December 9, the Korean media broke the heavy news, South Korea's famous coach Paul Bento or will say goodbye, replaced by the Chinese Football Association of the coveted object, he will take over the whip of the national football team, the annual salary of up to 2 billion won (about 10.67 million yuan). Since the World Cup qualifiers ended, the national football team has rarely assembled, and the captain Li Xiaopeng's destination is also a mystery.
△ Paulo Bento (left)
At the same time, the official website of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) released a message that the Haikou meeting has been on all levels of the national team to prepare for next year's tournament to start discussions. Regardless of the truth of the Korean media reports, after the World Cup, the national football team to change the coach into the wind, in the many outgoing coaches, "gold", for today's "dragons and dragons without a head" of the national football team, may be a shortcut.
Out of office! Enrique, Martinez leave in droves
The first climax of the wave of managerial changes was the departure of Enrique. Among the many departing coaches, Spanish coach Enrique is undoubtedly one of the most prominent. Beijing time on December 8, the Spanish football federation announced that Enrique formally dismissed, the end of his up to three years and eight months of coaching career. As a famous Spanish coach, Enrique has proved his strength during his time at Barcelona, winning a number of honors such as the La Liga title, UEFA Champions League title and European Super Cup title. However, the World Cup fiasco in Qatar has made the reputation of "the man of the hour" seem a bit ironic.
△Enrique
At the tactical level, Enrique is known for his passing and control of the soccer ball, but this has limited the Spanish team's play to a certain extent. At a time when the talent turnover has not yet been completed, Enrique has failed to inject a stronger spiritual impetus into the team. In key games, Spain's performance has been disappointing. This year's World Cup, Spain's group stage defeat of Japan, 1/8 final loss to Morocco, frequently become a cold object. After Enrique's departure, the Spanish Football Federation immediately announced a new coaching candidate - u national team head coach Luis de la Fuente.
In this year's World Cup, Belgium is even worse than Spain, the world's top-ranked "Red Devils of Europe" failed to get out of the group, the "Golden Generation" captain Hazard quit the national team, and manager Roberto Martinez announced his resignation after the game against Croatia. Martinez has been with the Belgian national team for six years since 2016, but the leader's performance has been controversial, and his resignation could be his relief. Similarly, Ghana coach Otto Addo announced his resignation after the 0-2 loss to Uruguay in the final round of the group stage, bidding farewell to the Ghanaian team and Otto Addo will return to his beloved youth training career. Mexico coach Martino's contract has expired and has essentially decided to leave the team.
△ Martinez
Retention! Controversy as German FA backs Flick
Germany were the worst giants at the World Cup, going out of the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, failing to break through the group stage for the second time in a row. After the tournament, many German fans expressed their displeasure with manager Flick, and many media outlets speculated that Flick would soon be fired. However, after a "crisis summit" between DFB President Neuendorf and Vice President Watzke in cooperation with Flick, the DFB officially announced the latter's retention.
ΔFlick
Neuendorf said, "We agree that Euro 2024 in Germany will boost German soccer, we aim to succeed in this competition and we have full confidence in Flick and his team." Flick also said that the coaching staff is optimistic about Euro 2024 and that the team can achieve better results than Qatar, which Germany missed out on but will learn from. Both the DFB and Flick seem to agree that the World Cup loss was a fluke, and they are confidently prepared to find dignity in their next match.
In contrast to Flick, Japan's coach Morihiro has been questioned in recent years, but his World Cup performances have won the approval of players and fans alike. The "Group of Death" Japan won the World Cup in the group stage with consecutive victories over Germany and Spain and advanced to the top of the group. Although they lost to Croatia on penalties in the 1/8 finals and failed to reach the last eight, creating history for Japanese soccer, their performance in this tournament was still remarkable. Upon their return home, the Japanese team received more than 650 fans and 190 journalists at the airport. When asked if he planned to stay on with the national team, Morihoichi said, "Yes, I want to keep doing it!"
Coming to China? Numerous coaches with China scandals?
On December 9, the official website of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) said that from December 6 to 8, a meeting on the preparation of winter training for national teams at all levels was held in Haikou. In fact, the media has long had rumors about this meeting, in which fans are most concerned about two major events, one is the Chinese men's soccer team discussed at the meeting, and the other is that all national teams will hold military training during the training period.
Many of the managers who have stepped down at the World Cup have been involved with China. -Bento is one of them. After leaving South Korea, Bento said he will return to Portugal to have a good rest and then consider arranging the following jobs. Bento has coached in Chongqing in the Chinese Super League and has a certain understanding of Chinese soccer, but during his time in Chongqing, Paulo Bento's stubborn character has also attracted a lot of criticism, and at a time when the national football team is in such turmoil, there is a big question mark over whether or not Bento is suitable for China's men's football team's marquee candidate.
In addition, Martinez, who has just stepped down from Belgium, will be a candidate for the new coach of Shanghai Port, according to Shanghai media reports. After three consecutive losses in the Chinese Super League, Hong Kong coach Leko was fired and Hong Kong appointed Xi Zhikang as interim coach. For Hong Kong to compete for the top three, it must be equipped with a stronger coach to work wonders. In the long run, Hong Kong must also have a stronger coach if it wants to remain among the strongest teams in the Chinese Super League, but so far there has been no clear response from the relevant parties to the news.
