During the previous participation in the World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team was controversial because of a seafood advertisement, including Chen Jiayuan, who was in charge of the national football team, Li Tie, the then manager of the national football team, Wu Xi, and the core Zhang Yuning, all of which were "blackened" in the eyes of fans. Since then, it has been reported that the sea cucumber advertisement is operated by a leader surnamed Du of the Football Association, and today, Shanghai reporter Chen Hua directly named that the leader surnamed Du is Du Zhaocai, the secretary of the party committee of the Football Association who was investigated.
During the last World Preliminary Tournament, because of this advertisement of the sea cucumber gate, the captain Wu Xi was the most seriously blackened, and the sea cucumber has also become one of the common words used by the outside world to ridicule the national football team. As for Chen Jiayuan, who was still in charge of the national football team at that time, and Li Tie, the manager at the time, they were also deeply caught in the whirlpool, and even Zhang Yuning, who stood for the sea cucumber advertising platform, was also criticized a lot.
After Li Tie got out of class, some media people disclosed that the sea cucumber advertisement was operated by the leaders of the football association, and it was not led by Chen Jiayuan. At that time, such a statement was considered to be a "whitewash" of Chen Jiayuan and Li Tie, so it lacked a certain credibility.
Before Chen Jiayuan and Du Zhaocai had accidents one after another, some media people once again disclosed the inside of the sea cucumber gate, saying that a certain leader surnamed Du single-handedly handled the sea cucumber advertisement, and the sea cucumber advertisement was sponsored by entering the national brand team. Although some people speculated at the time that Du Zhaocai pulled the strings, it did not trigger the "rehabilitation" effect.
Today, Chen Hua, a reporter from Shanghai media, directly pointed out that it was Du Zhaocai who took over the advertisement, which can be regarded as the official "rehabilitation" of Li Tie, Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning, Chen Jiayuan and others who once carried the black pot.