Wang Hongliang's rise to prominence is reminiscent of Li Xiaopeng's coaching career. As a local coach in the history of China's women's soccer team, Li Xiaopeng honed his skills in the days of women's soccer, and he won the trust of the players with his extraordinary team cohesion and keen emotional intelligence. Although his coaching record was not outstanding, this experience laid the cornerstone for his later brilliant achievements in the Chinese Super League and the national team. Now that Wang Hongliang has followed in the footsteps of Li Xiaopeng and embarked on a career path similar to his, it remains to be seen whether he can become another legend after Li Xiaopeng.
However, many fans are skeptical about the FA's initiative to "forge national team coaches". They believe that the training of local coaches should not be limited to the national team, but should be through the professional league as a platform to gradually accumulate valuable coaching experience. Some fans even said half-jokingly, "The national teams of other countries focus on training players, while our national team has become the cradle of coaches!" This sentence highlights the long-term shortcomings of China's soccer in the reserve of coaching talent, to solve this problem, is not an overnight thing.
