The first news of the day has to do with the coach selection for the national soccer team. The much-anticipated selection of the national soccer team's coach has finally made some progress. According to Beijing Youth Daily, the direction of the national soccer team's coaching selection is likely to change as the Chinese Football Association is unable to find a suitable foreign coach to be the new national soccer team's coach in the near future. Currently, the national soccer team is starting its training work under the leadership of current coach Li Xiaopeng in preparation for the warm-up matches in March. The Chinese Football Association will likely have Serbian coach Jankovic lead the Asian Games preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games as the interim coach of the national soccer team until a suitable candidate for a new coach can be found. In this way, Jankovic is likely to coach both the national soccer team and the Asian Games training team.
The second piece of news has to do with former Guangzhou coach Carlo Cannavaro. After parting ways with Guangzhou, Cannavaro returned to Italy to coach and became the new coach of Italian B team Benevento. According to the latest news provided by Benevento club officials, the team has fired coach Cannavaro. After becoming the new coach of the team, Cannavaro led the team to a record of 3 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, which was the main reason for his dismissal. Cannavaro was fired less than six months after taking over Benevento, and his coaching ability was once again questioned by the outside world. As you know, Cannavaro used to be the favorite for the new coach of the national football team when he was the coach of Guangzhou with an annual salary of more than 10 million euros. Now it seems that Guangzhou's big boss, Xu Jia, has stamped that hefty coaching fee. However, Cannavaro made enough money in China to make a good living even if he can't continue coaching in the future.
The third piece of news relates to Shandong Taishan. With the failure of the national soccer team at the World Cup in Qatar, many naturalized players, including Gaolat and Xiao Tao Tao, have submitted applications for naturalization. Beijing Guoan's naturalized player Hou Yongyong also left Guoan. But last season's FA Cup winners Shandong Taishan are likely to add another naturalized player to the national soccer team. He is Delgado, who was loaned by Taishan to Chinese First Division champion Kunshan Football Club last season. According to Shandong media outlet Tai'an Daily, the Chinese Football Association will hold a meeting in July this year to decide on the U23 policy and conditions related to naturalized players for the new season. Taishan hopes to naturalize Delgado as soon as possible to represent Taishan in this year's Chinese Super League as a domestic player. Meanwhile, Delgado is also expected to play for the national football team as a naturalized player in the future.
The last news is related to Dalian coach Xie Hui. After the league ended, Xie Hui rushed to England to learn advanced coaching concepts. Xie Hui expressed his gratitude to Wolves through Weibo and was busy watching the Premier League match between Wolves and Liverpool. Last season, Xie Hui led Dalian to successfully complete the relegation task, and his coaching ability was fully recognized by the outside world. However, Xie Hui himself is not satisfied with the choice to recharge his batteries abroad. He doesn't know what kind of tactical changes Xie Hui can bring to Dalian in the new season. As an ordinary fan, I hope Xie Hui knows that he can learn to polish his coaching experience in the Chinese Super League and Europe, and one day become the head coach of the Chinese national team to make his own contribution to the revitalization of Chinese soccer.
