The four-years-once World Cup, which draws much attention all over the world, is coming soon.  Now Chinese team, either Mainland or Taiwan, has been yet to be qualified to the tournament, not even in Asian preliminary, for a long, long time.  What makes Chinese football trap in such a miserable situation like this?  My previous posting may give you some reasons about it at: 中國足球(說書版) https://classic-blog.udn.com/article/post.jsp?xid=0180oukk&f_fun=QUY&f_ART_ID=177333167    

However, many decades ago when China was in a much-reduced circumstance, Chinese football did acquire brilliant achievements.  Mr. Li Huitang, as well as his teammates, was the household name in football and other fields. 

一腔肝胆存人热，半世风尘为国争-李惠堂 (toutiao.com)       

I guess your eyes will be watering like mine when you finish reading the article.