In Chinese football, 2023 is undoubtedly a spectacular year. This year, the arrest of former national football coach Li Tie triggered a new round of anti-corruption in football, and at the same time, the Football Association was also experiencing an anti-gambling storm. The gambling case of Jin Jingdao and Qin Sheng became the focus of the storm, and according to reporter Miao Yuan, about 100 people in China's third-tier league were involved in gambling, ranging from 1,800 to 100,000.
The arrest of Li Tie, Chen Jiayuan, Du Zhaocai and other senior officials of the Football Association, and the failure of Li Yuyi, Yu Hongchen, Ma Chengquan and other people who have left the Football Association to escape the law, these incidents shocked the whole country and made us begin to reflect: What is wrong with the development of Chinese football?
Corruption, gambling, game manipulation, the problems that have long plagued Chinese football, were exposed in this storm.
What we see is that some heroes who once struggled on the green field have become criminals in this storm; What we see is that some of the dreams of football that were once swallowed up by the darkness of reality. These problems are not only the problems of individual people, but also the problems of the entire Chinese football system. They reflect the shortcomings of Chinese football in the development process, and also let us see the resistance to the development of Chinese football.
However, just as there will always be a sunny day after a storm, this storm also gives Chinese football a chance to start anew. Under the leadership of the new leadership team, Chinese football has begun a profound self-revolution.
We began to reflect, began to change, began to rebuild our football dreams on the ruins of this storm. We began to pay more attention to the grassroots development of football, began to pay more attention to the cultivation of youth football, and began to pay more attention to the construction of football culture. We hope that in the days to come, Chinese football can shake off the shadow of the past and move towards a brighter future.
This storm has taught us a valuable lesson: only through continuous self-reflection and continuous self-improvement can we truly develop and make real progress. We must not forget the pain that this storm has inflicted on us, but we must not let that pain stop us from moving forward. We need to turn these pains into our motivation to move forward and let our football dreams shine even brighter in the days to come.
Although this storm has brought great impact and pain, it has also sounded the alarm for the future of Chinese football, reminding us that we must face these problems squarely and completely solve them, so that Chinese football can truly move towards the road of healthy development.
After the storm, Chinese football faces a completely new situation. The new leadership team has brought new ideas and directions, and also brought opportunities for Chinese football to start anew. However, the storm has also exposed problems in China's football system and mechanisms. Corruption, gambling, game manipulation and other scandals make us have to deeply reflect: what is wrong with our football? How can our football move into the future?
At a new beginning, we need to face up to the mistakes of the past and learn the painful lessons. We need to completely eliminate corrupt elements in Chinese football, we need to establish a fair, just and transparent football operation mechanism, and we need to give those who really love football a stage to show themselves. We need to work more on the development of grassroots football so that more children can run freely on the green field. We need to pay more attention to football education and make football culture deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
At the same time, we must also see that if Chinese football wants to truly rise and truly go to the world, we need to make more efforts. We need a more scientific training system, we need a more professional coaching team, and we need a more perfect youth training mechanism. We need to learn the world's most advanced football concepts, we need to constantly innovate and develop.
At this new starting point, we have reason to believe that as long as we do not forget our original intention, as long as we forge ahead, the future of Chinese football will be even better. On the new journey, we will encounter more difficulties and challenges, but as long as we are united and work together, there is nothing we cannot overcome.
Let us work hand in hand, for the future of Chinese football, we are not afraid of any difficulties and challenges. On this road full of thorns, we will move forward together, we will struggle together, and we will create new brilliance of Chinese football together.
On the new starting point after the storm, Chinese football, we are moving towards the future together!