[The Epoch Times, Ionawr 24, 2023](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao) The case of Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men’s Football Team, continues to ferment. Recently, a mainland sports program host revealed that Li Tie is very tight, and the relevant personnel currently under investigation are almost not admitted by him. After the investigation of some players, coaches and officials , the most recent investigation is the referee.
On January 23, Li Pingkang, the host of “Sports Hit the Sky”, posted on Weibo, revealing the latest developments in the Li Tie case.
“At first, Li Tie said that the isolation of the players in the hotel was crazy, but now I believe him!” “After the players, coaches and officials were all taken away, the referees started checking too!” in
Weibo information shows that some of Li Pingkang’s Weibo posts have been deleted due to complaints of violating relevant provisions of the “Weibo Community Convention.”
Li Pingkang did not disclose which referee was investigated. As for the referee who may be investigated, some netizens speculate that it is Ma Ning, one of the Chinese Super League referees.
According to public information, Ma Ning, born in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province in 1979, is a Chinese football referee and is now an international referee, who also enforces competitions such as the Chinese Super League.
On January 4, 2020, the AFC announced the referee list for the U23 Asian Cup in Thailand 2020, and Ma Ning was on the referee’s shortlist. 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 the NetEase World Cup reporting team, reported on January 22, before the World Cup in Qatar, that Li Tie had been taken away for investigation, and that the case was still brewing. In response to fans’ questions, Li Pingkang said that it can be clearly said that he (Li Tie) is still very tight, 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 investigating Li Tie, he had confessed to three former Chinese football “national players” .
Zhang Lu’s former “National Guard” has been taken away. Li Tie admitted that Zhang Lu participated in match-fixing in the 2019 Chinese Super League relegation match against Tianhai in Wuhan; team Jian and Zhang Lu were teammates before moving to Shenzhen; another was a national defender.
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.
Following that, football personnel were continuously investigated. So far, 27 people have been investigated in connection with the Li Tie case.
Li Tie was reported by Wuhan club executives due to a salary dispute with Wuhan Zall club.
On November 12, 2022, during the professional coach training course 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 course.
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 is currently under investigation.
Veteran sports reporter He Xiaolong posted on the official WeChat account on November 27, 2022, during Li Tie’s time in Wuhan Zall, in addition to monopolizing power, his agency also signed many Wuhan players. When training the national football team, there was a power-for-money transaction, and Li Tie’s agency signed many Chinese Super League players.
The official CCP 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 in the United States. His wife and daughter stayed in the United States and arranged for their children to emigrate. to study.
There are endless incidents of match-fixing, black-calling and corruption in Chinese football. China’s men’s soccer team is famous for this. After 2009, the CCP officially launched an “anti-gambling and anti-crime” campaign in football, but the horrible shady scenes in the world of Chinese football have not been fully exposed yet.
In February 2019, an article went viral on the Internet, where a former Chinese Super League player exposed the shocking shady scenes in Chinese football. 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 reveals a lot of inside information about Chinese football from a football practitioner’s perspective.
Responsible editor: Lin Congwen
