[The Epoch Times, January 24, 2023](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao) The former head coach of the Chinese National Men’s Football TeamLi TieThe case continues to ferment. Recently, the mainland sports program host revealed that Li Tie is very tight-lipped, and the relevant personnel currently under investigation are almost not confessed by him. After the relevant departments took away some players, coaches and officials for investigation, the most recent investigation is the referee. .
On January 23, Li Pingkang, the host of “Sports Hey”, posted on Weibo, revealing thatLi TieThe latest developments in the case.
“At the beginning, Li Tie said that the isolation of the players in the hotel was crazy, but now I believe it!” “After the players, coaches, and officials were all taken away, the referees also started to check!”
Weibo information shows that some of Li Pingkang’s Weibo posts have been deleted due to complaints of violating the relevant provisions of the “Weibo Community Convention.”
Li Pingkang did not disclose which referee was investigated.As for the referees who may be investigated, some netizens speculate that they are one of the main referees of the Chinese Super LeagueManning。
Public information shows thatManningborn in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province in 1979, a Chinese football referee, is now an international referee, and law enforcement of the Chinese Super League and other events.
On January 4, 2020, the AFC announced the list of referees for the 2020 U23 Asian Cup in Thailand, and Ma Ning was shortlisted as the referee. On May 19, 2022, FIFA officially announced the list of law enforcement referees for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and Ma Ning was selected as the referee.
DK, a member of NetEase’s World Cup reporting team, reported on January 22 that before the World Cup in Qatar, Li Tie was taken away for investigation, and the case continued to ferment. In response to fans’ questions, Li Pingkang said that it can be clearly said that he (Li Tie) is still very tight-lipped, and almost none of the people arrested so far have been confessed by Li Tie.
However, on December 1 last year, the “Beijing Youth Daily” reported that several football media sources revealed that after Li Tie was investigated, he had confessed to three former Chinese men’s football “national players”.
The former “National Gate” Zhang Lu has been taken away. Li Tie confessed that Zhang Lu participated in match-fixing in the 2019 Chinese Super League relegation match against Tianhai in Wuhan; Jian team and Zhang Lu were teammates before moving to Shenzhen; the other was a national full-back.
On November 30 last year, Li Xuan, a well-known football reporter, revealed the details of Zhang Lu being taken away on Weibo. He was wearing handcuffs and other equipment.
Subsequently, football personnel were continuously investigated. So far, 27 people have been investigated in connection with Li Tie’s case.
Li Tie was reported by the Wuhan club executives because of a salary dispute with the Wuhan Zall club.
On November 12, 2022, during the professional coach training class organized by the AFC, Li Tie was taken away in front of Fan Zhiyi, Yang Chen, Li Yi and others during the senior coach training class.
According to news from the website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection on November 26, 2022, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men’s Football Team, is suspected of serious violations of the law and is currently under investigation.
Veteran sports reporter He Xiaolong posted on the WeChat official account on November 27, 2022 that when Li Tie was coaching Wuhan Zall, in addition to monopolizing power, his agency also signed many Wuhan players. When coaching the national football team, there was a power-for-money transaction, and Li Tie’s agency signed many Chinese Super League players.
The CCP’s official media once reported that Li Tie had a deposit of 100 million yuan in a bank in Shenyang. Li Tie bought a luxury house in an affluent area of the United States. His wife and daughter stayed in the United States and arranged for their children to immigrate to study.
There are endless incidents of match-fixing, black calls and corruption in Chinese football. The Chinese men’s football team is notorious for this. After 2009, the CCP officially launched an “anti-gambling and anti-crime” campaign in football, but the horrific shady scenes in the Chinese football world have not yet been fully revealed.
In February 2019, an article was circulated on the Internet, in which the former Chinese Super League player explodedChinese footballAmazing shady. The article mentioned that many people know that China’s players, coaches, officials, and system are not good enough, but as fans, they don’t know why. This article discloses a lot of inside information about Chinese football from the perspective of a football practitioner.
Responsible Editor: Lin Congwen#