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on september 10, the chinese football association announced a heavy ban list, with 43 people banned for life and 17 banned for five years. after the list was announced, foreign player evolo denied participating in match-fixing for profit, and domestic players wang song and lu ning also posted on domestic social media to defend their "innocence."

according to domestic football media reports, former heilongjiang ice city player evolo responded that he was "innocent" after the ban list was made public.

evolo said he once received a bonus from the captain (li shuai) after a victory. "if you win a game for your team, so you can raise money is it a bad thing?"

li xuan, a media person from the football news, questioned that the details evolo mentioned were enough to prove that he was involved in match-fixing or gambling. "the difference is that he may have known that he was involved in this matter subjectively, or he may have been manipulated by li shuai."

li shuai is not on the list of banned players. public reports show that the state sports general administration and the chinese football association will continue to publish industry penalty lists based on the list synchronized by the public security bureau of the ministry of public security.

on the 11th, wang song, a former player of the shijiazhuang kung fu team, also posted on weibo that he was "quite surprised and shocked" when he received the punishment from the football association. "after understanding the reason, i was speechless and helpless."

"i have not done anything to let the team down, i have not played match-fixing, i have not manipulated the players to play match-fixing, and i will not and do not need to profit from it!" although he did not specify the so-called "reasons", wang song still said, "i will communicate with the football association in the near future and strive for the opportunity to appeal!"

wang song's appearance on the banned list surprised many fans. earlier this year, wang song told the "football night" program that his biggest regret was that he had too few appearances for the national team, and that domestic players were in fierce competition, and he "could not accept" gifts in order to get promoted. earlier, wang song also said that he had rejected an invitation to "play a match for hundreds of thousands of yuan."

the penalty decision issued by the chinese football association shows that according to the facts admitted by himself during the investigation by the relevant judicial authorities, wang song, a former player of the shijiazhuang kung fu football club, participated in unfair transactions and manipulated matches in order to obtain improper benefits, seriously violated sports ethics, lost the spirit of sports, and caused bad social impact.

on the 11th, lu ning, a former heilongjiang ice city player who played as a goalkeeper, also posted a long article on weibo, saying that he felt "unbelievable" about the ban list. he said that he "has a clear conscience and has never manipulated a match or played a fixed match."

lu ning said that the match in question was the china league one match between chengdu rongcheng and heilongjiang bingcheng on october 5, 2021. "that was our last game in the dalian division, and we had a holiday after the game. the captain (li shuai) called me while i was having dinner outside and said he would pay me back the money he owed me. when i saw the transfer amount, i found that it was too much, so i asked the captain and other teammates. at that time, we hadn't received wages for four months and hadn't won in three rounds. this game was finally won through everyone's efforts, and everyone was very happy to get the winning bonus, so i didn't think much about it."

lu ning said that on august 22, 2023, the chaoyang police in liaoning contacted him by phone to verify the situation. "during the conversation, i repeatedly emphasized that i did not do anything illegal, manipulate the game, or violate professional ethics. i left after signing the transcript. before issuing this decision to punish, the police did not contact me again."

the official weibo account of "football news" subsequently retweeted lu ning's weibo post.

it is worth mentioning that according to the wording of the "notice of the chinese football association on industry punishments for relevant persons involved in the case" regarding the punished players, if the punishment is based on "the facts determined by the relevant judicial authorities", the punishment is generally lifelong house arrest; if the punishment is based on "the facts admitted by the relevant judicial authorities during the investigation", the punishment is generally 5 years of house arrest, such as wang song, lu ning, etc.

since 2022, a new round of anti-corruption in the field of football has attracted national attention. whether it is the illegal and disciplinary violations by former football association officials such as chen xuyuan and du zhaocai and former coaches such as li tie, or the chaos of "fake gambling and black", they have caused strong shocks in public opinion.

at the press conference on the special campaign to crack down on the "fake gambling and black market" in the professional football league on the 10th, the head of the chinese football association said, "we are resolute in our attitude towards the governance of the "fake gambling and black market" in the football industry. whether it is players or clubs, as long as they are involved in "fake gambling and black market", we will strictly investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law and regulations, impose industry penalties, and will never tolerate them. we will also promptly announce it to the public and accept social supervision."