On the other hand, no matter who is in charge of the Chinese soccer team at the moment, the new contract offered by the Chinese Football Association may not be limited to the end of the 12-team tournament, but rather, the local Asian Cup in 2023 is considered to be a key point in time. 19 years later, the Asian Cup is back to China, and the top management is paying close attention to it, and the whole nation is looking forward to it, which all of them have brought a huge psychological burden on the coaches. The outside world has expressed great doubts about whether local coaches can keep their cool in the current rhetorical arena of the domestic soccer circle.
For the past 14 years, the league title has been monopolized by clubs coached by foreign coaches since Yatai won the Chinese Super League title in 2007. Foreign coaches are undoubtedly better than local coaches in terms of coaching ability and match experience. The number of local coaches who can coach the first team for a long period of time is limited, and the scope of selection for the national soccer team is relatively narrow, with only three to four coaches to be selected. Before coaching the national football team, Li Tie also achieved some results in the league, is considered to be a potential young coach, but once the national team level, especially in the top 12 Asian tournaments, local coaches in the field command, psychological quality, social skills and other aspects of the shortcomings were completely exposed.
Accountability should be a key consideration in selecting foreign coaches
In contrast, past experience shows that foreign coaches have the advantage of commanding ability and field adaptability, and they are also far superior to local coaches in terms of psychological tolerance. Differences in language, living environment and cultural traditions also help foreign coaches shield themselves from external interference and focus more on coaching itself.
Another point of concern is that the scope of selection of foreign coaches is much larger than that of local coaches, which is conducive to the selection of coaches by the national soccer team that are truly suitable for future development. Moreover, once the Chinese Football Association signs a work contract with a foreign coach, it can effectively restrain his irregularities in his life and social life according to the relevant clauses of the contract.
Previously, the top management strongly recommended local coaches, an important reason is that some foreign coaches before the domestic coaching lack of responsibility, just want to get a vote. In this regard, the relevant industry insiders also said that the national football team in the future to choose foreign coaches, age and work responsibility is an important issue, reputation should not become an important reference standard, but should be young and enterprising coaches as the first choice.
