In August this year, a “match-fixing” incident occurred in Guangdong. After more than four months of official investigation, the results were finally announced.
On the evening of December 24, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a notice confirming that a football final that occurred at the Provincial Games in August was match-fixing. 16 party members and leading cadres in the sports circles of Guangdong Province were held accountable. Among them, Wang Yuping, director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Lei Jianjun, deputy director of the Provincial Sports Bureau, Ouyang Ziwen, director of the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, and Xu Guangyong, party secretary of the Qingyuan Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, were dismissed.
On December 25, the Chinese Football Association also issued a decision on punishment for the units and individuals involved in the match-fixing incident. It decided to temporarily suspend the Guangzhou Football Association from being a member of the Chinese Football Association for 2 years and ban six relevant personnel for life.
The falsification of a football match led to the dismissal of provincial and municipal sports directors, 16 officials were held accountable, a Football Association was suspended from the Chinese Football Association membership, and a number of related players were banned for life. The intensity of accountability and punishment is quite encouraging.
html On August 7, in the men’s Group B A final of the 16th Guangdong Province Sports Games, the Guangzhou Football Team defeated the Qingyuan Football Team 5:3 and won the championship. The game process was widely questioned by public opinion and attracted attention from all walks of life.
This final of the men's football team under 15 years old is full of "gold content": because it is a collective event, the champion can get 3 gold medals, and the runner-up can get 2 gold medals. The Qingyuan team is led by Evergrande Football School , and the final venue is also at the Evergrande Football School, so the Qingyuan team has the right time, location, and harmony. However, when the Qingyuan team led Guangzhou team 3-1, it lost 4 goals in a weird way. In the end, the Guangzhou team successfully won the championship.
In the competition, the performance of the Qingyuan team was incomprehensible. In the first half, Qingyuan team and Guangzhou team tied 1-1; after changing sides and fighting again, Qingyuan team broke the tie and expanded the lead to 3-1. However, after the Qingyuan team made a substitution, the style of the game changed suddenly. The Guangzhou team first narrowed the score gap through a controversial penalty kick, and then equalized the score through a breakthrough.
Live video showed that when the two sides were tied, a Qingyuan team player ran to say something to the goalkeeper, and then a Qingyuan player showed very annoyed mood.
Subsequently, the players of the Qingyuan team showed obvious slack, or the goalkeeper made a mistake in kicking off the ball and sent the ball to the opponent's feet; or the players had no intention of fighting or chasing points, and "walked" on the court. All kinds of behaviors were very abnormal.
This is a naked match-fixing! The abnormal phenomena on the field attracted people's attention, and well-known football media person Dong Lu also raised questions. Some people pointed out that the players, coaches and even referees on the field have become manipulated pawns. Obviously, the Qingyuan team was either coerced by power or bribed by interests, and voluntarily gave up the hope of winning the championship.
According to informed fans, the head coach of the Qingyuan team cried bitterly after the game and said: It’s so fucking wronged.
For a while, "Guangdong Provincial Games Final Match Fixing" became a hot search topic, and related videos were widely circulated. Subsequently, the Chinese Football Association sent an investigation team to Guangzhou to launch an investigation.
The public has heard about the shady affairs and corruption in Chinese football from time to time, and has long been used to it. The news that former head coach of the national football team Li Tie was involved in the case has surprised the majority of fans at how dark the football world is. When the World Cup has just come to an end with the whole world's attention, and when Messi 's football career is shining brightly, China's football world has not only failed to contribute any light or happiness to the people, but has repeatedly added obstacles.
This football match at the Guangdong Provincial Games was a match between a group of under-15s. A group of underage children were forcefully dragged into a fake match. This polluted the hearts of the children and stifled the ideals of football.After a match-fixing, how can they believe that football is clean, the competition is fair, the results are real, and the struggle is worth it?
For personal interests and the interests of small groups, some sports officials, referees or players use any means to manipulate the game and the outcome. They got the benefits they coveted, but they hurt the game of football, the athletes who devoted themselves to it, and countless fans who love football. After repeated match-fixing scandals, many fans were disappointed and called domestic A and A and B fake A and fake B, and vowed never to watch them again.
The Chinese Football Association’s punishment of the match-fixing in Guangdong is not small in determination and intensity. It may have some shock to those who have evil intentions but have not yet been exposed. But it is undeniable that the deterioration of the atmosphere in Chinese football has not happened overnight. It is hard to recover and the disease is difficult to cure. One or two strong medicines may not be able to change the situation. It requires perseverance and long-term success. As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain falling, and illness goes away like a thread spinning. There is still a long way to go to completely change the turbulent situation in Chinese football and turn the national football team from a joke into a source of pride in the eyes of the Chinese people.
Just the day before the match-fixing case in Guangdong was settled, on December 23, after Shandong Taishan lost to Shanghai Harbor in an away game, the referee Zhang Lei was surrounded. Is it because the players can't afford to lose, or is it because the referee really double-standarded and made a misjudgment? Chinese football is a mess, full of chicken feathers!
When will the day come when Chinese football will take on a new look?
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