According to Soccer Daily, the national football team's opponent Qatar has changed its head coach before the group stage of the Asian Cup. This is undoubtedly good news for the national soccer team.
With only 38 days left before the first match of the Asian Cup, Qatar, the strongest opponent in the group where the national soccer team is located, suddenly announced that it had changed its head coach. Portugal's renowned coach Queiroz was fired after only 10 months on the job. Soon after the announcement of Queiroz's departure, Qatar announced that Spanish coach Max Lopez, who previously coached Wakrah in the Qatar League, would take over and lead the team in the Asian Cup.
Although 61-year-old Max Lopez, who hails from Espanyol, spent many years coaching the Blue and Whites' ladder and first-team, he has been teaching at Hope Football Academy since 2012. In the summer of 2017, former Seaport manager Leko left St. Teresa's to join the Bruges hierarchy and was replaced by Lopez, who returned to Qatar to coach Wakrah in 2018 and helped the team to a successful promotion to the first division. helped the team to a successful promotion to the First Division, which made him know the Qatari league like the back of his hand. Lopez is clearly a fire-fighting type of coach who fits the requirements of the Qatar Football Association in all aspects.
For the Chinese national soccer team, a sudden change of head coach is definitely favorable. After all, the new coach will have a chance to observe the players and hone his tactics in the upcoming matches. Considering the first two games of the group stage, including the showdown with Qatar, the national soccer team only has four games to take advantage of. Compared to Queiroz, who is more familiar with Asian soccer, Lopez, despite his coaching experience, is still slightly less experienced in terms of the national team.
