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“Serious violations of the law”: the investigation that shocks Chinese football

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“Serious violations of the law”: the investigation that shocks Chinese football
Chen Xuyuan is being investigated by the Chinese authorities (Gettyimages)
Chen Xuyuan is being investigated by the Chinese authorities (Gettyimages)

The Chinese authorities announced today the opening of an investigation against the president of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuanby “to be suspected of serious violations of the law”.

In a brief statement published by the Commission for Inspection and Supervision of Discipline (anti-corruption body of the Communist Party) of the central province of Hubei, it is indicated that Chen is being investigated by national authorities.

The nature of the alleged violations committed by Chen, who was elected president of the Association in August 2019.

The investigation against Chen was opened just four months after investigations began against the former coach of the Li Tie men’s soccer team, one of the greatest legends of this sport in this country due to his successes as a player.

Former Secretary General of the Association Liu Yi and the former manager of the management department of the national team Chen Yongliang they have also faced scrutiny from anti-corruption forces.

in the last few months, the Federation had promised firm against match-fixing, fraud and dopingdescribed by the deputy director of the Sports Administration of China Du Zhaocai as the “three tumors” that endanger the development of the king of sports in the Asian country.

“There is still a long way to go in the eradication of unhealthy practices in the world of football such as betting and in the training of officials”, recently warned the Commission for Inspection and Supervision of Discipline.

China has not played a World Cup since the 2002 edition
China has not played a World Cup since the 2002 edition

The well-known journalist Hu Xijin declared in his account of Weibo that “the decline of Chinese soccer tells us that simply monitoring public opinion is not enough” and wondered: “Is Chinese soccer rotten to the core?”

The Chinese men’s national team, the target of harsh criticism from home fans, failed to qualify for the last world championshipas has been the case since 2002, although on that occasion they did not have to face local powers South Korea and Japan as they were already classified as hosts.

For his part, The Chinese Super League saw its crisis aggravated by the covid-19 pandemicbut it had already been brewing for some years due, in part, to the fact that the Chinese authorities restricted the unbridled spending that for some seasons spread through the main teams in the country, many of them recently involved in economic problems.

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(With information from EFE)