After the fleeting euphoria, the Top 40 of the Qatar World Cup qualifiers became the beginning of Li Tie's journey to pick up the woes left behind by Lippi. Although he skillfully got the team into the Top 12, his performance in the Round of 12 was an abyss that led to a half-hearted attempt to get the team out of the tournament. There was much speculation about his lack of ability, but not the huge amount of money involved behind him - as much as 120 million, a figure that was enough to send shockwaves through the soccer world.
Li Tie has been taken away for more than two years, although the case has been concluded, but the verdict has never arrived, which is enough to prove that the complexity of the case is far more than imagined. Recently, the social media "who is good at cute" broke the news that Li Tie's wife in order to support him in court, at all costs. Li Tie himself seems to have a glimmer of hope for the future, thinking that as long as he survives ten years, he will be able to regain his life. However, the reality is often cruel. Some bloggers speculate that Li Tie's sentence may be heavier than that of Chen Xuyuan.
The dust has settled on the case of Chen Xuyuan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the huge sum of 81.03 million yuan involved. However, the amount of money involved in Li Tie's case is even larger, only the bribe item is as high as 77.64 million yuan, the total amount is as high as 120 million yuan. According to this speculation, if Li Tie's sentence is really heavier than Chen Xuyuan's, then he may face a death sentence. Whether it is immediate execution or suspended execution, for Li Tie, it will be a road of no return.
In this soccer anti-corruption storm, Li Tie's name may go down in history as a warning for a generation, reminding future generations that no matter where they are, they should stick to the bottom line and not be blinded by greed. Li Tie's case will also become an eternal memory in the history of Chinese soccer, always reminding everyone who loves soccer.
