On August 17, the Guangdong Provincial Government urgently held a video and telephone conference on the province's sports events and anti-doping education for special deployment. Guangdong Provincial Governor Wang Weizhong emphasized that match style and discipline is the lifeline of sports and must be strictly abided by. He deeply reflected on the provincial games soccer B A (U15) group Guangzhou team and Qingyuan team final suspected match-fixing incident, and asked to take this as a lesson, resolutely put an end to such incidents, to ensure that the "two establishments" and "two protections" principle is put into practice.

In this regard, the CFA quickly responded to the successive release of two statements. 17, released on the strengthening of the soccer tournament style and discipline of the work of the statement, clearly indicated that it will crack down on fake gambling and black behavior. 18, the CFA website and released on the further enhancement of the referee management statement, the referee is strictly prohibited to participate in gambling and other illegal acts, to ensure that the tournament is fair and impartial.

The storm triggered a high degree of attention from the CFA. 18 am, the CFA and the CFA preparatory group through online meetings, called the Super League, China A, China B clubs in charge, held a special meeting, aimed at strengthening the style of play and discipline, to combat the ugly phenomenon of the football world.

In 2009, Chinese soccer experienced an anti-gambling and anti-triad storm, in which a number of practitioners, including leaders of the Football Association, referees, club managers and international players, were sanctioned by law. This storm cleared up some of the stubborn problems that had accumulated over the 15 years of professionalization of soccer.

The 2009 anti-gambling crackdown became a turning point for Chinese soccer.

At the time, some bizarre policies during the transition from the A-League to the Chinese Super League, such as the abolition of promotion and relegation and the accumulation of league points to determine the ownership of the Chinese Super League places, led to Chongqing's loss in the crucial relegation battle. To prevent Chongqing from losing to enter the Chinese Super League, the FA leadership intervened in the match between Shanghai COSCO and Tianjin, hoping that Tianjin would win to stay in the Chinese Super League.

At the level of referees, clubs and players, the desperate attempts to make profits have led to many chaotic situations in Chinese soccer. The emergence of large salary arrears in the league now bodes well for some bad signs.

According to Beijing Youth Daily, the CFA has received reports of clubs involved in gambling on football, and the association has set up a special working group that will cooperate with the public security department to investigate and crack down on illegal and criminal activities of gambling on football.

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Obviously, with enough attention, obvious match-fixing, gambling and black whistles are not difficult to investigate and deal with. The State General Administration of Sport and the CFA reaffirmed the discipline of the game when bad omens appeared, also as a precautionary measure to prevent extreme situations from occurring.

However, tacit understanding is difficult to manage. This is evidenced by the tacit understanding between Liaoning and Shandong in the National Games, as well as the 2-2 tacit understanding between Denmark and Sweden, the two Nordic powers in the 2004 European Cup.

In the early days of the professional league, Chinese player Yang Chen's 5-1 win in Frankfurt's crucial relegation battle was also considered a tacit agreement. However, such tacit goals are often difficult to penalize as long as no money deals are involved.

Returning to this final of the Guangdong Provincial Games, the U15 junior players of Qingyuan lost the game in an extremely ugly way, making the outside world realize the possible cattiness behind it. The brave behavior of this group of young players is a challenge to the unspoken rules. (Reporter Song Chengliang)

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