1151 Continue the road
Chinese fans have complained about Situ Yunbing. When FIFA match day comes again, the first warm-up match of the Chinese team was in Australia!
This means that if Chinese fans want to watch the game on site, they must go to the away game. Tickets are not a high burden, but the round-trip air tickets and travel fees, as well as the troubles of going abroad, will make many local fans unable to afford it.
In the FIFA match day in September, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team and tied the South Korean team to excited domestic fans. Everyone is now supporting the Chinese team!
But if you want to support the Chinese team on the spot, you are powerless, or if the economic conditions do not allow it.
So some complaints arose.
Situ Yunbing has no explanation for this, and there is no need to appease the fans. The core of his work is to help the Chinese team improve their strength and then talk about other things.
There is no difference between the Chinese team's training list and the personnel in September.
Situ Yunbing discovered a problem, and it was basically difficult for him to enable newcomers.
Because before the new season, he gave the Chinese team a large number of cards to the players he thought could be cultivated, even though some candidates performed well, their growth rate was much slower than those players who were cultivated.
If there are new stars emerging one year later and two years later, Situ Yunbing may not be able to reuse them before the end of the next World Cup. At best, it is just a test and then give some support on the cards. The future achievements can only depend on the luck of these new stars.
The Chinese team came to Sydney, Australia during this training camp. They always played away games and always went to the away games in advance to conduct training camps. It would inevitably increase the cost of travel. However, the Chinese Football Association calculated the calculations and based on Situ Yunbing's annual salary level in Liverpool, Situ Yunbing only received an annual salary of 1 RMB in the Chinese national team. The gap between them is more than nearly 200 million yuan per year!
Even if the Chinese team goes abroad for training every month, the expenses in all aspects, including renting venues, accommodation, transportation, and diet, are not enough to save 1/10 of Situ Yunbing’s annual salary!
Therefore, the Chinese Football Association is also very popular. And letting the team go to training outside will naturally lack the tracking of local media. Even if there are media reports overseas, public opinion will not be too much. The Chinese Football Association naturally does not want to get excessive attention from the media.
The preparations for the Chinese team's training camp in Sydney are much better than last month, which is directly related to the improvement of the players in the team's strength in the past two months and their performance in the club is significantly improved.
Such a situation can be said to be a normal human being. Your career is on the rise, and of course you will be full of more enthusiasm and more positive.
Li Weifeng, Sun Jihai, and Li Ying summarized the players' training reports in the past month, and then the coaching team held a meeting to discuss it.
Overall, the performance of the players in the past month has still satisfied Situ Yunbing. There are players who perform extremely outstandingly, and some are relatively calm, but the overall improvement is a good trend.
But Situ Yunbing still has to hit those players with relatively slow growth rates, so that they cannot feel satisfied if they have made progress.
One of the cruelties of competitive sports is that it should never be satisfied!
This is too difficult!
That's why only a very small number of people can stand firm.
Since Australia was included in the AFC, it has always been a strong team in Asia. They have won the runner-up and the championship in the past two Asian Cups. In the Asian Cup two months later, Australia is the defending champion!
After the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Australia's former pillar stars officially bid farewell to the national team. Stars such as Cahill, Cowell, Schwarzer, Bresciano, Viduca, etc., which fans are well-known to fans, have become a past trend.
In the past few years, Australia's strength has been declining. You can see the clues just by looking at the clubs they play for this training camp.
There are basically no players who are absolutely the main players in the five major leagues. Although there are many European players, most of them are in second-rate leagues.
If compared vertically, the Chinese team's overseas corps are even more valuable than Australia.
At least they have Luo Cheng, Luo Xin, Zhao Fenghua, who are the main players in the Ligue 1 competition, and Bai Yuanfan and Wu Lei who are the main players in the Bundesliga.
In Australia, Situ Yunbing was still in the stage of running-in with the team, allowing them to integrate the defensive counterattack tactics.
The day before the game day, Situ Yunbing attended the pre-match press conference.
Australian football media flocked to us, and they definitely applauded and welcomed Situ Yunbing's team to visit. After all, there are few heavyweights in the Australian football circle.
As soon as Situ Yunbing sat on the stage, he saw Australian journalists raising their hands to ask questions. Then he heard the first question, which made him laugh.
"Since you took office as head coach of the Chinese national team, from August to September, you followed and personally supervised two young Chinese strikers in France. From mid-late September to early October, you ran to Helenfen, the Netherlands, to supervise two Chinese players.
You are not like other national team coaches just appear on weekends in a stand where national team players compete.
Is this approach redefining the work of the national team coach?
Because in the past, many people thought that the head coach of the national team was very leisurely. Mourinho, including him, has expressed that he needed a lot of work and could not coach the national team very early, but now you are obviously the busiest national team coach in the world!”
Situ Yunbing's smile was actually a bit bitter. After a moment of silence, he put away his smile and said seriously: "If I were Mourinho, then when I received an invitation from the Portuguese Football Association and I decided to coach the Portuguese national team.
So can I run to the players to supervise and guide the players like now? I can say that my behavior has already entered the players' private lives and has not given them enough space. This situation is difficult for players to accept in Europe!
The most important thing is that most of the players in Portugal are already very mature. Do I have to have more requirements for C Ronaldo? Moutinho is over 30 years old!
So of course I will be very relaxed. I will inspect some players every week, remember their performance, and when the national team is playing, I will consider all factors to determine my lineup, and then play the game, and play the competition every two years.
That's all.
The key point is that the Chinese team first has a large number of young players that I need to do this, and secondly, we are not as professional as Europe in all aspects, so I can only use the stupidest way to catch up with our opponents and accelerate our growth.
Maybe in less than four years, my players will also hate me when they come to their side, which may cause inconvenience in their lives.
I also hope that one day I can become idle.
As for the answer to your question, I have not redefined the job of the national team coach."
Situ Yunbing's coaching career has reached its 11th year. In the past, he never thought about starting a sect and redefining anything. He has been racing against the god of death, and this time he came to the end of the game!
He wants to win!
No matter what you give!
He has sacrificed a lot of time to spend with his family and gave up his beloved club and players. He embarked on a path that is actually very unfamiliar to him, and start over!
But he wants to do his best to win this game!
At the press conference, Australian media reporters asked again: "What do you think of the current Australian team?"
Australia fired Van Marvik after the World Cup, and the new head coach Graham Arnold came from the A-League.
Although Situ Yunbing did not think that such a change of coach is correct, because most of the Australian internationals still play in the European League, a coach who is more familiar with the style and rhythm of the European League should be able to better exert the strength of the Australian team.
However, since it was the opponent's housework, he naturally would not express his opinion.
Regarding the Australian media's problems, Situ Yunbing of course made a beautiful statement and praised the Australian team.
Australia has the capital to be praised for winning the first and second place in the past two Asian Cups.
In the face of the upcoming friendly match, will the Chinese team still adhere to the defensive counterattack tactics?
Situ Yunbing smiled and said, "The Chinese team does not have the strength to play two or more tactics. We are now only interested in honing one tactic, forming, maturing, and exerting its power. Then our performance should be improved.
And when we are away against a strong team like Australia, we actually have no choice.”
Finally, an Australian reporter asked: "Why does the Chinese team play three away friendly games in a row? We see some Chinese fans expressing dissatisfaction with this, and as an experienced coach, you should also be aware that playing away games in a row will consume a lot of physical energy for players."
Situ Yunbing smiled at this and said, "I just hope that the Chinese team can play more difficult games to improve their level. I believe that only pressure can help the players and the team grow faster!
There is no other reason.”
Although he was right, the real reason was that he needed to better adapt the pace of playing away games and running back and forth!
Whether it is the Asian Cup or the World Cup, the Chinese team has no home game to play. So early adaptation to the stress resistance of not playing at home, including the atmosphere of the court, adapting to unfamiliar environments, etc. are all very critical factors!
In fact, many national teams have declining performance after going to a strange environment. There are many South American teams in this situation, and African teams are the most serious.
Chapter completed!