According to the plan, the national soccer team will play a warm-up match against New Zealand in March, but the financial constraints of the Football Association have made it difficult to produce a new coach. Paulo Bento, Stojkovic and other foreign coaches who have coached in the Chinese Super League have rejected the invitation of the national soccer team. Pei Li, a well-known domestic sports and soccer reporter, reported on the latest progress in the selection of coaches for the national soccer team. Currently, Yang Kovic, the coach who led China's Asian Games training team to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games, is unlikely to become the new coach of the national soccer team. The CFA held a coach selection meeting in Foshan to evaluate Yang Kovic's coaching ability. Considering Yang Kovic's coaching ability and the preparation plan for the Asian Games, the national soccer team is likely to develop a new coach selection plan.
It is understood that the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has sent Chen Yang, the head coach who is leading the training of Changchun Yatai, into the coaching team of the national football team. Although the coaching ability of current national football coach Li Xiaopeng has been questioned, Li Xiaopeng is still the head coach of the national football team. After Li Tie's dismissal, Li Xiaopeng led the team through the remaining matches of the Top 12. The performance of the national football team was not recognized by the outside world, and Li Xiaopeng did not bring substantial changes to the team after he took over. However, Li Xiaopeng took over the national football team in a relatively short period of time, and did not have enough time to implement the tactical intentions to the national football players. Li Xiaopeng himself is not willing. If the leadership of the Football Association is willing to give him another chance, Li Xiaopeng is willing to continue to stay in the national football coaching.
In order to make up for Li's lack of coaching experience, the FA sent Chen Yang to be Li's assistant this time. midway through 2020, Chen Yang took over Yatai and led the team back to the Chinese Super League. in the 2021 season, he led the team to a third-place finish in the league, and his career reached its peak. In terms of coaching performance, Chen Yang excelled among domestic coaches. This is the main reason for his success in elevating the national soccer team. From the current situation, if Yang Shuai is not sure, the CFA does not rule out the selection plan of Li Xiaopeng and Chen Yang as joint coaches to lead the national football team to complete the warm-up matches in March, and then determine the candidates for the new coach, which leaves enough time for the national football team to select coaches.
In the case that Yang Shuai is not willing to come, the CFA will probably be forced to use a local coach to coach the national football team again. However, the coaching ability of the local coach will certainly not meet the requirements of the CFA. Even if the CFA agrees to use, Li Xiaopeng and Chen Yang joint coaching selection program is only a short-term Mike. The coaching position of the national soccer team seems to have become a hot potato, and no one is willing to take over. In my opinion, anyone who is the head coach of the Chinese team will not be able to change the status quo of the national soccer team. Even if the FA doesn't have the money, one or two million dollars can still be taken out, so the money issue is not the reason why it is difficult to produce a head coach for the national soccer team. The main reason is that I prefer to believe that the big name coaches simply can't see the national soccer team as a marquee player because they don't want their heroes' reputations to be ruined.
