Football is one of the most popular sports in the world and is also loved by the Chinese people. However, recently, a TV feature film "Continue to Make Efforts and Advance in Depth" has unveiled layers of shady scenes in the Chinese football industry, which has shocked and indignant countless fans.
The fourth episode of the feature film was broadcast on the evening of the 9th, involving Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of China and former secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Li Tie, former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team.
Among them, the most striking is Li Tie's confession, he not only revealed the details of the match-fixing that he led the team to surpass twice, but also admitted that he paid bribes in order to become the head coach of the national team, and even involved the senior management of the Football Association.
According to Li Tie's recollection, he led two Chinese league teams, Huaxia Happiness and Wuhan Zall, to successfully enter the Chinese Super League in 2015 and 2018 respectively, but behind this are a lot of match-fixing operations.
He said that what he hated most when he was a player was match-fixing, but when he became the club's head coach, he especially wanted to prove himself, so he tried everything to increase his chances of surpassing, including finding referees to do work, buying opposing players and coaches, and even contacting Li Fei through assistant coach Zheng Bin, a figure known for match-fixing.
Li Tie said that he once asked someone to spend 6 million yuan to "dot" Li Fei, but in the end Li Fei swallowed the money alone, which did not affect Huaxia Happiness to win the game 2-0 and surpass the success with a one-point advantage.
Li Tie said that achieving success in an improper way will make him more and more eager for quick success, looking for referees to do work, buying other players, coaches, and some clubs looking for clubs in this way, which has become a habit, and even a little bit of dependence later.
He also revealed that during his tenure at Wuhan Zall, he began to take the initiative to promote match-fixing, negotiate with rival clubs, and even told his players that if the opponent released water, don't work too hard.
Li Tie said that he wanted to become the head coach of the national team so much, so he thought of a lot of ways, found a lot of people to ask for help, and found the leaders of the Football Association, who could help him say good things and recommend him.
He said that 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.
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 he was confirmed to be in this position, Li Tie flew to Wuhan to negotiate a deal with the Zall Club, and signed a so-called "contract" 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 team, some of whom were not at the level of the national team at all.
Li Tie finally said: "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. ”
The broadcast of this TV feature film has aroused widespread attention and strong repercussions in the society, and many fans have expressed anger and disappointment at Li Tie's behavior, as well as worries and worries about the development prospects of Chinese football.
Football is a sport of fair competition, but also a sport full of passion and honor, and any behavior that violates the bottom line of sportsmanship and morality is a desecration of football and a betrayal of fans.
We hope that this TV feature film can serve as a warning and education, so that the corrupt elements in the football world can be punished as they deserve, so that the clean and honest people in the football world can be duly respected, so that the sport of football can return to purity and justice, and let Chinese football move towards light and hope.