portrayal of his story, perhaps Tomb Road, an anti-triad drama, would be more apt.
In the TV series Tomb Road, gang leader Song Ruoxu is ostensibly a timid and fearful civil servant of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, leaving an impression that he is contented and miserly. However, this is only one side of him. The real Song Ruoxu is actually a ruthless, decisive and resolute grave robber with a clear mind and a deep city.
On the surface, he "punched the clock" on time, even in the eyes of his wife, a coward; in private, he led a gang of grave robbers, specializing in Guanzhong region, and committed a series of shocking crimes. It was not until the police revealed Song Ruoxu's true nature that his family and colleagues realized that he was a typical "two-faced man", one is the surface, the other is the real him.
Now, Jin Jingdao and others are taken away by the police for investigation, marking the full swing of soccer's anti-gambling campaign. We expect this storm to continue to ferment and bring a clear sky for Chinese soccer.
