The World Cup has come to an end, and the Chinese football that is quickly on the top is seamlessly connected.
The linkable content is not the game itself, but the hustle and bustle outside the field.
Life is back to normal and so is football.
After savoring the best of football, looking back, we still have to continue to face the trough of Chinese football.
Of course, you can choose not to face it, but reality will always make you have to face it.
For example, in the early hours of this morning, Wuhan Three Towns Football Club published an "appeal".
Another example is the relegation of the once glorious AFC Champions and "Eight Champions" Guangzhou team.
Let’s start with the statement from the Three Towns of Wuhan that sparked attention. There are many harsh words such as “the invisible hand is manipulating”, “it is possible not to win the championship, but it must be fair”, and “struggle against dark forces without compromise”.
The angry words added fire to the already battered Chinese football recently.
The statement said that "the current Chinese football can be described as troubled", and at this moment it is really impossible to say which is right and which is wrong.
After all, if there are really "invisible hands" and "dark forces" manipulating, then the struggle of Wuhan Three Towns Club is meaningful.
If it does not exist, then this statement may cost the club a lot.
It depends on how the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team respond afterwards.
But considering the fierce rhetoric of the Wuhan Three Towns Club, they will not be ignorant of the consequences of such actions, so it should be a well-thought-out decision.
Three towns of Wuhan (blue) in the Chinese Super League.
Photo by Zhang Lang
The statement clearly stated: "The Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association today (December 26) issued a penalty decision on the violation of rules and disciplines by our club player Malkang. In the 95th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng No. 26 player's handball in the penalty area was judged as "not constituting a handball foul". In addition, a series of adjustments in the Chinese Super League schedule in the near future have seriously affected the fairness and fairness of the final stage of this year's Chinese Super League. fair."
Therefore, the main reasons for doing so in the three towns of Wuhan are concentrated on three points: one is the punishment of foreign aid Maerkang suspended for one game, the other is that there is no penalty for suspected handball in the match with Chengdu Rongcheng team, and the last one is the adjustment of the recent schedule.
For the three towns of Wuhan who are competing with the Shandong Taishan team in the final stage of the championship, these three points are indeed extremely unfavorable.
Malkang is the team's leading shooter and has scored 27 goals in the Super League this season.
According to the previous punishment announcement of the Chinese Football Association, Malkang kicked the arch of the entrance to the game during his exit after the game and was suspended for one game.
In the first round of this season, Shanghai Seaport player Xu Xin kicked the glass door of the court and was also suspended for one game. This punishment is not controversial.
Malcolm (blue) in the game.
Photo by Zhang Lang
There is indeed some controversy about the suspected penalty kick in the match against Chengdu Rongcheng. There was no shot in the game that clearly showed whether it was a handball foul in the penalty area.
It is worth mentioning that that game was the first time that the Chengdu Rongcheng team played in the Phoenix Mountain Professional Football Stadium.
However, while the hardware facilities have been improved, there are still too many areas that need to be strengthened in terms of soft power such as broadcasting.
As for the last point, at the node of the penultimate round, Shandong Taishan's opponent abstained, and the three towns of Wuhan had to fight against the strong Zhejiang team without a leading striker. It really seems a bit unfair.
However, the Chinese Super League teams have generally encountered related situations recently, and they are indeed a little helpless.
Three towns of Wuhan (blue) in the match against Chengdu Rongcheng.
Photo by Zhang Lang
In the statement of the three towns of Wuhan, the current situation of Chinese football is also mentioned-"thousands and holes" and "whole body".
This statement is also in line with reality.
Three days ago, the national supervision website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published the "Notice on Accountability for Match-fixing Incidents in the Men's Football Group B (U15) Finals of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games".
While the World Cup was in full swing, Li Tie, the former coach who led the national football team to the World Cup in Qatar, was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee on suspicion of serious violations of the law.
This has caused the low image of Chinese football to fall again and again.
It just so happened that today, the three relegated teams this season were settled.
The collective relegation of the Guangzhou team, Wuhan Yangtze River, and Hebei teams that Li Tie once left behind is really ironic and embarrassing.
Li Tie, the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team at the time, was planning training on the training ground.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin
Especially the Guangzhou team, what a glorious existence it used to be in Chinese football and even in the Asian arena.
In 2010, after Evergrande Group, the investor of the Guangzhou team, got involved in football, it set off a "Golden Dollar Storm" in Chinese football.
They won the AFC Champions League twice in 2013 and 2015, and the Super League champions 8 times.
Gathered top foreign players such as Paulinho and Talisca, top domestic players such as Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen and Feng Xiaoting, including international famous coaches such as Lippi and Scolari.
However, as the Guangzhou team investor Evergrande encountered operational problems, the football empire quickly collapsed. After a large number of players left, it realized the "all-China class" that was called out in its heyday.
The Guangzhou team, which played with a group of local youth troops, currently has 3 wins, 8 draws and 22 losses, and was relegated one round ahead of schedule...
Data map: The Guangzhou team won the Super League championship.
Photo by Zhang Hengwei
Why did Chinese football develop into what it is today?
If Chinese football wants to develop better, too many chronic diseases must be eliminated.
The current chaotic Chinese football needs more awe and respect for football itself.
Especially when Chinese football has been so seriously underdeveloped, it is even more heinous to still extend its claws to young people.
In the cold winter of Chinese football, more publicity is needed, and practitioners in the industry need to hold together to keep warm, otherwise, how can spring come?
(Reporter Bian Liqun)