Demystifying the late-night behind-the-scenes deal is the tip of the iceberg of corruption in football
The glory of the past is gone, and the corruption crisis in Chinese football has once again been torn apart. When the fourth season of CCTV's anti-corruption feature film "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" appeared on the silver screen, exposing the power-for-money transactions behind the former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China and the ** in the football industry, audiences across the country were shocked.
In the depths of football, the former national football coach Li Tiebian danced an inglorious waltz with the ** of power. In the past, he hit the sky like an eagle and hit the ball like a fly, which made the hearts of countless fans beat faster. But on the way to a higher chain of glory, Li bravely stepped into the winding path where few people lost their way and knew how to return.
Mr. Tian Xudong, the former head of Wuhan Zall Club, has an unforgettable memory of this unfair transaction. Coach Li, who cast the army with an iron fist, after unloading the burden of Lippi, threw himself into a competition without gunpowder. The meeting with Mr. Tian was nothing more than a premeditated wrestling contest, and what he called "making history" was nothing more than a fig leaf to cover his behind-the-scenes power-for-money transactions.
At that time, the morning breeze in Wuhan had not yet shattered the dreams of tens of millions of fans. But the transaction signed between Zall and Li Tie jumped on paper - 60 million yuan. This is not a simple business, but an invisible shackle that firmly binds the soul of football.
By the time the national team roster was announced, there was no one laughing in Wuhan's casinos. Mr. Tian's face was red and his ears were red, and he sighed: his players have no place in the pure football hall.
How this sad secret ends will be weighed by the scales of justice. But the wake-up call has been echoing in the night sky of football for a long time.
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