The Chinese Football Association responded to the U15 event suspected fake ball incident: the team's investigation team went to Guangzhou for investigation

Reporter Ji Yu

On the afternoon of August 8th, the Chinese Football Association officially issued a statement that it will form an investigation team participated in the competition department, disciplinary inspection department and other departments to go to Guangzhou to investigate the relevant situation of the Men's Group B of the 16th National Games of Guangdong Province in 2022. Earlier, the outside world questioned the possibility of fake balls in the game due to the abnormal situation of the game.

The Final A Finals of the 16th Games of Guangdong Province was held on August 7th. The two parties in the competition were the Qingyuan team and Guangzhou team in 2007. Judging from the game video, the Guangzhou team took the lead in the first half, the Qingyuan team equalized the score, and there was no abnormality in the game.

In the second half, the Qingyuan team scored 2 goals to achieve 3: 1 overtake. But after the Qingyuan team replaced, the game began to "wrong". The Guangzhou team scored 4 goals one after another, and finally defeated the opponent 5: 3 to win the championship. It is worth mentioning that in many shots of the Guangzhou team, the Qingyuan team did not have defensive movements, but instead stood in place and watched the other party's door.

After the game, some netizens questioned that the game was suspected to have fake balls and showed the game video. Since then, the incident has gradually fermented, and related topics have appeared on Weibo hot search.

On the morning of August 8th, the Qingyuan Sports Bureau responded, saying that it had paid attention to the matter.

On the afternoon of the 8th, the Chinese Football Association issued a statement saying that the Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to and launched the investigation procedure, which will form an investigation team participated in the competition department and disciplinary inspection department to conduct investigation on August 8.

The Chinese Football Association wrote:

On August 7, in the 2022 Guangdong Provincial Games Men's Group B Finals, the Guangzhou team defeated the Qingyuan team 5: 3 to win the championship. In the game, the performance of the athletes on the field was widely questioned by public opinion, causing attention from all walks of life. The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to this and launches the investigation procedure, which will form an investigation team participated in the competition department, disciplinary inspection department and other departments to go to Guangzhou for investigation on August 8.

The Chinese Football Association has always attached great importance to and pay close attention to various gambling, fake balls, and manipulating competitions that have seriously attached great importance to sports ethics and corrupting the industry atmosphere. Treat it seriously. I also hope that if all sectors of the society discover relevant definition evidence, I can actively report to our associations, public security, and judicial departments. The Chinese Football Association reports mailbox: [email protected].

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