China in the U20 Asian Cup group stage, 2-0 Li Ke West Asia powerhouse Saudi Arabia, in the situation is extremely unfavorable situation, the group out of the right in their own hands again.
In the first round of the group stage, facing the strong Japan, they only beat Saudi Arabia with a small loss of one goal.The strength of U20 national football team may not be too strong, but their efforts and tactical execution ability is definitely worthy of recognition by the fans.
Antonio, the head coach of the U20 national team, was able to lead his team into the U20 Asian Cup and performed well in the group stage. However, just as everyone was high-fiving the U20 national soccer team, there were some discordant voices coming from China.
Recently, several well-known domestic soccer media people posted messages on social media that some domestic journalists disagree with Antonio's ability, and even a journalist surnamed M who has been covering national team news for a long time. During the U20 national team's overseas training last year, he accused Antonio to his face of having problems in selecting personnel for the U20 national team. Why don't they recruit players who have studied overseas, Jabomiao?
It's worth noting that Chen Xuyuan, the coach of the Football Association, was also present at the time and the reporter questioned Antonio in front of Chen Xuyuan. Needless to say, everyone should know very well what this means.
As we all know, this reporter surnamed M is one of the most respected journalists in the Chinese soccer world, and he is famous for his courage to speak out and "shoot". In recent years, the reporter's sharpness has dimmed significantly, and his usual reports are more inclined to the Football Association, and even a little bit to please Chen Xuyuan and Li Tie.
Considering that Jabomiao comes from Shanghai Seaport's youth training system, he made the Seaport team when he was less than 17 years old and played in the Chinese Super League. Although he moved to Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League last year, the fact remains that he will return to Seaport to study in the future. Therefore, the reporter surnamed M's accusation that Antonio did not recruit Jia Bomiao to the U20 national team in front of Chen Xuyuan is already clear in its meaning.
As things stand now, there are already a number of "inverted" schools in the domestic soccer world. Although Antonio has coached the U20 national team for the past two years, he not only made it to the U20 Asian Cup, but also has high hopes of reaching the U20 World Cup. However, some of Chen Xuyuan's followers still spare no effort to exclude Antonio from the national team.
In this regard, some media people who really know and love Chinese soccer said that Antonio does have his own problems, but as a manager of a young team, he is much more capable than Cheng Yaodong and Zheng Qiang, who have been living in the U series national team for a long time.
Nevertheless, Antonio's position may not be stable. Even if he leads the team to the U20 World Cup, he is still at risk of being dismissed because of the energy of those "bad" schools, as has always been the case in Chinese soccer - coaches who lead the team and work hard out there, but some of them dismantle the stage behind them. The stage is set.
Even the top executives of the Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang, were unable to fundamentally change this unhealthy trend, which is the fundamental reason why Chinese soccer has invested more and more over the years, but the level of the game has been getting worse year after year...
