In the week just past, China
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The official channel announced the coaching team and player list for the first gathering of the new year, a huge lineup that includes 15 Chinese and foreign assistant coaches and 52 players, a record since the professional league
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A record high for the size of the rally.
According to Beijing Youth Daily, in addition to the 16 international players who are participating in the final of the AFC Cup, Li Shuai, Liu Ruofan, Wu Lei and Li Lei, who are playing overseas, as well as four naturalized players who are in Brazil, the other international players selected for the current rally will arrive in Shanghai on time to sign in.
Zheng Zhi arrived at the hotel, the team lineup of the huge also attracted attention - assistant coaching team almost brought together the young coaches and management currently coaching in the first line of the league. In addition, there are Jose Pep and other foreign coaches who have had long-term cooperation with Li Xiaopeng.
The team of assistant coaches has as many as 15 people, including many veterans who have played for the national team for many years, such as Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi, Sun Jihai and others.
According to the surging news reporter, most of the local coaching staff members basically just come to the national team temporary cameo, for example, Chen Yang, Yu Genwei, Zheng Zhi, Li Jinyu are now the first team of the Super League head coach, Li Leilei, Wang Liang and others serve as an assistant coach, it is difficult to one heart and mind, Sun Xiang also serves as a deputy general manager of the Shanghai Harbor team.
However, they will all come to Shanghai on time to participate in this training, so far only Sun Jihai due to the recent participation in the training course for coaches and delayed to 15 to the team.
Among the two foreign coaches, Shenhua physical fitness coach Owen Wilk was recommended by Li Xiaopeng's old chief assistant coach Fabio when he was coaching Luneng, and Li Xiaopeng's partnership with Fabio was very successful. Later, Fabio left Luneng, Jose Pep replaced Fabio in the role of chief coach, he and Li Xiaopeng also have a very good cooperation.
It can be said that the combination of local assistant coaches and foreign assistant coaches is the most important combination in China in the past two decades.
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The popularity of the trend, so the outside world also expects Li Xiaopeng to be
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Find the right expatriate helpers in.
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In fact, earlier this year during the coaching Wuhan, Li Xiaopeng intended to bring Pep, but due to the infection of the new crown in Spain, Pep regretted not to be involved
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-- The lack of support from foreign assistant coaches has also been cited as a major reason for Li Xiaopeng's poor results under Wuhan.
serve as
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skipper, Li Xiaopeng still chose Pep to continue to serve as an assistant, which also from the final
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The big list is reflected.
Pep has been a longtime assistant coach for Barcelona's ladder team, and he led the team to back-to-back victories over Real Madrid and Benfica during his tenure as assistant coach of Barcelona's U19 youth team, winning the UEFA Youth League title in 2014. Sun Xiang.
If all goes well, Pep will assemble with the national team in Japan, but by then there will be only three or four days left before the start of the tournament, and whether Pep can get into the role as soon as possible may play a key role in the national team's two matches against Japan and Vietnam.
Jose Pep (third from right) worked with Li Xiaopeng as an assistant coach at Shandong Taishan in 2019.
According to the national team arrangements, the 12th afternoon will start the first assembly, training before Li Xiaopeng will be in the Century Park stadium to accept media interviews, which is also the first time Li Xiaopeng face the media after taking office.
Now, this assembly of epidemic prevention has also become the national team's top priority. During the assembly period in Shanghai, the Chinese team will move and live in strict compliance with the regulations of epidemic prevention.
Team members are not allowed to leave the resident hotel without the team's permission.
In other words, the entire team's trajectory during their stay in Shanghai was basically maintained between the hotel and the training site.
