In the first round of matches in the Asian Zone 12 tournament, the
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Facing the Australian "kangaroo army", despite the best efforts, but with 3 goals suffered a defeat, exposing the strength gap with the top teams in Asia. The next round against Japan, the Chinese team, although a small loss, but in the second half of the naturalized players on the field, once suppressed the opponent, Li Tie's strategy for the first time by the outside world to question. The third challenge to Vietnam, Wu Lei scored twice, with a score of 3-2 hard to win, for the first game of the 12 to win, and once saw the dawn of the line. The fourth game against Saudi Arabia, Luo Guofu came on as a substitute, scored his first career goal, the Chinese team was twice behind two goals, but eventually close to the score, to 2-3 defeat. In the fifth match against Oman, Wu Lei helped his team to take the lead, but eventually failed to hold on to the advantage and drew 1-1 with the opponents. The sixth match against Australia.
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The team ended the 2021 campaign with a 1-1 draw, finishing with five points from one win, two draws and three losses.
Third, Li Tie dismissed, Li Xiaopeng fire take over
Due to the unsatisfactory performance of the 12 rounds, Li Tie's use of personnel and scheduling has been widely questioned by fans and the media. In the first 6 rounds of matches
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With only one win and five points, they are in 5th place and have little hope of qualifying for the World Cup. In addition to his poor record, Li Tie's off-field behavior also sparked controversy, including a 32-minute conference speech and social media violations "with goods". In the end, Li Tie was replaced by the local manager Li Xiaopeng, who became the first player to be appointed to the team.
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The head coach of the. Li Tie was appointed for 701 days from January 2, 2020, and was the 30th
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The commander-in-chief, who has been in office for less than two years.
IV. Women's soccer team loses Tokyo Olympics
Similar to the trend of men's soccer, women's soccer also achieved good results in the first half of the year. Affected by the epidemic, the women's soccer Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics started in April this year. In the two-legged match against the South Korean women's soccer team, the two sides played to a draw. Wang Frost's long-range strike in overtime helped the Chinese women's soccer team advance in a thriller. After the draw, the Chinese women's soccer team was placed in the same group with Brazil, Zambia and the Netherlands. In the face of strong European and American opponents, head coach Jia Xiuquan brought along a number of young players who lacked experience in international competitions, and his "practice" strategy triggered controversy.
In the first match of the Olympic Games against the Brazilian women's soccer team, the Chinese women's soccer team had no power to fight back, and was bloodied by the other side with 5 goals. In the second round of the draw with Zambia, Wang Frost staged a "big four", but in the third game against the Netherlands women's soccer team, the Chinese women's soccer team with a narrow score of 2-8 defeat. With an embarrassing net loss of 17 goals in 3 games, the Chinese women's soccer team sadly bid farewell to the Tokyo Olympics.
V. Shui Qingxia to replace Jia Xiuquan
On the evening of Nov. 18, the Central
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The Chinese Women's Football Association (CWFA) officially announced Shui Qingxia as the head coach of the Chinese women's soccer team. Subsequently, Shui Qingxia quickly into the role, and on the evening of December 8, announced a new period of China's women's football training list. In the list appeared Ma Jun, Tang Jiali, Lou Jiahui, Li Ying and other familiar faces, but also re-recruited Li Jiayue, Zhao Lina and other strength players. After Shui Qingxia took over, only half of the personnel from Jia Xiuquan's period were retained. Unlike the closed management of Jia Xiuquan's time, Shui Qingxia encouraged players to play abroad and recruited Tang Jiali and Shen Mengyu, who were playing overseas. Currently, the Chinese women's soccer team is training in Shanghai to prepare for the upcoming Asian Cup.
