After a large-scale anti-corruption in China, the Chinese football scene is already in a state of devastation, especially the football association is the hardest hit area of this anti-corruption, and the top management has almost been emptied. The Football Association entered a transitional period in the post-Chen Jiayuan and Du Zhaocai era, and the General Administration sent a multi-person working group to help the Football Association and Chinese football rebuild, of which Gao Hongbo and Sun Wen, as the only remaining high-level members of the previous team, were reused during the transition period. Among them, Gao Hongbo is in charge of the league, referee, national brand, youth training and other most important links of Chinese football, and the scenery is unparalleled for a while.
However, with the increasingly serious referee problem in the league and the lack of progress in the reconstruction of the national brand, Gao Hongbo has been pushed to the forefront again, and even many people hope that the anti-corruption will tilt in his favor and investigate him. Since then, the new generation of leaders of the Football Association has surfaced, and Song Kai, director of the Liaoning Sports Bureau, has served as the deputy head of the preparatory team of the Football Association, and has begun to frequently appear in domestic football activities, and Gao Hongbo has once again taken a back seat and began to focus on other aspects of work. Recently, the National Olympic Games are participating in the 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup qualifiers in Dalian, and Song Kai personally attended to cheer and help, while Gao Hongbo's chances to appear are becoming less and less.
Gao Hongbo recently made a rare appearance at the event, he participated in the East Asian Youth Football Development Forum in Qingdao, where the East Asian Football Federation U15 Championship was also held, and the U15 national youth team will now compete with Japan for the championship in the final. During the break of this competition, the coaches of the participating teams conducted youth training exchange activities, and Gao Hongbo entertained the visiting teams as the host. Gao Hongbo is currently focusing on youth training, which is equivalent to his new work direction and his new position after the confirmation of the new football association team.
From the original in charge of league, referee, national brand, youth training and many other key departments, to now only responsible for the youth training part, there may be other parts of the work, but it is definitely much less than before Song Kai came. It can be seen that Gao Hongbo's status has visibly declined. It is not difficult to understand, no matter who takes the position of the number one of the Football Association, Gao Hongbo's work achievements in the past six months may be difficult to say in the past, just take out the referee problem alone can be said well, after the referee work he is in charge, there are even more problems than in the Chen Jiayuan period.
For now, Gao Hongbo has not been involved in the anti-corruption case of Chen Jiayuan and others, which shows that he still guards the bottom line. But Chinese football is not easy to manage, some people may be good coaches, but management is worse. I don't know how much the Football Association and Chinese football can change after Song Kai takes office, I hope that all aspects can be changed, Chinese football can not withstand the toss.