The latest news, with the end of our men's football team's journey in the Top 12 tournament, the team will be released from quarantine on the 24th of this month, when they will depart from Haikou to return to their clubs and fully prepare for the next tournament. As for the question of whether or not the head coach Li Xiaopeng will stay or go, there is a lot of discussion in the outside world, and even the media person Li Xuan also expressed his views on this on his social platform.
Li Xuan said bluntly:
The case of coach Li Xiaopeng, when he was urgently assigned by the General Administration to take over the coaching whip of the national team. In the face of time constraints and heavy tasks, as far as I know, Li Xiaopeng had said that he only wanted to lead the team to complete the four matches of the 12 matches, and then to see whether the leadership of the intention to continue to stay. However, the General Administration of the meaning of the leadership is to hope that he can lead the team until the Asian Cup.
At that time, there was no formal contract signed between the two sides, and the so-called coaching team did not have a contract either. Initially, a group of coaches from the league came to help, but later only Zhao Junzhe, Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi and a few other coaches were left, and again they had no contract. It's no wonder that the General Administration appointed the candidates, but the responsibility of signing the contract fell on the shoulders of the FA. Only later, the two sides never had the opportunity to discuss and agree on this.
We all saw the last four matches of the 12-team tournament, especially the loss to Vietnam, which triggered a storm of public opinion. Li Xiaopeng and his interim coaching team finished the tournament without any clear statement from either the General Administration or the Football Association.
After returning to China, the General Administration and the Football Association has so far remained silent on the issue of Li Xiaopeng's retention. As a local coach, Li Xiaopeng certainly need to wait for clear instructions from the leadership. However, his situation we also know very well: there is no contract, but took all the responsibility, now up and down are not voice, how should he live with himself?
A temporary worker, leading a group of temporary workers, under great pressure, in the National Football League building will fall, no ability to save the waves, the responsibility can not be avoided, how big is this responsibility? How big is the responsibility?
