Chen Xuyuan went in, and then what?

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) Overnight, Chen Xuyuan's title of "Chairman of the Chinese Football Association" needs to be added with the word "former". Most of the onlookers have the deepest memory of Chen Xuyuan. It is also necessary to change from "dancing with feet" to "tears behind bars".

And as the rectification storm of Chinese football swept to the highest level of the Football Association, the question came: Chen Xuyuan went in, and then?

Wind starts from "iron son"

　　The wind starts from the "iron".

On November 26, 2022, according to the website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, was suspected of serious violations of the law and is currently under supervision by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee. investigation.

　　This report did not disclose more details, but some media sources broke the news that Li Tie had been reported under his real name when he was coaching the Chinese Super League team.

A senior person in the football world who did not want to be named once expressed emotion to a reporter from Chinanews.com at that time, "It should not be a small matter."

Li Tie thus became the first head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team to be investigated.

Since then, the words "pull out the carrot and bring out the mud" have always appeared along with Li Tie's name and his imprisonment.

Data map: Chen Xuyuan and Liu Yi.

Image source: Chinese Football Association

　　"Expectation" did not come true.

Nearly two months later, on January 19, 2023, according to the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the General Administration of Sports, Liu Yi, member of the 11th Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association and former Secretary-General, Executive Deputy Secretary-General and Director of the National Team Management Department Chen Yongliang is suspected of serious violations of the law and is being investigated by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee.

Since then, the "expectation" of "bringing out the mud" has turned into a discussion about whether there are "big fish".

　　This can indeed be regarded as the storm before the "big fish" comes out of the water.

Although Liu Yi worked "behind the scenes" for a long time, he joined the Football Association almost at the same time as Chen Xuyuan, and he has always been called the latter's partner.

Another football "anti-corruption storm" is coming

　　Chen Yongliang's name was mentioned many times as early as thirteen years ago in the anti-gambling anti-crime storm in football.

According to public reports, Chen Yongliang had close contact with Li Dongsheng, who was in charge of refereeing work.

As early as 2012, Li Dongsheng was sentenced to 9 years in prison for accepting bribes and corruption, and was punished for several crimes.

Appointing such a sensitive person as Chen Yongliang as an important position in the Football Association, it is not surprising that the spearhead of public opinion is directed at Chen Xuyuan.

The picture shows Chen Xuyuan Source: Chinese Football Association

　　"The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish." This classic line has been repeatedly verified in the sports circle recently, both positive and negative. On the evening of the 14th, news came that Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association and deputy secretary of the party committee, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. , is currently under investigation by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee.

　　The big fish was caught out of the net with a "plop".

People's gazes fell back to the green field behind "Big Fish" and "Carrot"—the wind seemed to be blowing thoroughly enough so far, but what about after that?

Will there be bigger fish later?

Homeopathy to bring out more mud?

Or is the wind blowing through the grass on the green field, and Chinese football bottomed out and rebounded?

Followers are speculating.

How to make the "Chairman of the Football Association" no longer "sitting on pins and needles"

　　But experience shows that whenever the topic falls on Chinese football, whether it is speculation or prediction, it is easy to encounter "accidents".

So at this point, no one can say what will happen next, only what to look forward to.

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　　Looking forward to scraping the bone to cure the poison.

It is hoped that this sharp sword of anti-corruption and rectification in football can hit the bone with a sword, and then scrape the bone to cure the poison, thoroughly eliminate the disease, clean up the corrupt soil of football, and disinfect the contaminated football soil.

　　The second hope is to push "old" out of new ones.

I hope that Chen Xuyuan's "wet shoes" and the chairman of the Football Association's "falling horse" are enough to sound the alarm for Chinese football.

Next, let Chinese football learn lessons, get rid of putrefaction and build muscle, and form a scientific and standardized management system and operating mechanism, so that the person in the chairmanship of the Football Association will no longer be "sitting on pins and needles", and football practitioners will no longer be ridiculed by public opinion and "like thorns". Back", so that people who love football no longer talk about the national football "like a stick in the throat".

　　Whether the three hopes are extremely peaceful.

I hope that after this cleaning and disinfection, the hot spots of Chinese football can be turned from off-field to on-field, from negative to positive, and become an opportunity for Chinese football to bottom out and rebound, not just a footnote in its sinking.

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