As one of the best soccer players in Chinese soccer, Zheng Zhi is considered a household name. In his 26-year career Zheng Zhi has won 10 league championships, Evergrande's two AFC Championships are credited to Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi is the second Chinese player to win the Asian Footballer of the Year award after Fan Zhiyi. After his playing career ended, Zheng Zhi became a coach. It is easy to see from Zheng Zhi's photos that even though it is not the golden age, Zheng Zhi's body management is still very good. Compared to some players in the national soccer team, Zheng Zhi is very dedicated.
Zheng has an okay record as a coach and once managed to save a team that was on the verge of disbanding. Since 2020, Zheng has been the assistant coach and general manager of the Guangzhou team. The following year, Zheng became the team's head coach. A year later, in 2022, Zheng Zhi accepted the appointment as the assistant coach of the national soccer team. It can be said that Zheng Zhi's coaching career is bright.
As a head coach, Zheng Zhi managed to help his team gain a foothold in the Chinese Super League for the first time. At the time, the Guangzhou team was on the verge of disbanding. However, under Zheng Zhi's care, the team regained order and their record climbed all the way up. He created the myth of six unbeaten rounds and 14 points. However, the story of Zheng Zhi and the Guangzhou team did not continue. In Zheng Zhi's opinion, if the team wanted to become stronger, they had to invest more. However, the management of the team thought very differently from Zheng Zhi. The two sides disagreed on the team's future plans. As we all know, in March this year, Guangzhou team announced the dismissal of Zheng Zhi.
After leaving the Guangzhou team, Zheng Zhi's focus should be on the national soccer team, but Zheng Zhi doesn't seem to think so. Maybe in his opinion, he still needs some progress. Because of this, Zheng Zhi has the idea of working as a coach in Europe and America. Some media revealed that Zheng is preparing to finish his work with the national soccer team and shift his focus, and now Zheng is looking for an opportunity to join a club in Europe and America. For Zheng Zhi's personal development, this idea is naturally good, and it has been proved that the development of foreign soccer is better than domestic soccer.
Whether it is for the national football team or for Zheng Zhi, it is a good thing that Zheng Zhi goes abroad to learn advanced soccer concepts and then returns to coach the national football team. Because of this, fans are wishing Zheng Zhi one after another. According to the schedule of the national soccer team this year, the national soccer team will have a certain gap period after the Hangzhou Asian Games. Zheng Zhi may use this time to have a trial in Europe and the United States. According to reports, Zheng Zhi has received olive branches from many clubs. Overall, Zheng Zhi's idea is good, but the problem is that Zheng Zhi must coach at an authoritative soccer club so that he can improve himself.
Moreover, the clubs that are now throwing olive branches to Zheng Zhi are relatively average in size, are in a lower level of the division, and have an uncertain record. For Zheng Zhi, if he goes to coach these clubs, there is certainly not much room for improvement for him personally, and the salary will not be higher than at home. Because of this, netizens have made suggestions that he should go abroad to coach so he can learn more experience, but forget it if he goes to mingle. We all hope that Zheng Zhi's coaching level is getting higher and higher, and if the future coaching team is even worse compared to the national football team, then there is really no need to travel across the ocean to go, peace of mind to serve the national football team is the most important.
