Is it true for Lippi to be the coach of the Chinese national football team? Lippi left after the Asian Cup in a low profile. However, after Lippi, the performance of the Chinese team did not improve, and it was still as bad as ever. Cannavaro did not want to continue to take over as the coach of the Chinese national football team, And will start training in June to prepare for the World Cup qualifier.
Lippi as coach of the national football team
The Asian qualifier of 2022 Qatar world cup will start in September this year. The Chinese team has not much time to toss the audition. Lippi's return is the best choice. He has changed his mind and promised to coach the Chinese team again.
At the beginning of Lippi's appointment to the National Football Association, he was loved by thousands of people. However, in 2018, with the changes in the leadership of the General Administration of sports, Cai Zhenhua, the chairman of the football association who had planned the future with Lippi, left, Lippi's future became complicated.
According to Lippi's future plan, he definitely wants to leave Chinese football completely and have nothing to do with it. However, shortly after the Asian Cup, it was reported that Xu Jiayin, the boss of Evergrande, had a long talk with Lippi and hired him as a consultant.
Cannavaro has Evergrande's team, Lippi has the experience of coaching in the competition, this combination looks very beautiful. But in the China Cup in the middle of March, Cannavaro led the team independently, his record was poor, and the outside world was in an uproar, which made this plan waver. After that, on April Fool's day, it was reported that Bayern Munich would play a friendly match with the Chinese team at the end of May. Now, it seems that the matter is not simple - it was not long before Klinsmann, a German, visited China and heard that he had a meeting with the top management of the General Administration of sports. He was linked with the coach of the national football team.
Lippi's advantage as coach of national football team
From Cannavaro to Klinsmann, and then to Lippi, the coach of the national football team went around for a long time. Why choose Lippi in the end?
On the one hand, with the World Cup approaching, there is not much time for the new coach to familiarize himself with Chinese football. Klinsmann has a natural disadvantage on this point. The lesson of Camacho's temporary appointment in that year is still fresh in my mind. What's more, the next World Cup is likely to expand, and the national football team is facing the opportunity to attack the world cup. No one dares to take risks with the national football team. On the other hand, Cannavaro and Lippi coached together, which was proved to be impractical in Evergrande before. In the China Cup, Cannavaro's coaching was once again questioned, so that he, who had little experience in international competitions, led the national team to the world cup, and the relevant departments did not dare to take this risk.
In this case, Lippi became the only safe choice. He is familiar with Chinese football and the current domestic players. Previously, he revealed that he left a large list of young players for the national team, which shows that he has a plan for the future of the national football team. In addition, Lippi has rich experience in the competition, leading the national team can guarantee the lower limit. Although his results in the warm-up match with the national football team are average, Lippi can lead the team to win the last 12 world cup and the Asian Cup, which is a reasonable result for the national football team that is now out of touch.
Of course, the current situation of the national football team is also the reason why the relevant parties must choose Lippi. Normally speaking, there are many weak teams in the group stage of the world preliminary round, so it will not be particularly difficult. But the problem is that the overall strength of Chinese football is too weak. Being beaten by Thailand in the China Cup shows that with the current Chinese team and the progress of Asian opponents, the national football team has the strength to win not many games, so it needs the coach's on-the-spot commanding ability, which is Lippi's advantage.