CHINA, SPORTS, FOOTBALL: Is Arie Haan the Scapegoat For the Mistakes of Others
By Answer Lv
All of Chinese football fans’ eyes were focused on one event: the clash between China and Hong Kong in the World Cup soccer qualifying tournament. But soon it was very bad news for Chinese soccer. It was bad news for players, for coaches, for sports newspapers, for everyone involved in Chinese football. There will be no Chinese team in the next World Cup.
Because of the embarrassing early exit from World Cup qualifying, China coach Arie Haan was criticized by many people and disconsolately stepped down after the game, despite his team beating Hong Kong 7-0. It's easy to blame the head coach after a team's elimination, but we shouldn’t do so here. Arie Haan is a hard-working, competent coach who has ideas and his own ways of working. The only thing he did wrong was to come to the wrong place at the wrong time to take charge of the wrong team, that’s his entire fault. He could not save a weak Chinese football team. As a coach, he was diligent and modest. He made big contributions to Chinese soccer, though he failed in the end.
I feel sorry for him because he is being used as a scapegoat. The death of Chinese football was not his fault; Chinese football killed itself.
Many other people should be blamed instead of Haan. However, the major blame should be on the CFA. The recent chaos in Chinese football played an important role in the national team's slump. Last month, seven of the 12 clubs in China's Super League united in launching a challenge at the China Football Association (CFA), urging it for reform. They criticized the CFA for lack of transparency and acute corruption. The 10-year-old professional league, replaced by the Super League this year, was hampered by lackluster performances and poor commercial success, despite heavy investment from club runners and the government.
The players should also be blamed. They earn a lot of money but their skills and competence are not playing up to their salaries. And the lack of a steady base in the training of Chinese footballers is an important factor in the current disaster. With the recently-disclosed drug scandal of Liaoning's goalkeeper Liu Jiansheng, who is believed to be connected to social drug use and match fixing, China's football is at the edge of collapsing.
The recent failure only adds salt to the wound. But, while it's very sad for Chinese football on one hand, I think it might just be the best thing for Chinese football’s development on the other hand. We can start afresh. There’s no use in crying, we should begin self-treatment now.
We must go on, for the future of Chinese football.
All of Chinese football fans’ eyes were focused on one event: the clash between China and Hong Kong in the World Cup soccer qualifying tournament. But soon it was very bad news for Chinese soccer. It was bad news for players, for coaches, for sports newspapers, for everyone involved in Chinese football. There will be no Chinese team in the next World Cup.
Because of the embarrassing early exit from World Cup qualifying, China coach Arie Haan was criticized by many people and disconsolately stepped down after the game, despite his team beating Hong Kong 7-0. It's easy to blame the head coach after a team's elimination, but we shouldn’t do so here. Arie Haan is a hard-working, competent coach who has ideas and his own ways of working. The only thing he did wrong was to come to the wrong place at the wrong time to take charge of the wrong team, that’s his entire fault. He could not save a weak Chinese football team. As a coach, he was diligent and modest. He made big contributions to Chinese soccer, though he failed in the end.
I feel sorry for him because he is being used as a scapegoat. The death of Chinese football was not his fault; Chinese football killed itself.
Many other people should be blamed instead of Haan. However, the major blame should be on the CFA. The recent chaos in Chinese football played an important role in the national team's slump. Last month, seven of the 12 clubs in China's Super League united in launching a challenge at the China Football Association (CFA), urging it for reform. They criticized the CFA for lack of transparency and acute corruption. The 10-year-old professional league, replaced by the Super League this year, was hampered by lackluster performances and poor commercial success, despite heavy investment from club runners and the government.
The players should also be blamed. They earn a lot of money but their skills and competence are not playing up to their salaries. And the lack of a steady base in the training of Chinese footballers is an important factor in the current disaster. With the recently-disclosed drug scandal of Liaoning's goalkeeper Liu Jiansheng, who is believed to be connected to social drug use and match fixing, China's football is at the edge of collapsing.
The recent failure only adds salt to the wound. But, while it's very sad for Chinese football on one hand, I think it might just be the best thing for Chinese football’s development on the other hand. We can start afresh. There’s no use in crying, we should begin self-treatment now.
We must go on, for the future of Chinese football.
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