April 13, the industry weathervane soccer newspaper reporter Chen Yong revealed that the national team leader Li Xiaopeng or will take the initiative to step down.
It is reported that Li Xiaopeng took over at the beginning of the General Administration of Sports on its high hopes, expect him to shoulder two major missions: one is to lead the team to complete the tournament 12, in the face of the status quo of the national football team out of the line of no hope, the General Administration does not have a clear goal, and only hope for a smooth transition, and strive for a good performance, to ensure that the rest of the national team does not give rise to trouble; the second is to make preparations for the Asian Cup in 2023, as for the World Cup qualifying matches in 2026, is still in the initial stage of planning.
However, Li Xiaopeng also said that he hoped that the remaining four matches of the 12-team tournament would be regarded as a self-test, but in fact, it is inadvertently putting pressure on himself. Now, the attitude of the General Administration of Sport and the National Football Association seems to be wavering, but there are already signs that the possibility of Li Xiaopeng resigning on his own initiative is quite high.
As for whether to change the coach and when to choose a new coach, time is not urgent: the national team before the end of the year without the need to assemble, by the impact of the epidemic league postponed, the schedule will be unusually dense. U23 national team actually bear the "national second team" of the heavy responsibility, especially the U23 national team can be recruited to the over-age players.
