After completing the key dialogue with the General Administration of Sport, Beijing time on December 7, the new head coach of the national team Li Xiaopeng is about to take a flight to Shanghai, and the Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan meeting, on the national football team to start in-depth communication on specific matters. This move marks the official launch of the "General Administration + Football Association" cooperation model at the national team management level.
With the December 3, the National Football Association will announce the departure of Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng took over the whip of the national football, the next day went to Beijing to meet with the leadership of the General Administration. During the period, about the national football management structure of the major adjustments rumors, the leader Zhang He left, the National Football Association will be vice minister of strategic planning Qi Jun is expected to become the new leader of the national football. In addition, the General Administration and the National Football Association will work together to form a national team leadership group, the General Administration leadership as head, Chen Xuyuan as deputy head. Previously, the General Administration and the Football Association in whether to continue to use local coaches or to hire foreign coaches on the issue of divergence, the General Administration firmly support Li Xiaopeng to take over, while the Football Association reported the U-22 skipper Jankovic. The establishment of the national team's leading group actually marks the final resolution of the differences between the two sides, and a unification has been reached at the ideological level. In the future, the construction, daily operation and logistics of the national football team will still be the responsibility of the National Football Association (NFA), while the General Administration will coordinate the allocation of resources and other aspects. According to renowned media personality Ma Dexing, Chen Xuyuan, the chairman of the Association, will not change his position and will continue to fulfill his next two-year term. However, Chen Xuyuan has yet to meet with Li Xiaopeng as he is currently under health monitoring and is unable to leave Shanghai. Li Xiaopeng's trip to Shanghai was also the first meeting between the two men as the new head coach of the national football team and the chairman of the Football Association. In the face of team problems, Li Xiaopeng will be on the January training program, team program and other issues with the National Football Association will have an in-depth discussion. At present, he has no coaching team, the urgent need to form. It is reported that the national football coach by the General Administration to decide, but the coaching team will be recommended by the Football Association according to Li Xiaopeng's personal needs. About the coaching team candidates, there have been rumors that Wuhan team fitness coach Hu Yu, goalkeeper coach District Chuliang may join, and with the national football team to participate in the 40 strong match of Belgium technical director Chris is expected to stay. However, Li Xiaopeng favorite Spanish assistant coach Pep may not be able to join for objective reasons. In addition, there is news that some of the national team played for many years, respected old international players are interested in joining the coaching team, but is still in the preliminary stage of negotiation, has not yet reached a final consensus. These issues, Li Xiaopeng need to report in detail in the meeting with Chen Xuyuan, the two sides together to determine the final personnel program. In addition to the coaching team, the entire national team work team will also be adjusted according to the need for personnel. Li Tie period of the national team work team size is huge, even more than the number of players. After Li Xiaopeng takes over, he will certainly reorganize the work team according to his personal work habits and communicate with the leader Qi Jun. In addition, on the national football team in January training program, logistics and other issues, Li Xiaopeng also need to be with the National Football Association will be in-depth exchanges. 27 January, the Chinese team will go to Japan to face the Japanese team, it is expected that the Chinese team will be ahead of the 10-15 days to start training, prepare for the two group matches with Japan, Vietnam. Although the Chinese team out of the line hope is slim, but for Li Xiaopeng, this will be his coaching national football debut, the significance is extraordinary. Specific training time, location, personnel size, epidemic prevention measures and other issues, Li Xiaopeng need to discuss in detail with the Ministry of National Management, in advance of the program. Of course, the most vexing problem is still naturalized players. Alan has returned to Brazil, Aickerson is also about to go, the two will not be able to participate in the two games at the end of January, no surprise. Even if they are willing to travel from Brazil to Japan, it would be a huge risk to join the team without quarantine. The situation of the other two naturalized players, Jiang Guangtai and Luo Guofu, is still unclear. Li Xiaopeng needs to make a plan as soon as possible to prepare for the possibility of not having any naturalized players with the team.
