According to CCTV news, today (28th), Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team, is suspected of accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes by units, accepting bribes from non-state workers, and offering bribes to non-state workers, and will be tried in open court in accordance with the law in the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province.
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Li Tie was born in Shenyang in May 1977 and is a former Chinese professional football player who plays as a midfielder. After retiring as an athlete, he coached and served as a manager in Guangzhou Evergrande, Hebei Huaxia Fortune, Wuhan Zall and other clubs.
From January 2020 to December 2021, Li Tie served as the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team, but resigned due to poor results in the top 12 of the Asian region of the World Preliminary Championships.
According to the website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision on November 26, 2022, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team, is suspected of serious violations of the law and is subject to the supervision and investigation of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in the State General Administration of Sports and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission. This is how the anti-corruption campaign in football began.
The official report on August 2, 2023 that the Hubei procuratorate prosecuted Li Tie on suspicion of accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes by units, accepting bribes by non-state functionaries, and offering bribes to non-state functionaries in accordance with the law.
In the fourth episode of the TV special film "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" broadcast in January 2024, Li Tie appeared on camera to confess, and the details of the case were revealed.
Spend 14 million in a game to buy the other party's "release water"
6 million was monopolized by the player
Li Tie was the first person to be subject to supervision and investigation and was detained in this case, and it has been proved that the choice of this entry point is very accurate. He has served as a coach in many clubs, and also served as the head coach of the Chinese national men's football team, and his relationship in the football field is intertwined.
Luo Yu (staff of Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision): The reason why Li Tie was able to become the head coach of the national team is because he has led two Chinese A teams to successfully enter the Chinese Super League, which actually played a very good role in his industry status. But in fact, Li Tie led the team to the Chinese Super League twice, and there were a lot of match-fixing behind him.
Li Tie turned to coaching after retiring, and in August 2015 he joined Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club as head coach for the first time. At that time, there were only 9 games left in the season, and Huaxia Happiness was only ranked 6th, and the prospect of surpassing was not optimistic. As soon as Li Tie took office, the club bluntly proposed that he would use his connections to buy his opponents.
Li Tie: When I was a player, I hated the people who played match-fixing, but because I knew that these might help our team increase our chances and become the head coach of a team for the first time, I also had the mentality of wanting to prove myself.
After Li Tie took office, he played a magical "eight consecutive wins" in the last eight games of the season, which made Huaxia Happiness finally lead its competitors by one point and surpass success. After investigation, the so-called "super-miracle" is completely manipulated behind the back by the hand of money. For example, in the last game of the season, Huaxia Fortune must win or draw to ensure that it can surpass, and the club has spent a lot of money on it.
Meng Jing (former chairman of Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club): In the last game, we spent about 14 million yuan, and we greeted the Shenzhen team club, the head coach and the players.
Zheng Bin (former assistant coach of Li Tie's team): Our strength should actually surpass it (Shenzhen Yuheng), that is, we can win by playing normally, but we want to get some ways to win 100%, and everyone just attaches too much importance to this result.
Li Fei offered 6 million yuan, saying that he would help them "play" a number of key players, and Huaxia Happiness agreed. Ironically, if it weren't for this investigation, no one would have known that the 6 million Riffae had actually been taken by themselves.
Li Tie: In order to achieve results, I will find referees to do work, buy other players and coaches, and some clubs will find clubs to find clubs in this way, which has become a habit, and even a little bit of dependence later.
Luo Yu: Fans are invested in real feelings, but what they see is a fake show, and the memories of joy are all fictional, which will give people a feeling of instant collapse. This feeling actually erodes everyone's enthusiasm for football little by little.
Li Tie bribed the head coach of the national team with 3 million yuan
Li Tie's idea of bribing is the same as playing match-fixing, and he feels that he needs multiple insurances. On the one hand, he lobbied the Zall Club to pay for him to do the work, saying that if he could "get on top", he would also repay the club in many ways, and the club took out 2 million yuan to bribe Chen Xuyuan for this. On the other hand, Li Tie felt that Liu Yi, the secretary general of the Football Association at the time, also had a lot of right to speak, so he gave Liu Yi 1 million yuan out of his own pocket.
Li Tie used the 60 million yuan "contract" as a guise
Four players from the Zall team were selected for the national team
In this way, Li Tie became the head coach of the men's national football selection team as he wished, and after Lippi resigned, he was immediately appointed as the head coach of the men's national football team. The day after the position was confirmed, Li Tie flew to Wuhan to negotiate a deal with Zall Club.
Tian Xudong (former chairman of Wuhan Zall Club): In fact, it is an exchange of interests, and the conversation is very naked, which players I bring in, which player may give you playing time, and at the level of the Football Association, it will definitely have a good relationship and help you provide some resources. He gave us so many very tempting chips and asked us for money.
Li Tie signed a so-called "contract" with Zall Club with a total amount of 60 million yuan, but in fact, it was only used as a cover to cover up the essence of the power-for-money transaction. He quickly added four players from the Zall squad to the national squad.
Tian Xudong: When I saw the national team list that day, my face was red, what do you mean, I know the ability of our players, I can't get in, I can't get into any of them.
Once the selection of players and coaches is used as a weight for personal gain, it is inevitable that they will not produce results. What's more, systematic youth training and a healthy league are the foundation of the national team, when many parties are keen on short-term interests and ignore the investment in youth training; when the league is full of unhealthy tendencies, money may determine the outcome of the game, this kind of polluted football soil naturally cannot provide sufficient nutrients for cultivating talents. When fans were still looking forward to Li Tie being able to lead the men's national football team to the World Cup, many insiders already knew that such a miracle could not happen.
Li Tie: I regret it very much. It is still necessary to be down-to-earth, but also to take the right path, not to rush for quick success, and not to do everything possible to take shortcuts.