If our soccer world has 20 stars across the five major leagues, what do we have to worry about?
-- In the just-concluded final of the 40-team tournament, the national team defeated Syria 3-1 and successfully advanced to the 12-team tournament.
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Li Tie (1977-), footballer
In the post-match press conference, he once again lamented that more Chinese players should be on the road to staying in the ocean.
In preparation for the Big 12.
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Focusing on building players' confidence. File photo/Xinhua News Agency
1, It's not that I don't have a chance to beat you if you say I'm better than you, but at this point in time it's important to tell the players that you can beat Australia, you can beat Japan, and they lack the same confidence. Almost no one in the team has won a game in the Big 12 and they need success to build confidence. We need to guide the players so they can play different kind of soccer.
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Just like the son of all of us, this child sometimes does not do well on tests, sometimes he is naughty, but he is still your son and you should not give up on him just because he does not do well on tests.
--August 22, China
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Association, the Chinese men's national soccer team in Shanghai on the
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Media exchange session held in preparation for the Top 12 tournament. China
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The Association confirms that it has worked with
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head coach
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
Signing a contract to work through 2026, the team's goal for the Big 12 tournament is to be tenacious and strive to make it out of the tournament.
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
The emphasis when talking about the Big 12 was on confidence and the hope that fans would give the team more encouragement and support.
I'm prepared not to come back for six months. I've brought just enough tea for six months. When the country really needs you, what choice do you have? There's no choice, so we just have to get things done now.
--as a result of the epidemic.
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Only traveled to West Asia for the 12-team tournament. Faced with the prolonged form of closure and isolation into which they were about to enter.
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expressed their emotions in this exchange.
After 9 or 10 consecutive league games, the players did not recover well and they were much more tired than in the Top 40. This is indeed an objective factor, but not a reason for losing.
-Beijing, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- In the early morning of Sept. 3, with almost the same starting lineup for the Top 40 game
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The team lost 0-3 to Australia in their opening game of the 12-team tournament, with 34% possession and 0 shots on goal from 8 attempts, and were completely overpowered by their opponents.
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
In the post-match conference, he described the current state of the team and said that the campaign was "a growth for myself and for the team."
My goal from the day I played soccer was to play for my country. The coach of the Chinese national team should be Chinese and only Chinese people can do the job well.
-Beijing time, September 8, early morning.
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In the second round of the 12-team tournament 0-1 loss to Japan, suffered the opening two consecutive losses. At the post-match conference, when the media raised the question "Both China and Japan are headed by local coaches", the media said.
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This response was given.
The national team has already played two home games in West Asia in the first three group games of the Top 12, and we're keen to get back home and back to real home games as soon as possible.
-Beijing, October 8
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3-2 shutout of Vietnam, harvesting the first victory in the 12-team tournament. While recognizing the performance of the players
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After the game, he expressed his desire to be able to return to the domestic game.
(Not being able to play domestically) has a huge impact on the national team. We're like a child without a home playing outside, having to stay in a small room and only being able to go out every day during training, which is very difficult for our players.
-Beijing, October 13
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Lost to Saudi Arabia 2-3 on the road. China
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The Association was still in full swing at the time, trying to get the two races in November to be played in the country.
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Emphasize the difficulties faced by the team's inability to play at home.
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After the draw with Oman.
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Emphasizing the importance of the home field. File photo/Xinhua
1, I think the substitution was normal. At that time, I felt that Luo Guofu's physical fitness and mobility had dropped a bit, and the defensive contribution from the side was a bit lacking. The opponent was eager to equalize the score in that period of time, so there were more passes, we changed Artemisia Junmin in order to strengthen the control of the midfield, he came out and did a good job with several passes; Wu Xinghan also did a good job, strengthening the team's side defense.
2, To be fair, none of us have actually played at home, and it would be a completely different story if we did.
-Beijing, November 12
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After scoring a goal and being tied 1-1 by Oman.
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The premature replacement of Luo Guofu and Xu Xin was recognized as the turning point of the campaign. He explained his thoughts on the adjustments in the post-match conference and re-emphasized the impact of being able to play at home on the national team.
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said that no one knows more about the CFL players and the
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The players. File photo/Xinhua News Agency
1. You guys haven't been through this and don't know how hard it is to face days like this. Our players are going through the most difficult time for Chinese players and no one has gone through this, including me.
2, in the face of some of our substitutions, the use of players often have some views, I have always maintained such an attitude: if I think it is right, I will accept, even if it is criticized and even abuse are no problem; if it is not right, we may be a look over even if. I can confidently say that no one understands these players in the Chinese Super League better than I do, including those who play in the national team.
3, I have spent more time on soccer than any of you, and I am the only one who knows this national team the best.
4, we said goodbye to Alan in the dressing room, he can't stand it anymore, he can't stand this separation from his family, he will go back to Brazil from here, he won't go back to his home country to play the league with the Guangzhou team.
5, We haven't played a single game in the last two years where the opponent was better than us, not one.
6. How can you possibly expect our players to perform better than ever when they have to play travel-intensive league matches where they have little time to rest? Some people say that having a home game is almost the same as not having a home game, these people don't understand soccer at all, I can say for sure now that having a home game and not having a home game are not the same at all. If we had played in Suzhou this time, we probably would have gotten six points in two games, and that's the difference.
-Beijing, November 16
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1-1 draw with Australia.
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In the post-match conference, in response to the "outburst" of public opinion, the length of the conference reached a rare 32 minutes. Some of the remarks were highly controversial and were considered to be shirking responsibility.
