Memorable faces and moments of Chinese sports in 2012 (3)

Key words: Football, anti-gambling

Anti-gambling campaign turned a new page in football world

The storm for anti-gambling of Chinese football finally came to an end in early 2012, and those involved were sentenced in Dandong and Tieling respectively. Whether Chinese football can turn a new page after having undergone pains brought by corruption and how the system reform should proceed remains the most concerned topic of people in the future.

Chinese Super League went up but national football team was down for a long time

Successive participation of top stars such as Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, landing of World Cup winning coach Lippi, new record of losing no balls during a 643-minute period set by Deng Xiaofei, Ji Xiang’s score in seven seconds by surprise attack; the highest attendances of 65,000 people in league matches set by Jiangsu Sainty team, and the wonderful view of two teams competing for championship, six teams for AFC Champions League, seven teams for relegation battle in the late game….the hot Chinese Super League attracted the world’s attention, which is seeing rising influence and bright future.

In comparison, China's Olympic soccer team was out of the Olympics; Chinese national team also said good-bye to the World Cup Brazil in 2014 in an early time. In the latest FIFA rankings, Chinese team already fell to the 88th, and to 6th place in Asia, which are the lowest rankings of Chinese team in the past two years.

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