Author |Yan Gongzi.
Yesterday, the saddest group in the world was the Chinese fans.
The Chinese men's football team has been playing steadily for many years, and Chinese fans, who thought they had already been injured and numbed, were all disappointed and angry when they saw the fourth episode of the annual anti-corruption blockbuster "Continue to Promote In-depth Advancement" broadcast by CCTV.
How deep is this emotion?A netizen said that when he played it on TV, he didn't dare to watch it at all because of someone next to him, and then secretly watched it on his mobile phone, and when he saw it, his heart beat faster, he was hurt and angry, and his tears were so uncontrollable that he couldn't control it.
This netizen is a group portrait representative of Chinese fans. In fact, there has never been a shortage of such fans in China, who have been repeatedly injured, repeatedly tolerated, and scolded, and will still stay in front of the TV with great anticipation for the next game, hoping to see Chinese football rise one day.
But yesterday's program made the people collectively break their defensesIt turns out that the group of grandsons who play football in China are players on the surface, but they are actually actors, and they are acting when they win or lose. They are not worthy of the love of Chinese fans!
This anti-corruption campaign in football began with the investigation of Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team, in November 2022.
From a young footballer, to Evergrande's assistant physical fitness coach, to a coach of many clubs, and then to the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, Li Tie has experienced all aspects of football, which makes him the best candidate to cut into the case.
In the past, Li Tie's most eye-catching identity is the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, when he first announced his inauguration, countless fans pinned their hopes on him for the revitalization of the national football team, but the facts ascertained made everyone jaw-dropping
The reason why Li Tie was able to become the head coach of the Chinese men's football team was completely due to match-fixing + bribery.
In August 2015, after retiring, Li Tie served as the head coach of Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club. This was the first time he had become the head coach of a team independently, and he couldn't hold back his desire to make some achievements, Li Tie accepted the club's proposal and began to spend money on match-fixing.
At that time, there were only 9 games left in the season, and Huaxia Happiness was only ranked 6th, with little hope of surpassing, but after Li Tie took office, he successfully led the team to eight consecutive wins in the last 8 games of the season by spending money to buy match-fixing and other means, and only the last game with Shenzhen Yuheng Club smashed 14 million.
Under the heavy money, there will be kneeling. Shenzhen Yuheng Club, which received a huge amount of money, immediately decided to release the water, and for the sake of multiple insurance, Li Tie's team also found the opposing player again and directly implemented the bribery.
They found the opponent's main defender Li Fei, Li Fei offered 6 million, saying that he would help other players, Huaxia Happiness was eager to win, and agreed.
But the irony is that after the money arrived, Li Fei chose to monopolize it, and what is even more ironic is that if it weren't for this investigation, Li Fei's monopoly would still be a secret that only he knows.
The most ironic thing is that even if Li Fei didn't play other players, Huaxia Happiness still won 2 0 in the end.
Here's what Le Fay said:
In fact, I didn't look for anyone, because at that time, no matter the right time, the right place, and the right person, they all had the advantage. We were away at the time, and we had just finished the relegation, and our hearts were already scattered, so we thought about the last game, everyone was not injured, and we would have a holiday after the last game. ”
The game that can be won with strength has to be bought layer by layer to achieve "success", I have to say that the money in football is too easy to earn, and the crooked wind is blowing too fiercely. And Li Tie, as the direct beneficiary of this unhealthy trend, actually ate the marrow and knew the taste, and couldn't stop getting up.
This is actually very understandable, when a person can spend money to buy results, and the results can be realized several times or dozens of times, how can he think of sweating and walking on the right path?
In 2017, he was hired as the head coach of Wuhan Zall Club, and after arriving at the new team, he began to repeat his old skillsThis time, it was he who took the initiative to sell match-fixing to the club.
Tian Xudong, chairman of the club, couldn't stand it, so he did the same, spent a lot of money to buy match-fixing, and finally succeeded in three rounds ahead of schedule. Li Tie became famous in one battle, leading the team to success twice, and his status in the industry was unshaken.
Once the shortcut is discovered, countless people will crowd in, just like once the virus spreads, it will spread in the futureIt is conceivable that under Li Tie's lobbying and leadership, the club events have become so smoky, and in this environment, do people who really devote themselves to playing football still have room to exercise?
A deeper problem then arises - match-fixing is rampant, money opens the way, and the leaders of the Football Association are completely ignorant of it?Why not straighten it out?The answer stinks so bad that it makes people desperateThose leaders themselves are the source of corruption.
When they first took office, they would collect the port fee sent by the local football association, and when they were in office, they would collect club benefits, and use their power to help them seek benefits in terms of relegation, access, referee penalties, and fixtures, in the words of the former chairman of the Chinese Football AssociationIf you go to catch this trend, isn't that your own arrest?
Li Tie, who is good at drilling, took advantage of this unhealthy wind and sat on the throne of the head coach of the national team.
And his thinking is also accurate and clear, and it can even be said that he uses "financial leverage".
He did not pay bribes himself, but lobbied the Wuhan Zall Club, where he was the head coach, to help him pay for it, and the reward he promised was that if he could get into the position, he would not only help the club have a good relationship at the top of the Football Association, but also bring the club's players into the national team.
Just like the last time he was persuaded to buy match-fixing, the club owner was moved again, he took out 2 million yuan to help Li Tie bribe the chairman of the Football Association, and at the same time, Li Tie gave 1 million yuan to the secretary general of the Football Association out of his own pocket.
So far, Li Tie's career in exchange for bribery and fraud has gone all the way to the top unimpeded. And the green field, where hundreds of millions of fans have hopes and dreams, has become a base for a bunch of moths to eat football by football.
When the truth was revealed, Li Tie and the leaders of the Football Association rushed to confess on TV, but it was the Chinese fans who really couldn't cry. They have been deceived for too long, blinded for too long, and trampled on for too long.
This episode of the show was called a "blockbuster attack" by many netizens, but after careful consideration, I still feel that the strength of the disposal does not match the viciousness of the facts.
For example, the original words of the show said that after Li Tie became the head coach of Huaxia Happiness, "the last eight games of the season played a magical eight-game winning streak", but except for the one between Huaxia Happiness vs Shenzhen Yuheng, the other 7 games were not mentioned.
Could it be that the other 7 are as innocent as water?Aren't all those who play match-fixing to deceive the audience catch them all?
CCTV called the corruption in football "systemic corruption" and "collapse corruption", since it has been dilapidated, why can't this system be torn down and rebuilt?
On the one hand, if it is not broken, it is also a kind of progress to be able to face the reality, but on the other hand, the show is for people to see, anti-corruption is not, after bravely exposing the scars, we also have to face the problem of how to drug and how to **.
When will Chinese football be worthy of Chinese fans?
Perhaps, only when it is no longer linked to political performance, when it is simply football.