On January 19, the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State General Administration of Sports announced that Liu Yi, member of the 11th Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association and former secretary general, and Chen Yongliang, executive deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association and director of the national team management department, are suspected of serious violations of the law and are currently under supervision and investigation.
Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang "fell off the horse", 55 days after the former national football coach Li Tie was investigated.
Why did the investigation take so long?
From the perspective of time, it shows at least two problems: first, the investigation of the national football team and the football association by the discipline inspection and supervision authorities is not easy or easy; Second, the corruption of the national football team and the football association may be rotten, and there are many people involved and the case is complicated.
In addition, it cannot be ruled out that some people resisted the investigation of the organization and concealed the facts of the case.
Li Tie was taken away for investigation on November 26, 2022
Earlier, online news said that the amount of money involved in Li Tie's case was huge, with more than 100 million yuan in deposits in a bank in Shenyang alone.
For the general public, football is consumption and entertainment is a spirit and honor, and for Li Tie, Liu Yi, Chen Yongliang and the like, football is a tool for profit, a bargaining chip for power and money, and a source of luxury pleasure.
According to the news of Beiqing Sports on December 1, 2022, Li Tie confessed three former Chinese men's football internationals after being investigated.
One of them is Zhang Lu, a former national gate. Li Tie confessed that Zhang Lu played match-fixing after being bought by heavy money in Wuhan against Tianhai in the 2019 Chinese Super League relegation match.
the other is Li Tie's Shenyang hometown, who worked as teammates in Quan Jian and Zhang Lu before moving to Shenzhen; Another was an international full-back. The media has not disclosed the specific information of the latter two.
How deep is the water of the Chinese Football Association?
According to relevant news reports, at the beginning of 2022, He Xiaofeng, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association, made the "2019 and 2020 Annual Financial Reports of the Chinese Football Association". According to the report, in 2019, the total income of the Football Association was 820 million yuan and expenses were 860 million yuan, and in 2020, the total income was 460 million yuan, and the expenses were 470 million yuan.
The Football Association "burned" 1.33 billion yuan in two years, not only did not earn back a penny, but also lost 50 million yuan.
What is this not a "loser"?
Among the money burned by the Football Association is 200 million yuan allocated by the State General Administration of Sports every year.
The annual salary of football players in the country is reported on the Internet
The national men's football team, which is even the "loser" of the "losers", spends hundreds of millions of yuan every year, but has become a famous "often defeated general" and successfully created the meaning of "national football" into the meaning of "shame".
The body plate of the national football player "piercing the heart"
Imagine, how can a thoroughly corrupt football association, a team without faith, a group of sons and brothers who only pursue fame and profit and greedy for pleasure, inherit and carry forward the fighting spirit of sports, and how to fight for the honor of the nation?
Where is the way out for Chinese football?
Some people have said that respecting the basic laws of football development, establishing their own youth talent training system, and increasing the country's football population are the top priorities.
In other words, football has to start with a doll, which takes generations or more.
We agree with this view. But more importantly, it should be a thorough investigation of corruption within the Chinese Football Association, resolutely eliminate the black sheep, eliminate the "moths" lurking in its body, and restore its vibrant body as soon as possible.
If corruption is not eliminated, Chinese football will never have a better tomorrow!
Judging from the current situation, I believe that the discipline inspection and supervision organs will definitely give a satisfactory answer to the 1.4 billion people.
What tomorrow will be like for Chinese football, let's wait and see!