After the stormy events of last year's Round of 12, the national soccer team has not been reunited since then. Photo courtesy of Xinhua News Agency.
On the morning of February 1, the official blog of the national football team released the heavy news that the men's national team will embark on New Zealand in March for two warm-up matches. After a year of hibernation, the team has finally rekindled, however, there is still a lot of suspense about the choice of the head coach.
prelude to war preparation
Or in early March, the National Football League reunites
Back to March 30 last year, the national football team away from home and Oman to play, with a score of 0-2 ended in disgrace, marking the end of the 12 strong tournament. Since then, the national football team has seldom assembled, even in July of the East Asian Cup, but also only the selection team to go. 2023, the national football team shoulder Asian Cup and 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and "U series" national team, the Olympic team, the Asian Games team have opened the training in January, but only the national football team assembly time is a mystery, until February 1, the puzzle! Finally solved.
It is reported that the national football team will go to New Zealand in March to start two friendly matches with the New Zealand national team on the 23rd and 26th, meanwhile, the Asian Games will be held at the same time. However, the training program of the national football team is yet to be announced, and it is reported that the first gathering of the national team may start from the beginning of March.
choice of manager
Li Xiaopeng to continue? Or will Yankovic be in charge?
The date for the debut of the national soccer team has been set, however, the road to selecting a coach is still thorny, and the candidate to lead the team in warm-up matches is not yet clear. In November last year, the national football team to select the coach work started, but the progress is slow. In the face of other Asian teams on the eager pursuit of candidates, the national football coach position attraction greatly reduced. Sources say that if foreign coaches can not be in place, the former national football coach Li Xiaopeng or Asian Games coach Yankovic may become an alternative. If Yankovic "rudder" national football, the Asian Games will face coaching vacancies.
At this stage, the Football Association is weighing various options, it is expected that the "national football team leader of the mystery" will continue at least until March before the opening of the training.
