Relevant media today said that the national football team bid farewell to the Asian Cup! The "Lippi era" of the top eight Asian Cup is over. On the same day, Lippi, head coach of the Chinese team, left the stadium in a car after the quarter finals between China and Iran in the 2019 Asian Cup soccer match in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Chinese team lost 3-0 to the Iranian team.
As China's men's football team finishes the Asian Cup, Italian coach Marcello Lippi will bid farewell to his position as national football coach, marking the end of the Lippi era, which has lasted more than two years.
When he bid farewell to the most famous national football manager, his efforts to fulfill his promises, such as breaking the fatalism of "12th place", getting the national team back on track, putting out 100% strength and attitude towards the game, should not be forgotten because of the end of the game rather than "white is black". At the same time, the "new old alternation" project of the team that "silver fox" failed to complete should also become an important task of the "Qatar cycle" under the consensus of the Chinese football community to focus on youth training.
Inspire all the strength of going abroad
On January 24, Chinese coach Marcello Lippi (first from the right) left the stadium after the match. On the same day, Lippi, head coach of the Chinese team, left the stadium in a car after the quarter finals between China and Iran in the 2019 Asian Cup soccer match in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Chinese team lost 3-0 to the Iranian team.
In this Asian Cup, take coach Lippi's words, when all 23 players' spirit is unified, play more aggressively and play well as a whole ', the team still has the ability to compete with Asian teams, which is also reflected in the game.
Throughout this Asian Cup, Lippi's team fought back several times in adversity, showing strong cohesion and fighting spirit, which needs to be affirmed.
No matter the team was once cornered by Kyrgyzstan's "new army" team in the first battle or Thailand's team that must win in the knockout competition, Lippi's team, which is mainly composed of veteran players, was not defeated by the pressure and the impact of younger opponents, though its physical strength was worried by the outside world, but successfully completed the set goal of entering the top eight with sufficient cohesion, hard work and competition experience Mark.
At this level, Lippi has fulfilled the task that the national team manager should have - to give full play to the team's combat effectiveness.
The closest place to the World Cup since 2002
Although there are media doubts that Lippi's encouragement for the team's confidence is just a 'spirit victory method', it is undeniable that during his tenure, in addition to the Asian Cup, another official game, the world preliminary 12, fans saw the strongest national team in recent years.
When he took office in October 2016, Lippi's national football team won only one point in four games in the top 12, and the team was full of pessimism about '12th place'. But he helped the team rebuild confidence through the team's' psychological construction ', and with the world-class coach's transformation ability, let all players return to familiar positions, and strengthen the technical and tactical details, lineup kneading and tactical discipline.
Finally, the national football team not only played the strongest technical and tactical performance in recent years against Qatar, South Korea and other matches at home, but also finally got 12 points, only one point less than the Syrian team who obtained the additional qualification. It tenaciously kept the hope of qualifying for the world cup in Russia to the last round, and made the biggest progress in 15 years after the national football team's only promotion to the world cup (2002).
Manager responsibility system and compound team
Lippi also explored the management mode of Chinese men's football. At the beginning of his tenure, he introduced that to coach a national team, two teams need to be established, one is the players who play on the field, the other is the team that helps these players - this team includes the head coach, the coaching team, medical, logistics, all the functional departments of the Football Association, all of them help the national team players together.
It is the trust in Lippi's ability that the football association gives his team absolute support and guarantee, and ensures the absolute authority of the coach responsibility system. It also becomes an important guarantee for the national team to eliminate worries and play its full strength in the top 12 and the Asian Cup, which also provides reference for the construction of the national team in the future.
Technology has not fundamentally changed youth training is still the focus
Of course, Lippi also failed to do so during his tenure. For example, his coach team's performance in leading the team to the U23 Asian Championships and Asian Games is not ideal, which makes the U23 players fail to gain more experience, and fail to let more new players gain trust and enter the national team, which makes the age structure of the national football tend to aging, and also exposes the lack of speed, talent and impact in this Asian Cup.
As Lippi's contract with the Football Association ends in this Asian Cup, he can't have a long-term plan for the development of the national football. Take the old manager's words: 'I have selected the best player in China. I have used some young players in some games before, but their experience is not up to the requirements. '
What is reflected in it is also the 'short board' of young players. Because the "U23" policy of the League just reflects the contradiction that young players are lack of ability and managers have to let them get exercise and grow up as soon as possible. At its root, this is not the status quo that a world-renowned coach can change.
After all, in the highly professional world football world, the coach of the national team is only the observer in the League stand most of the time. They can only select the excellent players in the short-term training and competition tasks, and strengthen the tactics in the national team. The technical ability of players and other details, from the perspective of growth track, to the stage of the national team has been finalized. Therefore, for the future national football manager, managers should also have a rational understanding. Because if we want Chinese players to keep up with the trend of the world and have a 'fresh change', we need to start from youth training.