On March 28, Li Pingkang revealed in the media world, many people in the industry on Li Tie's management of the national football team is not as low as some media and fans rendered so low, accusing him of betraying the interests of the national team is too radical.
The Xianning Intermediate People's Court will hold a public trial today on a number of charges, including suspected bribery and unit bribery, against former national soccer coach Li Tie in accordance with the law.
Facing Li Tie, who has become a target, Li Pingkang expressed his views on social media, writing:
On the specific views of Li Tie coaching the national football team, I will not express my personal opinion for the time being. Let's turn to experts in the field. A former international player who has no personal dealings with Li Tie revealed that the record Li Tie achieved during the Top 12 tournament was the team's best performance in recent times. He has not lost to Oman, beat Vietnam, defeated Australia, and the away loss against Saudi Arabia was not a hard fought one.
Meanwhile, a Chinese Super League coach close to me said that in the eyes of professional coaches, the performance of the national team at that time might be limited by training problems. For example, against Japan, the team's bus defense was always easily broken through, which reflected that the training level needed to be improved. In addition, the poor physical condition of some naturalized players was also a consequence of insufficient training.
From a professional's point of view, Li Tie's performance in coaching the national football team was not as bad as some media or fans have portrayed, especially when compared to the subsequent performance of the national football team, and his coaching was not inexcusable. As for the financial aspect, I have also heard some of my predecessors in the soccer world regret what Li Tie has done, but from what I understand, in the era of gold dollar soccer, Li Tie may be a bit bold and perhaps out of touch, but he is by no means the greediest of money collectors. Especially in his position as national team coach, he has used his position to benefit himself, but accusing him of betraying the interests of the national team seems to be overstated. For example, on the issue of selection, he at best utilized his quota.
