There is still one day to go before spring. In this season of recovery, Chinese fans concerned about the Chinese men's football team is still not moving - since the loss of last year's top 12 disbanded in place, this once highly regarded team seems to have evaporated.
There is no word yet on where the naturalization policy is and who will be ordered at the crucial time. But time waits for no one as the Chinese Football Association has officially announced that the Chinese men's soccer team will play two warm-up matches against New Zealand on March 23 and 26, marking the second time in three-and-a-half years that the Chinese men's soccer team has been given the opportunity to play an international A-level friendly.
But what should have been "lively" has become "quiet at dawn here".
Coaches and players aren't sure, but opponents are waiting in the wings
Fragmented leagues
The invisible national soccer team
In 2022, the hot keywords for the Chinese men's soccer team are "failure", "Li Xiaopeng" and "Li Tie". 2022 during the Chinese New Year, Li Xiaopeng took over from Li Tie to take over the coaching, and after leading the team to a draw and three losses, the team was cursed with a bloody headache. After leading the team to deliver a draw and three losses, the Chinese men's soccer team was scolded by the dog's blood.
At that time, the Chinese women's soccer team first decimated Japan and then reversed South Korea to stand on top of Asia, injecting a dose of excitement into Chinese soccer.
Chinese women's soccer stands on top of Asia during Spring Festival 2022
Fans are surprised to find that the Chinese men's national team has "disappeared" - the Chinese men's soccer team has had no trouble in the past year. Under the influence of the environment, the Chinese Super League was once again cut off.
Needless to say, when Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen scored the same number of points in the last two rounds, their opponents forfeited the game, allowing Wuhan Sanzhen to replicate the Chinese Super League's version of the "Kaiserslautern" myth on goal difference.
The Chinese Super League, which feeds blood to the national soccer team, has stopped and the Chinese men's soccer team remains untouched. Instead, it was a ripple of calm when Jankovic led the national selection team to the East Asian Cup last July.
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of "elite teams", "selection teams", "grand national teams" and "training teams". However, when they do compete, their performances continue to frustrate people with these seemingly surging terms.
While people are still questioning Li Xiaopeng's ability, Li Tie had another accident.
As a result, the loss in the Top 12 at the beginning of the year didn't seem to matter. Instead, the Li Tie incident became the talk of the fans after dinner.
But in the meantime, the national team did not train; after the World Qualifying 12, we did not see the so-called "latest list".
It's still a familiar recipe
I don't know who's at the helm this time.
Unlike coaches Wang Baoshan, Li Xiaopeng and Li Tie who are in the running to be China's men's soccer coach, so far no one can say who still covets the "throne". Although there is news that Kovic may become a "fireman" for the time being, the foreign coach still needs to lead the team to the Asian Games this year, which makes him look a bit ignorant.
The 24-member training list for the Asian Games has been announced, but the list of "genuine" national brands has not yet been released. It is understood that the national soccer team training may start from the end of February, the number of training will be between 40-50 people.
In the past two years, the national soccer team's "selection" has been going this way.
This path has been basically formed, but who is the coach of the national football team, there is still no final answer. But from the current situation of tight time and heavy task, Li Xiaopeng is still not impossible.
Will Lee still be associated with the National Football League this time?
After all, with New Zealand looking on ahead, I guess we all know the point of the A-grade tournament - to grab points and territory so that we can get a good level in the World Qualifiers.
