[January 12, CGTN Japanese]A documentary program produced by Central Television (CCTV), a subsidiary of China Media Group (CMG), recently featured the corruption scandal of Li Ti, the former coach of the Chinese national soccer team. I did.

It is widely believed in the public that Li Tie was selected as the national team coach because of his track record of promoting two teams to the Chinese Super League in quick succession, but it has been revealed that behind the scenes there was repeated match-fixing. I did. Mr. Li joined the professional soccer club “Hebei Huaxia Happiness Football Club” in August 2015 and experienced his first experience as a manager. After Mr. Li’s appointment, the club achieved a “miraculous 8-game winning streak” in the final eight games of the season, ultimately outscoring its rivals by one point and securing promotion to the Chinese Super League. As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that this “miraculous 88 consecutive wins” was all a match-fixing operation in which money was moved behind the scenes. Taking the last game of the season as an example, Li’s team needed a win or a draw in this match to be promoted to the Chinese Super League, but the club received 14 million yuan (approximately 200 million yuan). 80 million yen), and the other team also received a large sum of money and ultimately agreed to the match-fixing.

In August 2019, Li received information that the Chinese Football Association was forming a national men’s team for the then-East Asia Cup, and he felt strongly that his chance had come. Mr. Li approached a club he belonged to at the time called “Wuhan Zhuo’er” and had them pay 2 million yuan (approximately 40 million yen) in bribe money, as well as 1 million yuan (approximately 20 million yen) out of his own pocket. , I was able to fulfill my dream and become the national men’s soccer team coach.

Following the resignation of coach Marcello Lippi, Li was immediately appointed as China’s men’s national team coach. The day after his appointment as national team coach was confirmed, Li signed a so-called contract with Wuhan Zhuo’er for a total of 60 million yuan (approximately 1.2 billion yen). This contract was, in effect, a camouflage to hide the true nature of the rights being traded for money. After that, four players from “Wuhan Zhuo’er” were selected for the national team. Lee was appointed as the national team coach on January 2, 2020, and was dismissed on December 3, 2021, amidst criticism from fans. As a result of chasing short-term profits, the sooner a company was overtaken, the sooner it would fall. Mr. Lee said, “I regret it very much. I should have walked steadily and steadily. I shouldn’t have been in a hurry to gain merit and tried to take shortcuts in various ways.” (c)CGTN Japanese/AFPBB News