China's Xinhua News Agency mentioned corruption scandals

The media outlet said, "Corruption scandals have intensified in the soccer community. Men's and women's basketball have become polarized, and neither men's nor women's volleyball has qualified for the Paris Olympics. 2023 is a year when all three major sports in China were more worried than happy."

In particular, the corruption scandal involving the China Football Association was a huge incident. "Since January, former high-level officials and soccer practitioners of the China Football Association have been fired amid the anti-corruption storm," Xinhua said. More than a dozen players and coaches were involved in "game fixing" and "betting." The league's reputation has been seriously damaged. Salary debt for some professional teams is still a serious problem when they have to pay back. Some teams were disbanded after failing to withstand it."

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) elected Song Kai-shek as its new president at its general meeting in Beijing on Oct. 16. In his inaugural press conference, Song emphasized fostering youth soccer as his top priority. The managerial seat of the Chinese men's soccer team has been vacant for nearly a year. In March, Serbian Yankovic quietly took office. "Yankovic was able to prove his competence when he beat Thailand 2-1. Although he lost 0-3 to Korea, his players' persistent fighting spirit was satisfactory," Xinhua said.

As can be seen from the 'Son Joon-ho case', China has a strong tendency to hide the case without disclosing it. Son Joon-ho was forcibly taken into custody while trying to return home with his family at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in May. Son Joon-ho is under investigation by the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau in Liaoning Province on charges of bribery of non-state operatives. Seven months have passed since Son Joon-ho's case, but there is no sign of resolution.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 27th that it has selected a 3-0 victory over China in the "World Cup Qualifier" held in Shenzhen, China on November 21 as the "Game of the Year." 11,114 fans supported the game. The final match of the Hangzhou Asian Games, which won the gold medal with the "Korea-Japan" victory, was ranked second with 7,132 votes. The friendly match invited by the Tunisian national team, which won a landslide 4-0 victory, ranked third with 6329 votes.

"It is heartbreaking that Korean fans named the 3-0 win over China as the best match of the year," said Sohu. Son scored two goals to beat China. The Korea Football Association described the team's perfect performance to quell the cheers of 40,000 Chinese," he said, unable to hide his displeasure. 토토사이트