2022 Qatar World Cup passionate, however, the national football team failed to be among the field, this regret has become hundreds of millions of fans heartache.
Nevertheless, many corners of the World Cup in Qatar have Chinese footprints. It was Chinese companies that built the main venues, and it was our companies that were the biggest sponsors.
In this way, we can say that the Chinese team participated in this event in a special way, we were hidden in the logistics, we competed with other countries, and we won the respect with our resilience!
Right in the midst of this frenzy, the Chinese soccer world exploded in a shocking way.
On November 26, the official order, the former national football head coach Li Tie suspected of major violations of the law, is currently accepting the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the State General Administration of Sports Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group and Hubei Provincial Supervisory Committee of the in-depth investigation.
Big news of this caliber is often brief and concise, but it's enough to cause an uproar!
At present, the specific circumstances of Li Tie's violation of the law are not yet clear, and all parties have different speculations. I do not intend to speculate here, all still need to wait for the official further notice.
Li Tie's investigation has put Chinese soccer in the spotlight.
On the World Cup stage, Japan beat Germany and South Korea decimated two-time world champions Uruguay. Also an Asian team, why is our men's soccer team so unimpressive while Japan and South Korea shine.
Why Chinese soccer has never been able to break through, and where exactly is our gap?
Just when the legend of men's soccer has not yet dissipated, Li Tie's crisis suddenly erupted. Some people say that the failures of Chinese soccer are being carried by Li Tie, and that once he is investigated, he will be guilty of many crimes.
Undeniably, Li Tie coaching these years, the national football results decline year by year, so that many people began to miss the departure of the foreign coach Lippi.
Under the leadership of Li Tie, the downward trend of the national football team is obvious, but it seems a bit too harsh to blame him alone for the plight of Chinese soccer.
We have to admit that compared to soccer, our table tennis has managed to dominate the world, why is that? What is the principle behind it? Table tennis doubles is also teamwork ah! Why is it that we can do badminton and diving but not soccer.
So will the answer to the national soccer team's woes be found in the match between Beijing Guoan and Jingchuan Wenhui.
On November 17, 2022, Jingchuan Wenhui knocked out Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan 7-5 in the second round of the 2022 China FA Cup in Rizhao, Shandong Province, and successfully advanced to the round of 16.
Beijing Guoan team, as the top team in China and the backbone of the national soccer team, even those who don't follow soccer know about this team.
Shockingly, this team lost to the never-heard-of Jingchuan Wenhui team, so what is Jingchuan Wenhui team all about? Why have you never heard of this team?
In fact, such an outcome is not surprising. Founded in August 2021, Jingchuan Wenhui is a self-organized team of a group of soccer enthusiasts in Jingchuan County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province, with not many appearances in regular matches.
As a poor county, the funds to maintain such a team are naturally limited. Most of the players play for free out of hobby and in their spare time.
By any measure, this is an unheralded amateur team, but it's the kind of team that has beaten the top forces of Chinese soccer on the regular field.
Some say that perhaps Beijing Guoan was gullible, but gullible or not, they could not beat such an amateur team made up of soccer enthusiasts.
How is China's top team, Beijing Guoan, equipped? Players earn up to ten million dollars a year, play soccer professionally, are nourished with sea cucumbers daily, and have unparalleled hardware facilities. Maybe one player's annual salary is enough to feed the Jingchuan Wenhui team for several lifetimes.
The irony, then, that these professional players, who are paid millions of dollars a year, lost to amateur teams from poor counties that organized themselves for a hobby, is self-evident.
Eight years ago, the Chinese men's soccer team beat Thailand. Retired player Fan Zhiyi ranted in front of reporters that the face of Chinese soccer had stopped and he would lose to Vietnam. Nowadays, this saying is widely spread in the soccer circle.
However, the Chinese men's soccer team did lose to Vietnam in the World Cup qualifier. Unexpectedly, Jingchuan Wenhui once again stepped on the face of the national soccer team.
Anyway, Vietnam is also a national team. And Jingchuan Wenhui is just a poor county in the west. You're worth billions of dollars and they're fighting for a hobby. Can't you beat any town or village team?
For our fans, we have to thank Jingchuan Wenhui for being a breath of fresh air in the soccer world. Although our level is relatively low, I believe that it is fans like Jingchuan Wenhui that will bring Chinese soccer back to the top.
If Jingchuan Wenhui doesn't break the status quo in Chinese soccer, then our soccer might actually be coming to an end.
