Data map: Chen Xuyuan spoke at the Shanghai SIPG Club meeting.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 15th (Reporter Li He) In less than three months, the fire of anti-corruption rectification in Chinese football quickly spread from the former national football coach to the chairman of the Football Association. A full 24 hours.
During this day and night, what happened next?
The General Administration notified the Football Association to respond
On the evening of the 14th, shortly after the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Committee stationed in the General Administration of Sport of China and the website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection released the news that Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, was under review and investigation, the website of the General Administration of Sport of China also synchronized the news.
Screenshot of the website of the State Sports General Administration.
The official response of the Chinese Football Association was a little later, but it was more sincere.
At around 15:00 on the 15th, the Football Association issued an announcement regarding the investigation of Chen Xuyuan, expressing its "firm support".
The Football Association announced: "On February 15, the Chinese Football Association Party Committee held an enlarged meeting and notified the Chinese Football Association Chairman and Party Committee Deputy Secretary Chen Xuyuan that he was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. The decision to conduct a review and investigation of Chen Xuyuan fully embodies the strong determination and firm will to further advance the anti-corruption struggle; it fully embodies that anti-corruption has no restricted areas, full coverage, and zero tolerance. No appeasement. The Chinese Football Association Party Committee and the Chinese Football Association firmly support and firmly support the discipline inspection and supervision organs' investigation and investigation of Chen Xuyuan."
Search results for "Chen Xuyuan" on the website of the Chinese Football Association.
Such a statement seems familiar, but after searching, a similar message seems to have been removed from the Football Association website, but the Internet has memories.
The article related to "The Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association held an enlarged meeting and notified the Executive Committee and former Secretary-General of the Chinese Football Association Liu Yi was suspected of serious violations of the law. In the news, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, attended the meeting.
According to the content of the announcement, in addition to the same "resolute support and support for the investigation of the discipline inspection and supervision organs", the meeting also emphasized: "The staff of the association must always keep in mind that there are no exceptions in front of party discipline and state laws, consciously accept supervision, use power according to law, and use it impartially. Power, use power cleanly, know awe, keep fear, keep the bottom line, and strive to create a clean and upright football ecology."
The ironic news now seems to have disappeared from the source, and as for the reason, there is no way to find out.
Data map: Chen Xuyuan and Liu Yi.
Image source: Chinese Football Association
Media focus on past events
After the news of Chen Xuyuan's investigation was officially announced, he had already noticed the abnormal rapid response from the media, broadcast relevant content immediately, and made comments one after another.
People’s Daily’s short commentary stated: Rectify the wind and eliminate discipline, purify the football ecology with the power of scraping the bones; strengthen the foundation and cultivate the talents, and reshape the image of football with the effect of curing poison.
"Central Broadcasting Network issued an article commenting: Anti-corruption will be reversed to the end and show no mercy. This is the original meaning of scraping bones to cure poison, strong men and broken wrists, and cleaning up the muddy water in football.
And so on, almost all the media immediately expressed their stance, hoping that the strong wind of anti-corruption in football can blow away the haze that has enveloped Chinese football recently.
But will it be so?
People's Daily Review.
After a large area of news was broadcast, more stories and materials about Chen Xuyuan were dug out.
Some media "revisited" his high-spirited rhetoric and lofty ambitions at that time, and some media people no longer had any scruples to reveal "black materials" about Chen Xuyuan, and what's more, they wrote "an appeal" to crusade, listing the crimes committed by the latter during his tenure .
Among the flood of news, at noon on the 15th, a small piece of news was reported by many media: According to the announcement of China Fortune Land Development on the 14th, it has recently received a notice from the Supervisory Committee of Chongyang County, Xianning City, Hubei Province. The president, Meng Jing, imposed a lien on him on suspicion of illegal crimes.
When the words China Fortune Land Development, Hubei, and Supervision Committee appear together, the point seems to turn to Chinese football.
Many media reported that Meng Jing's detention may have something to do with Li Tie's previous coaching of the China Fortune Football Team.
Another source said that Meng Jing had actually been taken away for questioning long before the Spring Festival.
The upsurge of news about Chen Xuyuan being investigated has not yet passed, and there are indications that the anti-corruption storm in football that started with Li Tie is still going on and will continue.
Announcement from China Fortune Land Development.
"When the gavel falls, new hope is born." After the football anti-gambling storm 13 years ago, the comments and messages of domestic authoritative media are still in my ears, but they are also applicable to the present. What about the future?
That was 24 hours later.
Netizens are hotly discussing where the road is
Fans have always been eager to care about Chinese football, especially the negative ones.
Since the news was reported, the enthusiasm has not diminished.
According to observations, after the China News Network sports vertical account "China-Singapore Sports Forum" broadcast the news for the first time, the number of views quickly reached "100,000+".
In the comments and interactions, some gritted their teeth, some clapped their hands and cheered, some hoped that corruption would be thoroughly eliminated after a thorough investigation, and some wished Chinese football would be better from now on.
Screenshots of netizen comments.
Screenshots of netizen comments.
In a discussion about the candidates for the position of the next chairman of the Chinese Football Association initiated by a certain sports vertical media, the answers were varied, and some people even dug up Fan Zhiyi's classic interview to respond.
Screenshot of Fan Zhiyi's interview.
From taking office in mid-2019 to being investigated now, Chen Xuyuan has not even completed one term of office.
From Xie Yalong and Nan Yong, who were sacked in the last round of football anti-gambling crackdowns, to Chen Xuyuan, who was investigated in the new round, the top executives of the sacked Chinese Football Association have added "newcomers", and Chinese football continues to reincarnate.
After 24 hours, the problem seems to return to the original point, as it did yesterday 22 years ago.
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