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"When I was a player, the people I hated the most were people who played match-fixing" This sentence comes from Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team.
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world and is also loved by the Chinese people. However, Chinese football has been in a trough for a long time and has not been able to achieve satisfactory results in the international arena.
The reason for this is that in addition to the technical and tactical level and the youth training system, the more important reason is the corruption in the football field. Football corruption not only harms the fair competition of football and affects the healthy development of football, but also hurts the feelings of the vast number of fans and corrupts the social atmosphere.
In November 2022, the Chinese Football Association set off an unprecedented anti-corruption storm. The trigger for this storm was Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team. Li Tie's fall has brought out a huge corruption network of the Football Association. Many high-level and middle-level cadres of the Football Association are inextricably linked with Li Tie.
The fourth episode of the TV feature film "Continue to Make Efforts and Advance in Depth" broadcast by CCTV Comprehensive Channel on January 9, 2024, "Promoting the "Three Non-Corruptions" in One Piece", is a true record of this anti-corruption struggle.
Li Tie, once a banner of Chinese football, as the main midfielder of the national team, he won the respect and love of fans with his tenacious struggle and excellent skills and tactics. He has played in the Europa League and won the title in the domestic league, and his football career has been full of glory and glory.
However, it is such a former football hero who embarked on a path of no return when he transformed into a coach after retiring. He used his connections and influence to participate in a number of corruption cases of match-fixing, buying referees, and bribing superiors, and was finally investigated and dealt with by the discipline inspection and supervision organs, which became an important breakthrough in the anti-corruption of Chinese football.
Li Tie's road to corruption began in 2015 when he joined Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club as the head coach. At that time, Huaxia Fortune was a Chinese team, but it had the ambition and capital to surpass. The club's owner, Meng Jing, is a wealthy real estate businessman who hopes to enhance his brand and social status by investing in football.
He set a very demanding goal for Li Tie: he must surpass success in the first year, qualify for the AFC Champions League in the second year, and win the Chinese Super League in the third year.
Li Tie accepted the challenge, but he soon found that it was almost impossible to achieve this goal by normal means. At that time, the season had been 21 rounds, and Huaxia Fortune was only ranked 6th, still 4 points away from the super zone, and the remaining 9 games were difficult for opponents to deal with. As soon as Li Tie took office, the club made an improper suggestion to him: use his connections to buy opponents and let them "release water".
Li Tie was a little hesitant at first, after all, when he was a player, what he hated most was people who played match-fixing.
However, he also has his own ambitions and vanity, he wants to prove that he is a good coach, he wants his team to surpass success, and he wants his name to resound in Chinese football again. So, he compromised, he agreed to the club's request and he began his journey of match-fixing.
Li Tie's match-fixing journey is a carnival of money. He used his connections to contact a number of coaches, players, and referees, and gave them high offers to make way for Huaxia Happiness in key games. He also used his influence to intervene in the scheduling of the match, so that Huaxia Fortune could face the weakest opponent in the best condition. His match-fixing journey was strongly supported by the club owner Meng Jing, who did not hesitate to spend tens of millions of yuan for this.
Li Tie's journey of match-fixing is also a "miracle" creation. Under his control, Huaxia Fortune played a magical "eight consecutive wins", and in the last round, with a one-point advantage, it surpassed its competitors and successfully entered the Chinese Super League.
This achievement made the fans of Huaxia Happy cheer, shocked the Chinese football world, and also made Li Tie's reputation reach its peak. He was hailed as the "Rush Wizard" and his team was called the "Rush Miracle".
However, all these "miracles" are based on money. After an in-depth investigation by the discipline inspection and supervision organs, the details of Li Tie's match-fixing journey were gradually revealed.
It turned out that in the last game of the season, in order to ensure the surpass, he actually spent 14 million yuan to buy the club, coaches and players of his opponent Shenzhen Yuheng, and let them deliberately lose in the game. Moreover, he was also revealed that he had used similar tactics in previous games, bribing the opponent's key personnel and making them make mistakes or release water at critical moments.
Li Tie's journey of match-fixing eventually led to his demise. He was investigated by the discipline inspection and supervision organs, detained for review, found guilty of a number of violations of discipline and law, expelled from the party, revoked his coaching qualifications, and sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment.
His reputation plummeted, his fans were disappointed in him, and his football career came to an end. All his former glory and glory were completely ruined by his own greed and stupidity.
Li Tie's corruption case is just a microcosm of the anti-corruption in Chinese football.
In his case, a number of coaches, players, referees, club executives, agents, etc. were also involved, all of whom were involved in various unhealthy practices in the field of football at different levels, undermining the fairness and purity of football, and damaging the development and reputation of football.
What is even more shocking is that a number of high-level and middle-level cadres of the Chinese Football Association have also been found to be seriously corrupt, using their power to provide various conveniences for the club, accepting huge bribes, and even involving some national team games. The behavior of these people has seriously damaged the image and credibility of the Chinese Football Association, and also seriously affected the development and progress of Chinese football.
The anti-corruption campaign in Chinese football is a necessary clean-up. Under the vigorous crackdown of the discipline inspection and supervision organs, Li Tie and a number of other corrupt elements were punished according to law and removed from the football field.
This is a profound lesson for Chinese football and an important turning point. It has brought Chinese football back to the track of fairness and purity, re-established righteousness and confidence in Chinese football, and rejuvenated Chinese football with vitality and hope.
The fight against corruption in Chinese football is also a protracted battle. The case of Li Tie and others is only the tip of the iceberg, and there are still many unhealthy trends in Chinese football that need to be eradicated.
The discipline inspection and supervision organs said that they will continue to maintain a high-pressure situation, zero tolerance for all violations of discipline and law in the field of football, strictly investigate and deal with them, and will not tolerate them. They also called on the vast number of football practitioners and enthusiasts to actively participate in the anti-corruption action, report and expose all the clues of the problems involved, and jointly maintain the health and development of football.
The fight against corruption in Chinese football is a formidable challenge. If Chinese football wants to realize its dreams, make a difference on the international stage, and win the respect and support of fans, it must resolutely oppose all corrupt practices, insist on all fair competition, and adhere to all professional ethics. Only in this way can Chinese football get out of the predicament, move towards the light, and create brilliance.
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