Recently, Li Tie, the coach of the national soccer team, was taken away by the Wuhan police for investigation while attending a coach training seminar. This has become a hot topic among Chinese fans during the World Cup. After Lippi's resignation, both Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng local coaches have been widely questioned by fans for their on-site command and adjustments. Although the CFA has yet to make an official announcement, Li's dismissal may only be a matter of time. It is also possible that the national soccer team will continue to look for a foreign coach to lead the national team to the Asian Cup in Qatar and subsequent World Cup qualifiers.
Not long ago, Brazilian giants Corinthians FC officially announced that former Shanghai Seaports head coach Pereira was officially fired. Corinthians ranked fourth in the Brazilian soccer first division this season, but this result did not meet the club's expectations. So they chose to fire Pereira.In 2018, as the head coach of Shanghai Harbour, Pereira led the team to win the first ever Chinese Super League title. It also ended Guangzhou Evergrande's streak of titles. In addition, Pereira has experience working with Harbour's active international player Wu Lei and naturalized player Ekson. Both players are likely to be core players for the national soccer team's participation in the Asian Cup in Qatar. In addition, Pereira's coaching in China has given him a good understanding of the technical characteristics of domestic players, which will help him enter the national soccer coaching staff as soon as possible to prepare for player selection.
When Pereira led Hong Kong to win the Chinese Super League title, Chen Xuyuan, the president of the Chinese Football Association, witnessed Pereira's brilliance in leading his team to the top of the Chinese Super League table. Pereira's coaching ability was also recognized. As the president of the CFA, Chen Xuyuan will definitely support the former Harbour team coach to replace Li Xiaopeng as the new head coach of the national soccer team. Pereira, who is currently unemployed, has also become one of the popular candidates for the new coach of the national soccer team. After missing the World Cup in Qatar, the Qatar Asian Cup will be one of the key tournaments for the national soccer team to prepare for, but at the moment, there is a vacuum in the national soccer coach, which is not conducive to the preparation of the national team. In addition, considering the short preparation cycle for the Asian Cup in Qatar, finding a coach who understands the domestic players better has become the best option.
Many fans may question Pereira's coaching ability. After all, after leaving Chinese soccer, he was fired by Galatasaray, Olympiacos and Corinthians. I'm afraid he came to coach in China to make money. However, with the decline of the Chinese Super League's Jinyuan soccer, it is difficult for the CFA to hire a big coach like Lippi as the head coach of the national soccer team. Even if Pereira's coach does not meet the CFA's expectations, he will not cost a lot of money in liquidated damages. After all, for Chinese soccer, the Qatar World Cup is just a training stage. The real goal of the national soccer team is to reach the finals of the next World Cup. In addition, Asia will win 8.5 places in the next World Cup, which certainly increases the chances of the national soccer team to advance.
