In football, justice may drag on, but it is never absent. Those who use Chinese football as a tool for profit, those who are indifferent to the honor of football, those who have lost their reverence for football, those who let football fall into filth, should feel uneasy at this moment. This anti-corruption campaign in football has been carried out in depth, and these people must be uneasy. Because the law will never spare the evil and will never wrongfully innocent.
Li Tie, the former head coach of China's men's soccer team, is believed to have been the trigger for this anti-corruption storm. Li Tie's crimes are huge and varied, he is suspected of manipulating the league to undermine the fairness of the game, he suppresses naturalized players as the head coach of the national team, uses power for personal gain, cronyism, and is also suspected of abusing his power to influence the selection of the national team roster. After Li Tie was arrested, his fellow members who were implicated in him or profited from it were also investigated one after another.
Li Tie has been deeply engaged in the Chinese football industry for many years and has built a huge network of interests. Since his investigation, various departments of the Chinese Football Association have been investigated, many high-level officials have been arrested, and the match-fixing issue has also become the focus of investigation. This action not only involved Kim Kyung-do and other players, but also revealed that Kim Kyung-do was actually a member of the match-fixing organization. This is reminiscent of previous losses to Vietnam and Thailand, and many fans have questioned whether match-fixing was involved.
In the football report, reporter Li Xuan said that in the loss to Vietnam, several players had doubtful performances and seemed to have deliberately performed badly and did not want to win. In the loss to Thailand, football star Pham Zhiyi was so angry that he criticized the national team without reservation. The anti-corruption campaign was so loud that People's Daily, CCTV and the General Administration of Sports of China all expressed their intention to thoroughly investigate the truth and will not tolerate it, so as to create a pure land for Chinese football.
Attentive fans have noticed that this anti-corruption campaign in football has gained momentum and is expected to go back a decade to a decade ago. For example, Yu Hongchen, who has left the Football Association and transferred to the Athletics Association, has also been involved in the investigation. The problem of match-fixing is so harmful that not only the league is now investigating, but also rumors that the previous losses to Vietnam and Thailand will also be revisited, because the two teams should not have a huge gap in strength with the Chinese team, and these losses have raised suspicions about match-fixing.
With the arrest of Jin Jingdao, Qin Sheng and other match-fixers, a corner of the inside story of match-fixing in Chinese football was uncovered. It is worth noting that in the 1-5 loss to Thailand, Kim Kyung-do and Qin Sheng were both main players. Less than 29 minutes into the game, the national team's back line was out of control, Qin Sheng's performance on the field was abnormal, and coach Camacho also sensed something was wrong and replaced him, but then Thailand scored three goals in a row, which led to speculation about match-fixing.
Looking back at last year's Lunar New Year's Day game against Vietnam, there was dodging on the pitch, and the performance of the goalkeeper and other players raised doubts about their commitment. Although Kim Kyung-do did not play at the time, the goalkeeper broke the news that people like Kim Kyung-do sometimes do not need to play to determine the outcome of matches, which reinforced the accusation that Kim Kyung-do's crime was extremely serious and that match-fixing may not be limited to the league.
As the Kim Kim case deepens, many fans believe that the mystery behind the 1-5 loss to Thailand and 1-3 to Vietnam can be solved. In fact, the strength of the Chinese men's football team is not bad, whether it is physical fitness or population size, it is not inferior to Japan and South Korea. But why did they lose to Thailand and Vietnam? Apparently, some people got carried away by money. They will face inescapable punishment, which is inevitable for justice.