"The next World Cup will be won by passing from half-time and controlling the tempo of the game. We didn't try to control the tempo of the World Cup, but we couldn't do it." At a recent coaching seminar held by the Japan Football Association, recently renewed national team coach Mori Bokuyoshi explained his vision for the future, which is seen as what his team will be trying to do in the new World Cup cycle, "Controlling the ball from the back, finding gaps in the opposition and using them, will be very good for our offense. It may cause us some pain, but such attempts are necessary to win the World Cup." Although Moriho called the price of this "pain", compared to Chinese soccer, this "pain" is clearly a prelude to happiness and reward.
Back on December 28th of last year, the Japan Football Association (JFA) announced the reappointment of Ichi Mori, the first time a head coach has been reappointed after a World Cup since 1998 when they reached their first World Cup finals. Following the official announcement, Mori confirmed that the two deputies who were with him at the World Cup in Qatar would not be re-elected and that he would be carefully considering candidates for the coaching staff. All signs point to Japan having turned the page on the Qatar World Cup and embarking on a new journey of conquest that will no doubt be the envy of Chinese fans.
According to Vietnamese media reports, Troussier has reached a preliminary agreement with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to replace Park Hang-su, who has just resigned as head coach of the Vietnamese team.
Coincidentally, the relatively slow-paced South Korean team appears to be closing in on dealing with a new coach. -After Bento's resignation, the Korean Football Association (KFA) strategy committee had set the policy of selecting a local coach, but after Michael Muller of Germany took over as the head of the KFA's strategy committee, he denied the list of candidates proposed by his predecessor. The latest news from the Korean media says that Jose Bordallas, who coaches Valencia, has become the new coach of Korea's gossip. Unlike most Spanish coaches, the unheralded Bordalas is not a fan of passing and possession, but places more emphasis on stability and flexibility in defense, and pursues efficient offense on top of that. In terms of coaching experience, leading Getafe to a fifth-place finish in La Liga in the 2018/19 season is his most laudable honor, but he has no experience leading a national team. To the media, his personal tactical style shares similarities with Paulo Bento, which will obviously perpetuate and elevate the national team's style of play.
Compared to the speed of other Asian rivals, the Chinese men's soccer team has not been able to make progress in choosing a coach. On the one hand, it is difficult to offer high prices to attract famous coaches because the FA is not as arrogant as it used to be, and on the other hand, "accidents" at the top level of the federation have forced the selection of coaches to be put on hold for the time being. But time waits for no one, and the candidates will not wait forever. Media reports say that Paulo Bento, who just resigned from South Korea, is the ideal candidate for the new coach of the national soccer team, but now he is likely to take over the coach of the Polish team.
Being Paulo from the beginning of last year - Sousa "pigeonholed" after the coach of the Polish national team has been the highlight of the media, during which even involved Cannavaro. Finally, with the World Qualifiers looming, the NFF appointed 52-year-old local coach Mihnevich. Mihnevich led the team to World Cup qualification and retained a first-class spot in the Europa League. Although Poland stopped in the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, Mihnevich's performance was completely in the past. However, Poland's performance at the World Cup drew the ire of the media and fans due to their overly conservative tactical style, which disrupted the FA's plans to renew their contract and turn to a new coach. Like last time, the preferred target of the selection team, dominated by FA president Kulesza, remained a foreign coach. During this period, the likes of Simeone, Pirlo and Steven Gerrard have all been in contact with the Polish FA, but have failed to hold hands. In the middle of this week, Kulesza suddenly said in a media interview that the mystery was about to come to an end, "It depends on the other party, the most important criterion is whether he has coached the national team before. I already know who it will be, and we know it could take a few days to make this decision. The talks are over and we are waiting for a reply from the other side. The Europa League is right in front of us and qualifying for it is the current goal of our national team. Then the coach has other goals in the future."
After that, Paulo Bento and Vladimir Petkovic have emerged as the two most popular candidates. Petkovic coached in Switzerland for seven years, participating in two Euro Cups and one World Cup, reaching the knockout stage and even reaching the last eight of Euro 2020, setting the best record in the team's history. In addition, he has coached at Lazio. In contrast, Paulo Bento, who led Portugal to the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 and South Korea to the knockout stage of the Qatar World Cup, has no experience of coaching five league teams. Just in the early hours of this morning, the latest information from the Polish media suggests that Paulo Bento emerged as the final winner and will retain the seat of a native Polish coach on his coaching staff.
There are very few coaches who are involved with the Chinese national team coach. Recently, Wuhan Sanzhen Spanish coach Pedro also took the initiative to express his goodwill to the national football team, but there has been no response, at least not yet. At this point, it seems largely unlikely that a candidate for a new coach will be identified before the first training session of the 2023 national soccer team. Li, who has not yet officially resigned, is likely to continue to lead the team through training and subsequent overseas training ......
