Nearly 120 million yuan was involved! Former national football coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the first instance

On December 13, Beijing time, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province, announced the final verdict of the case of former national football coach Li Tie in a public hearing, and Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Although Li Tie faced "multiple crimes and punishments", especially the huge amount of bribes involved, he could have been sentenced to death. However, considering that Li Tie had already pleaded guilty and repented in court, and that there were circumstances such as returning the stolen goods, as well as circumstances such as voluntary surrender, confession, reporting and exposure, and meritorious service, the court considered these circumstances for sentencing. In the end, Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years.

Li Tie, born on May 18, 1977, played as a midfielder when he was a player, was a former international player of the Chinese men's football team, and participated in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup with the team. After Li Tie retired in 2009, he began to serve as a coach, and served as an assistant coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, and then he successively served as the coach of Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Wuhan Zall team. In January 2020, Li Tie officially served as the coach of the Chinese men's national football team and led the team to participate in the top 12. In December 2021, Li Tie resigned as the coach of the national football team because of his poor performance in leading the team.

On November 26, 2022, Li Tie was suspected of serious violations of the law and was subject to supervision and investigation. In August last year, Li Tie was prosecuted on suspicion of five crimes, including accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes by units, offering bribes to non-state functionaries, and offering bribes to non-state functionaries.

In January this year, Li Tie made his first public appearance after being arrested, appearing in CCTV's anti-corruption feature film "Continue to Make Efforts and Promote in Depth". In March this year, the first instance of Li Tie's case finally opened for trial, Li Tie was involved in 5 cases involving nearly 120 million yuan, and was charged with accepting 77.64 million yuan in the first instance.

After a lapse of 9 months, the dust of Li Tie's case has settled, and the 47-year-old former national football coach has finally waited for the verdict on his fate.