摘要
衡量一个国家和地区足球发展水平高低的标准有两个,一个是其国字号或“区字号”球队在国际赛场上的表现,一个便是其联赛开展得如何。中国人想了44年的世界杯梦终于在上一个冬天前圆了,但结果却让中国人始料未及,大失所望。不巧的是,在这个冬天来临前结束的甲级联赛,也提前遭遇了”寒流”,人气更是降到了冰点。
Tainted by refereeing scandals and shaken by a revelation that players have involved in match gambling, the Chinese professional soccer league faces a crisis of confidence in 2003, the final year of preparation for the launch of the Chinese premier league. Referee Gong Jianping was arrested on charges of accepting commercial bribes last year. He has been the focus of a match-fixing scandal in China s first and second division leagues that came to light earlier last year enraging soccer fans. Fans ha...
