Li Tie this name, in the hearts of many fans, and "refused to naturalize" equated. However, Luo Guofu in an interview had confessed: "I and Li close relationship, each other understand, which makes us work together more smoothly ...... he is simply my brother, good friends."
If there is already a tacit understanding between the general manager, then why is the outside world on the national football team in the use of naturalized players on the views of such a big difference? In the final analysis, behind this is the controversy over the naturalized player policy itself.
As we all know, the path of naturalization in the national football team is fundamentally different from naturalization in other fields. For example, Gu Ailing's victory in the women's big jump final at the Beijing Winter Olympics is an example of naturalization. But in soccer, finding such talent is an almost impossible task. From FIFA's point of view, the purpose of setting up many preconditions for naturalized soccer players is obviously to limit, because even the best players may not have five years to wait.
However, whether it is the goal of naturalization or the issue of blood status, the ultimate evaluation criteria remains performance, or contribution. If the naturalized players of the national football team can really show a high level of performance, then the discussion around naturalized players may come to an end sooner rather than later.
After Li Xiaopeng took office, he adopted a "soft policy" in the management of naturalized players, which to a certain extent took into account the feelings of players and fans. But unfortunately, this approach did not produce substantial changes in the game performance and results.
There is a view that in the last two matches of the final 12, the national football team can consider enabling a rejuvenation strategy, or even not to call up naturalized players, to give more opportunities to local young players.
However, it should be noted that not calling up naturalized players and the suspension of the naturalization strategy are two different things. Firstly, Li Xiaopeng, as the head coach, has the right to decide whether or not to continue to call up naturalized players from overseas, such as Fernando "Xiao Moto". Secondly, if naturalized players are not called up for the next match, do they need to be trained accordingly? How will they be monitored remotely? What is their future direction? These issues should be the real-time attention of the Chinese team's coaching staff, the Football Association and even the relevant departments.
