"Whenever the Chinese national team needs it, I can come and coach." Zhang Sheng's reply gave the Chinese Football Association reassurance. With someone knowing the truth, the Football Association began the selection of a head coach.
At this time, the position of coach of the Chinese national team has really become a hot topic.
Even if you only have a month to get familiar with the team, there are many head coaches who want to take over.
Among local coaches, in addition to Zhang Sheng, Gao Hongbo, who coached Munich 1860 in the Bundesliga 2, has also become a target candidate. At this time, under his leadership, the team is in the middle of the Bundesliga 2.
Except for these two local coaches, the rest are all foreign teachers, and they are all quite famous.
Judging from the news revealed by various media, there are America's Cup champion coach Sampaoli, Prandelli who served as the head coach of the Italian national team, Mazzarri who once served as the head coach of Inter Milan, and coached the Japanese national team.
Zico, the head coach of the team, Guus Hiddink, the famous coach who once led the South Korean team to fourth place in the World Cup, Scolari, Manzano and Eriksen who are very familiar with the Chinese Super League, and even some people who have played in Chinese football
Kosanovic, who has been in the game for many years, also looks forward to coming to China to coach the Chinese team again.
But the loudest voice was former Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Lippi.
Although compared with history, due to the emergence of the Longteng team, there is less league championship in the 2015 season, but as a world-famous coach, Lippi has brought three league championships and one AFC Champions League championship to Guangzhou Evergrande. Such achievements are in
Unique in the entire Chinese Super League.
In fact, Lippi is not the only one who has contact with the Chinese national team. Or because of the emergence of the Dragons, Scolari's performance in Guangzhou Evergrande was not good. The league championship was snatched away by the Dragons, and the AFC Champions League was also eliminated by the Dragons.
Then lost it.
Xu Jiaying would never let go of the Guangzhou Evergrande brand, and Lippi became one of the life-saving straws for his turnaround. However, the Evergrande team was invested just to show off its brand name, so it is far inferior to directly contributing the head coach to the national team.
- The latter way of showing off your signboard is more effective and direct.
As early as the middle of the year, Evergrande started the coaching change process for the 2017 season. After arduous negotiations, Lippi agreed to lead a large team to return to Guangzhou Evergrande. This new cooperation is a three-year contract, and
It has been initialed. In this three-year contract, Lippi and his team will receive an annual salary of up to 20 million euros.
But when the Chinese national team also began to inquire about Lippi’s situation at Evergrande, Xu Jiaying’s stance was even more direct than Zhang Sheng’s: “Although we have signed a contract with Lippi, everything at Evergrande is given by the party.
, given by the state and given by society. In order to support Chinese football and the national team, we can not only transfer Lippi's contract to the national team, but also bear all the salary of the contract."
Xu Jiaying's statement completely moved the Chinese Football Association.
Of course, it is impossible for the Chinese Football Association to let Guangzhou Evergrande bear the salary of the national team head coach, otherwise it would be too sensational, and other clubs would also doubt whether there is any benefit transfer.
In the end, the two sides reached an agreement with a speed rarely seen in government departments: Lippi and his team's salary for the national team was 4.5 million euros, and the remaining 15.5 million euros were given to Lippi and his team with another title - Evergrande Football School Consultant.
Evergrande's support this time gave the Chinese Football Association face, and also left an excellent impression on the relevant leaders.
Another clause in this contract is that the three parties have reached a unified standard, which is to activate the "head coach model" used by Lippi's team in Guangzhou Evergrande. The Chinese Football Association, from leaders to departments, can only provide guarantees and services, and no other can interfere.
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As a party involved, Lippi is very satisfied with this contract. The super high salary, absolute authority, and work intensity that is much easier than the club. In addition to the performance requirement that the Chinese national team must qualify, it can be said that this is Lippi's dream.
contract.
Perrin's dismissal and the selection of the national team's coach have touched the hearts of countless fans, but the Chinese Super League must continue.
On September 10, the Longteng team challenged Hebei China Fortune in an away game, and all players returning from the national team took the field.
The situation in the national team is completely different. After returning to the club, the national team members of the Longteng team are in the same 5-3-2 formation. Ma Yongli, Liming and Du Zhenyu are as stable as a rock in the back, and Tao Wentao is in the midfield.
It was like taking a leisurely stroll, while Nie Jiang on the front line told everyone with a brace - whether I can score goals depends on how you use me.
In the end, the Longteng team played away from home and did not give Hebei China Fortune any chance. This game was not like the league's first team playing against the league's sixth team. When Chavez scored a goal before the end of the game, the score was 0:3.
The score also means the game is over.
The only flaw in this game was that Nie Jiang was replaced midway due to injury. Although the post-match examination showed no serious problems, he would need to recover for at least one to two weeks.
Public opinion after the game was also divided.
Some media maliciously speculated that the players of the Dragon Team did not fully devote themselves to the national team and left the club's competition. Some media criticized Perrin and said that Perrin did not know how to make good use of the players of the Dragon Team.
Under such strong external interference, the Longteng team ushered in the key battle of the AFC Champions League - playing Jeonbuk Hyundai at home.
At the press conference before the game, when a reporter asked about Nie Jiang's condition, Zhang Sheng's face looked solemn: "Nie Jiang suffered a thigh muscle strain due to continuous competition and lack of rest. Since the beginning of this season,
, Nie Jiang has continuously participated in the Olympic team, national team and club games, basically never getting a break, he is only 18 years old."
Zhang Sheng had no other intention in saying this. He was simply putting pressure on the Chinese Football Association through the media to make them less likely to allocate Nie Jiang to play insignificant games.
Just after the national team match ended, the Chinese Football Association, in addition to the head coach issue, also proposed that Nie Jiang and the team's age-appropriate players participate in the "Chang'an Ford Cup" Qujing International Youth Football Championship on September 9.
The Changan Ford Cup is the product of the rapid development of youth football in China in recent years. In order to support domestic youth football, local governments have organized various youth events. The intention of holding such events is good, but for the sake of political achievements, the Chinese Football Association
Catching a sheep to pull out its wool is too much, because Team Dragon is that sheep.
At that time, Zhang Sheng bluntly rejected the Chinese Football Association's request to coordinate with Nie Jiang. Finally, the Football Association mentioned that the Asian Youth Championship would be played in mid-October. This was the last reason to gather training troops before the game. Zhang Sheng had to make a decision.
Yiyi, Shen Jun, Cao Jinghao, Zeng Fansheng and Wang Xing participated in this training camp, but the age-appropriate players including Nie Jiang, Huang Dawei, Liming, and Xiang Tiange are already the absolute starting lineup of the Longteng team, and they will definitely play
AFC Champions League players cannot be transferred.
In fact, when the Football Association selected players from the U19 National Youth Team, it also made a request to select players from the U22 and U17 National Youth Teams.
Because the U17 players were all in the reserve team and the echelon, the Longteng team quickly released them, but the U22s rejected all the requests at once, and the U22 Football Association agreed readily - the main reason is because the players of this class are just for
The U23 Asian Cup in two years will select talents, and there will be no Olympics in two years, which means there will be no Olympic achievements, so just play casually.
Now that Nie Jiang had injured his muscles due to overwork, Zhang Sheng felt extremely unhappy.
In the last round of the game, Tao Wentao received a red card and was unable to play. After Du Zhenyu received a yellow card, he was unable to play for a total of two yellow cards. The Longteng team suffered heavy losses both offensively and defensively. If Jeonbuk Hyundai hadn't also been banned
Zhang Sheng was really disturbed by the suspension of three main players.
In the real timeline, the Chinese Football Association was often scolded for such things.
First, Jiangsu Suning's popular fried chicken Huang Zichang that season was frequently called up by the National Youth, National Olympics, and national teams. As a result, he could not get any rest. As a result, he failed to play well in every game, and even suffered a bone fracture in his ankle.
It laid a bad hidden danger for my later career.
Then, in the 2018 Chinese Super League, with six rounds left in the league, under the arrangement of Shangyi, an unprecedented U25 training team was launched. The fact that players did not play football and went to the military camp for military training was simply a slap in the face of modern football.
At the same time, many of the players who were transferred are still indispensable main players in the relegation clubs. Especially in the last two or three rounds of the league, several relegation clubs who have been transferred have the intention of death.
What’s even more bizarre is that in an interview with reporters, Wang Dazhao, the executive committee member of the Chinese Football Association, made it clear that he had no knowledge of the introduction of the policy: “I don’t know the whole story at all about this matter.”
If the executive committee of the Football Association does not know about such a decisive decision, it can only be said that the Football Association has once again become the scapegoat.
Of course, compared to these ridiculous actions in history, the current situation is much better. Although the first two games of the top 12 were unsatisfactory, they have not yet reached the end of the road.
It’s just a shame for Team Longteng.
Nie Jiang's inability to play is a huge benefit for Jeonbuk Hyundai.
In the Chinese Super League three days ago, Cui Kangxi even came to watch the game in person to spy on the military situation. After the game, he was also thankful for a while - Nie Jiang was in absolutely good condition, and fortunately he was injured.
Compared with Cui Kangxi's caution, the Korean media are much more optimistic. Even though South Korea was tied with Syria in the last game in an away game, and the Korean team was criticized by fans across the country, when it comes time to compete with the Chinese team, their superiority
The feeling came again, and as expected, the happiness was overwhelming.
The title of "being beaten back to his original form in the national team" has been labeled by many Korean media on the players of the Longteng team. In their view, Jeonbuk Hyundai can take advantage of the lack of major generals in the Longteng team and the unfavorable atmosphere of the national team competition.
Make a fuss and play the same pressing style as the national team to win.
Cui Kangxi's interview before the game seemed full of confidence: "The draw in the first round means that we can fight in this game without any baggage. We are well prepared for this game."
Chinese reporters did not let him go so easily: "Leonardo was suspended for two games for uncivilized gestures. What do you think of his absence?"
"We are a whole and will not be affected by the absence of a certain player." Cui Kangxi's answer was very formulaic.
But the reporter started chasing me: "Can you talk about that gesture?"
"Does it have something to do with this game?" Cui Kangxi was obviously a little confused, "Next reporter."
The reporter who successfully provoked Cui Kangxi's temper is finally satisfied. This press release can be considered to have "content".
Cui Kangxi seemed unbalanced at the press conference, but in the locker room before the game, he looked calm: "Our opponents are under a lot of pressure now. The Chinese media have been questioning their strength. They
We won’t play too conservatively, and our chance will come.”
I have to admit that Cui Kangxi is very experienced. Although Cui Kangxi is a head coach who advocates offense in his heart, this Korean who once admitted in an interview that his unsmiling performance was just an act is still very flexible in tactics.
"In the midfield and backfield, our interceptions must be fierce, but on offense, we must be fully committed and fast. The Chinese national team's game I showed you before, their offense is a typical negative example. But first we
You have to defend well." Cui Kangxi's defensive counterattack tactics were a big change from the previous progressive pressing offensive tactics.
In fact, this can be regarded as a compromise after the consecutive defeats against the Dragons.
Since both Lee Jae-sung and Leonardo are unable to play, Jeonbuk Hyundai is missing offensive sharpeners on both sides. Cui Kangxi started Han Jiaoyuan and foreign aid Edu in the hope that they can make up for the offensive holes. Veteran Lee Tongguo has repeatedly
Facing the Dragons, he was powerless and was replaced by Jin Xinyu in the starting position.
On the defensive line, defensive midfielder Zhang Yunhao, who was a little immature in the previous round, was replaced by big brother Li Hao. This is also to make up for the hidden danger of Li Zaicheng's absence and insufficient midfield barrier.
The bench strength is strong, and because the overall level of the K-League is high, Jeonbuk Hyundai does not need to be stared at by the Korean Football Association. Their lineup, which they claimed before the season as "two sets that can compete in the AFC Champions League", has taken advantage of it.
It's a bit difficult for Zhang Sheng on the Longteng team. The rotation lineup can be guaranteed, but the Longteng team is a little thin on the bench.
Neither Nie Jiang nor Tao Wentao could play, and substitute Zeng Fusheng was transferred to the National Youth Team. The speed of the Longteng team's frontcourt offense was greatly affected. Zhang Sheng simply arranged De Paul to play with Chavez.
From the back, playing as a false midfielder and shadow forward, the left winger position was given to Ni Kai, while Tao Wentao was given the starting position by Xiong Jian.
Du Zhenyu, who was suspended in the defense line, was replaced by "veteran" Lu Zhihui, ensuring the intensity of the defense.
Compared with Jeonbuk Hyundai, the Longteng team's advantage lies in the fact that they have mostly young players, and their motivation is definitely sufficient.
The injuries and suspensions of several main players have certainly greatly damaged the strength of the Longteng team's starting lineup, but there are blessings and misfortunes. The players who replaced them are paired with foreign players who are not national team players. The physical fitness of the Longteng team is extremely strong at the moment.
of abundance.
Therefore, after the game started, the Longteng team played far beyond Cui Kangxi's expectations. Their pressing was as if a sports car had been put into top gear at the beginning of the kick-off, without any foreplay.
