March 28 was another day of attention for Chinese fans. The case of Li Tie, the former coach of the national football team, accepting bribes and offering bribes was tried in open court at the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province. The trial began at 8:30 in the morning, and 12 hours later, the Xianning Municipal People's Procuratorate charged that Li Tie illegally accepted a total of more than 77.64 million yuan from others during his tenure as the coach of Hebei Huaxia Happiness, Wuhan Zall, and the national football team (temporary coach and coach of the selection team), and Li Tie pleaded guilty in court.
On November 26, 2022, Li Tie was suspected of serious violations of the law and was subject to supervision and investigation, and it has been 488 days so far. On March 28, the first-instance trial of Li Tie's case began.
According to Li Tie's defense lawyer, Li Tie's "state is still relatively stable." Judging from the photos at the scene, Li Tie still has his iconic bangs. At 8:54 p.m., CCTV released the relevant information of Li Tie's case-
In 2019, Li Tiewei served as the coach of the national football team and paid bribes of 1 million to relevant personnel;
From 2019 to 2021, Li Tie, then the coach of the national football team, accepted bribes of more than 50.89 million yuan;
From 2017 to 2019, Li Tie accepted a total of 26.75 million yuan from Huaxia Club as the general manager and head coach of Zall Club;
From 2015 to 2019, Li Tie worked in Huaxia Club and Zall Club, and paid bribes totaling more than 39.05 million yuan to relevant personnel.
After calculation, Li Tie accepted bribes of 77.64 million yuan and bribes of 40 million yuan, and the amount involved was close to 120 million yuan.
In the past, Li Tie had unlimited scenery. As a former international player, Li Tie made 92 appearances for the national football team, played in the 2002 World Cup, made 34 appearances in the Premier League, and won the honor of Chinese Footballer;
However, Li Tie lost his way in the face of money and power. On January 9, CCTV's feature film "Continue to Make Efforts to Advance in Depth" exposed Li Tie's crimes:
Li Tie twice led the Chinese League A teams (Hebei Huaxia Happiness, Wuhan Zall) to the Chinese Super League, which had a large number of match-fixing;
In order to become the coach of the national football team, Li Tito approached the leaders of the Football Association and asked the Zall Club to bribe Chen Xuyuan with 2 million yuan and give 1 million yuan to Liu Yi (former secretary general of the Football Association);
After becoming the coach of the national football team, Li Tie asked Wuhan Zall for money, got a big contract of 60 million yuan (essentially a money transaction), and promoted 4 players from Wuhan Zall to the national team.