CCTV's annual anti-corruption blockbuster, between the words and swords, finally came to the drama of the national football corruption case. The finale of this series of anti-corruption blockbusters will focus on Li Tie, who has attracted the attention of 300 million fans, and the national football team. A drama intertwined with fiction and reality, with the tears of 68-year-old Chen Xuyuan, the greed of 64-year-old Du Zhaocai, and the "very regretful" words of 47-year-old Li Tie, people can't help but sigh, silent irony and helplessness.
What awaits these protagonists is the trial of the law, but in the hearts of Chinese fans, there are only empty expectations. As Chen Xuyuan said: "Fans can tolerate the backwardness of Chinese football, but they cannot forgive corruption." "Chinese football, when it is in danger, the final chapter of CCTV's annual anti-corruption blockbuster focuses on the national football corruption case. This is not only a collapse of rotten power, but also a shocking change in the history of Chinese football.
In this high-profile anti-corruption drama, we witnessed the joys and sorrows of protagonists such as Chen Xuyuan, Du Zhaocai, and Li Tie. In the picture, 68-year-old Chen Xuyuan burst into tears in front of the camera, 64-year-old Du Zhaocai was carried away by interests, and 47-year-old Li Tie said "very regretful", and the faith in Chinese football also collapsed silently. Geng Zhimin, the chief producer of CCTV News Channel, revealed key information before the start of tonight's broadcast, revealing the fact that the "eight consecutive wins" and countless victories were all at the cost of huge amounts of money. Li Tie, who was once able to take charge of the national team, was actually a road paved with money.
When this earth-shattering news came, China Youth Daily published an article titled "The New Deal of the Chinese Football Professional League First Rescues the Emergency and Then Saves the Poor", complaining about the plight of the Football Professional League. The national football team bid farewell to the Jinyuan era, but faced the poverty of the black iron era, the only question is, without money, can the national football team continue to stand out on the stage of the World Cup? The Football Association recently announced the list of debts for the 2024 season of the professional league, 42 clubs have completed the repayment, but there are still many clubs in trouble, including the Wuhan team, Hebei team, Guangzhou team, etc., which were coached by Li Tie, and the first two even announced their dissolution.
In the CCTV documentary, the details of Li Tie's involvement in corruption from the beginning of his coaching career were revealed. How did all this start from the illusion of a miracle and gradually evolve into the reality of football corruption? In 2015 and 2019, the rumors that Li Tie had played match-fixing have now been confirmed more than 400 days after his arrest. How did the player, who had said goodbye on the pitch with a broken leg, get caught up in this vortex?
Li Tie's football career has been coaching since 2012, first as an assistant coach, and later as a head coach in Hebei Huaxia Happiness. During this time, he learned how to bribe opponents and buy players to achieve the club's short-term goals, and "eight wins in a row" to surpass the miracle was an outright lie. Li Tie himself admitted that his strength should have been enough to defeat his opponent, but in order to win 100 percent, he chose to go to the point of no return. And this kind of depravity was actually replicated when he later coached Wuhan Zall.
What's even more shocking is that Li Tie, who once had an annual salary of 30 million, turned out to be the head coach of the national football team who used money to get to the top. How did the club and Li Tie work together to make him the head coach of the men's national football team, and finally succeed Lippi as the head coach of the national football team? In this power game, even Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Football Association, and Du Zhaocai, the deputy director of the Football Association, were deeply involved in it, and tens of millions of yuan of property were exposed. With all these ugly transactions, how many detours have Chinese football taken in the past ten years?
The World Cup dream of the national football team was ruined by these "rat". How will Chinese football make up for the losses of the past 10 years? This is an extremely painful and reflective moment. The exposure of the national football corruption case is like a storm of anti-corruption in football, pushing the Chinese football community to the forefront. This conspiracy drama performed by Li Tie, Chen Xuyuan, Du Zhaocai and other protagonists is not only a great change in the sports world, but also a shocking event in the history of Chinese football.
Behind this power drama is the intricate relationship between money, position and football. Li Tie deceived the fans with the illusion of "eight consecutive wins", but in fact, he was seeking higher positions and rich financial returns for the club and individuals. The club used bribery to achieve short-term goals with the help of Li Tie's hands, at the expense of paying a heavy price.
Li Tie's greed sprouted as early as the miracle of Chongchao. In order to achieve the ambitious goals of the Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club, he began to indulge in the whirlpool of corruption. Rumors of match-fixing have become a shadow for Li Tie, but under the shroud of power, these rumors have not been able to surface.
The incident revealed a complex network of power deals, involving a triangular relationship between clubs, football associations and national teams. Through monetary transactions, Li Tie successfully rose from the club to the head coach of the national team, and this is not only his personal desires, but also a joint transaction between the club and the Football Association. This kind of privatization has directly impacted the fairness and fairness of China's football system.
Lack of ethics at the management level of football has allowed corruption to spread. The corruption of the top and mid-level cadres of the Football Association has had a direct impact on the governing body of football. Du Zhaocai and others dredged things up by sending money and goods, which became an unhealthy atmosphere and affected the operation of the entire football system.
The financial black hole of the professional league surfaced in this incident. Not only have clubs been struggling with unpaid wages, but the poverty of the professional football league has also been revealed. This is not only a problem of a single club, but also a structural contradiction of the entire league system, which is thought-provoking.
Under this series of exposures, Chinese football ushered in a moment of deep reflection. From the Jin Yuan era to the Black Iron Era, where will Chinese football go? How to find a healthy and sustainable development path under the haze of power and corruption has become a top priority. Rebuilding confidence in Chinese football requires stronger determination and systemic reforms.
The media, fans and regulators share a social responsibility in this incident. The media has unearthed the incident, the voices and boycotts of fans have paid the price for football corruption, and regulators need to further improve the institutional mechanisms to ensure the normal operation and management of football. The future outlook of Chinese football requires the construction of a clean and fair football system. This is not only an anti-corruption battle, but also a profound warning to football governing bodies, clubs and practitioners. Only on the basis of building a clean football culture and system can Chinese football get out of the current predicament and usher in a brighter future.
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