China suffered an unexpected 1-3 defeat to Vietnam in the Round of 12, a result that has been widely discussed. At the end of the tournament, in an exclusive interview with the Vietnamese website "ZING", Troussier, the former head coach of the Japanese national team, who had coached in our country, pointed out that he had a hunch that Li Xiaopeng, the head coach of the Chinese team, might be dismissed soon due to non-footballing factors, and speculated that an Eastern European coach would take over in our country.
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The report revealed that Troussier had coached our Shenzhen team and Hangzhou Greentown, and had refused to coach the Chinese national team. Talking about the future of soccer in China, Troussier said bluntly, "After losing to Vietnam, Li Xiaopeng's work faced many difficulties. Based on my experience of coaching in our country, there are factors other than soccer behind this. Don't forget how the former manager Li Tie was dismissed, he was not bad, but because of the relationship with the
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Conflict and Gloom."
Troussier elaborated further, "This is a significant problem for soccer in developing countries. People have high expectations but limited patience. They expect every new manager to perform miracles. I think my country
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The association may hire an Eastern European coach who has adapted to the soccer and social environment in our country."
Troussier has been coaching in our country for many years, and talking about his knowledge of our soccer, he said, "I had two contacts with our country in 2003 and 2006
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Association, but both declined the invitation because I wasn't ready at the time. After all, I didn't come to China to coach Shenzhen until 2011, and even though the club at that time didn't have the potential to realize all of my ideas, I saw first-hand the footballing potential of our people and their desire to win."
Talking about the upcoming World Qualifying Tournament, Troussier offered a different opinion on whether Vietnam should use young players, saying that Vietnam should still keep the strongest squad to continue the positive momentum and boost confidence after the victory over China, "If young players are used, it may interrupt the momentum of the victory and lead to a less-than-expected result in the tournament."
Speaking about naturalized players, Troussier said, "From a professional point of view, I have no prejudice against using players from different backgrounds, as long as they are up to standard and respect the national team jersey. My country, France, has been successful thanks to the greatest ethnic diversity in the world. But we have to be aware of the potential problems. When the team wins, the overseas corps is not questioned; but when the results are poor, the problems appear, as in the case of the former
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Germany when player #10 played, etc. I've also had problems with naturalized players when I coached in Africa and France. Naturalized or foreign-born players are always expected, but they can also be easy targets. Therefore, we need to target these players as soon as possible and try to integrate them with their home country during their teenage years." (Fuchs)
