Why does Choi Long-so make the Evergrande Dynasty thrilled? Tell him the secrets of Korean journalists for many years

That's fate! Perhaps this is what Jiangsu Suning coach Choi Long-so wants to sigh most after the FA Cup final. Three years ago, he led K-League powerhouse Seoul FC to a two-legged 3-3 draw with Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League final, losing his chance to reach Asia with an away goal disadvantage. Tonight, his team once again played 3-3 in two legs, once again losing the FA Cup with an away goal disadvantage.

However, Choi Yong-so can leave the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center with his head held high. He has not lost a single game in four games, especially this year, in only half a year of accepting Jiangsu Suning, Evergrande has already made Evergrande thrilled!

The chengdu business daily client reporter today specially interviewed the team reporter of Seoul FC and the reporter of South Korea's "Culture Daily" Quan Hyun-jin, asking him to talk about the status of Choi Yong-so in the eyes of Korean footballers, and what kind of changes and influences he can bring to the Chinese Super League.

"Substitute" appears

Choi Long-so took over halfway to bring qualitative changes to Suning

In June this year, Choi Yong-so replaced Petrescu as Suning manager, and then led the team to chase Evergrande, and finally finished second in the league, while reaching the final of the FA Cup. In fact, Suning's first choice at that time was not Choi Yong-so, but another Famous South Korean coach, Choi Kang-hee, who just led Jeonbuk Hyundai to win the 2016 AFC Champions League yesterday. Choi Kang-hee has led Jeonbuk Hyundai to k-league titles four times, won the AFC Champions League twice in 2006 and 2016, and twice coached the South Korean national team.

Although Choi Yong-so has the same good results when coaching Seoul FC, his coaching experience is far less than that of Choi Kang-hee. After Jiangsu Suning decided to change the coach, he began negotiations with Choi Kang-hee and Choi Long-so. At that time, Suning negotiated a specific salary with Cui Kangxi, and it was almost a contract that could be officially announced. But at this time, Suning offered to hope that Choi Kang-hee could officially be in place in the middle of the league, that is, at the end of June. It was this that ultimately hindered Choi Kang-hee's arrival. Since Jeonbuk Hyundai was deeply involved in bribery at that time and urgently needed Choi Kang-hee to stabilize the military,The club implored Choi Kang-hee to stay and wait until the final announcement of the results of the treatment before leaving Jeonbuk Hyundai, so for Suning's proposal to arrive at the end of June, Choi Kang-hee could not do it.

In this way, Suning and Choi Kang-hee missed perfectly, and in the end, Suning chose Choi Long-so, who could be in place at the end of June. After Choi Yong-so became the coach of Suning, he achieved immediate results, and at the beginning of his tenure, Suning fell behind Evergrande by more than 10 points, and then he led the team to narrow the point difference to only 4 points. Although he was defeated in the end, Choi Yong-so's coaching was still recognized.

"Order first"

Choi Yong-so's style of football is the essence of Korean football

Coaching a team full of big names, how to govern the dressing room is the coach's greatest art. According to Jeon Hyun-jin told the Chengdu Business Daily client reporter, Choi Yong-so's nickname as a player was "Eagle", and the way he managed the team during his coaching in Seoul was described as "prison management", which shows its severity. Wu Xi once revealed that although Choi Long-so is very strict in training, he is actually very easy-going off the field. "But if they don't perform well, I'll be ruthless." Choi Yong-so said, "We must give them enough sense of oppression to stimulate their potential, and only with strong fighting spirit can they win the victory." In Suning, there are big names such as Ramirez and Teixeira, Choi Long-soo said that the biggest concept of his coaching team is to establish an "order", "Whether in training or in the game, there must be an order of 'heart, intention and action', and the whole team will have a huge combat effectiveness!" ”

"So he always emphasizes offense and scoring at all times, which is very appetizing to the Korean media and fans and makes him a big hit. People say his style is cool, so they like him very much! "Culture Daily" reporter Jeon Hyun-jin told the Chengdu Business Daily reporter that Choi Yong-so is a striker, he knows the significance of offensive football for a team, "originally thought that Choi Yong-so's halfway departure will have a great impact on Seoul FC, but his former teammate in the South Korean national team Hwang Sun-hong inherited his football philosophy well, so this season Seoul finally won the league championship." The story between Choi Yong-so and Hwang Sun-hong has also recently become a football hotspot between China and South Korea. When Choi Yong-so chose to coach Jiangsu, before leaving, he specially recommended a successor to the FC executives in Seoul - former national team teammate Hwang Sun-hong. In the end, the latter inherited Choi Yong-so's "first spirit". In Choi Yong-so's own words, it was "the champion DNA of Seoul FC."

But deep down, Choi Yong-so is a very ambitious person. Although leading the team to win the second place in the Chinese Super League, which is regarded by all walks of life as "the first half of the year has been successful", Choi Long-so only scored 50 points for his first Chinese Super League season, "Every step of life is a challenge, he does not want to give up any opportunity for a challenge, and will not be satisfied." ”

traitor? For the money

I came to China to challenge Evergrande

"Some people say that I went to the Chinese Super League for money, and what I want to say is that this is not the case." Choi Yong-so told the motherland media that at the beginning, he gave up Seoul, was called a "traitor" by some Korean media and fans, "Life is to continue to choose, now the Chinese Super League, there are many big stars and coaches, at this time, I chose to accept the challenge, to tell the truth, I do not regret, as a coach how many such opportunities can I have?" In half a season, Choi Long-so helped Suning win the league runner-up, and the team reached 57 points in 30 rounds of the league, setting a new record and successfully qualifying for next season's AFC Champions League.

Quan Xianzhen told the Chengdu Business Daily reporter that the annual salary of $3 million is indeed one of the reasons why Cui Longsu came to China, "There is a deeper reason is the challenge." In the AFC Champions League final against Evergrande 3 years ago, Choi Long-so did not lose, but was taken away by the "Silver Fox" Lippi with two draws. He has previously played against Evergrande, who has been coached by two World Cup champions, and has never lost, and has the upper hand with 1 win and 3 draws, which is unique in the entire Asian football world. There is another famous coach in Asia, Western Sydney Wanderers coach Popovich, who said in an exclusive interview with the Chengdu Business Daily reporter that he was eliminated by the Italian team led by Lippi that made him ignite the flame of revenge. The same is true of Choi Long-so, who hopes to come to China to face Evergrande's wrench wrist, he did, and the 2-0 home victory in the Chinese Super League made the Guangzhou media exclaim that Suning wanted to shake the Evergrande dynasty.

Cui Longsu brought Chinese football to countless famous sayings and aphorisms. Speaking about the league's penultimate victory against Guangzhou Evergrande, he warned the players not to take it lightly, "Victory is like a snow last night, it will soon melt away. On the day of the interview, he had just learned that Manzano could not renew his contract with Shenhua, describing the life of a professional football coach as "fragile as a fly, so he has to play every game as a last." As for the values of young players in the country at present, he cautioned: "You can't just focus on the money. Even though competitive sports cannot be decoupled from money, I hope that players will always remember the scene when they first touched football, the enlightened old coach with the most simple smile, and cannot forget such an original intention. ”

Choi Yong-so effect

More Famous South Korean coaches want to come to China

With Choi Yong-so's successful demonstration, more Korean coaches may come to the Chinese Super League this winter. There are five South Korean managers in charge of the Chinese Super League this season, of which Suning, coached by Choi Yong-so, won the league runner-up and reached the final of the FA Cup, which was also the most successful. The remaining Han Shuai are coaching the relegation teams in the middle and lower reaches, which also shows that small and medium-sized teams prefer the arrival of Han Shuai, and the annual salary of Korean coaches is not a sky-high level, but excellent command ability has become a key reason.

At present, the two treasures that make Korean football hold a heart the most are Choi Kang-hee and Yoon Kyung-hwan, one old and one young. Yoon Kyung-hwan has decided to leave Ulsan Hyundai and has been favored by many clubs such as Sakura Osaka in Japan and Beijing North Control in the Chinese League. Including champion veteran Kim Ha-fan, due to the sharp decline in the strength of seongnam FC team, coupled with the club's consideration of financial factors, so as to let the core Thiago go to West Asia, and finally submitted his resignation in September this year. As the head coach of Jeonbuk Hyung,Chonbuk, a traditional strong team in the K-League, Choi Kang-hee is the "sworn enemy" of the Chinese Super League team, and has always become the blocker and nemesis of the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League. Choi Kang-hee himself has repeatedly said in front of the South Korean media that "a certain Chinese Super League celebrity who is also familiar with Korean fans has once again proposed a sky-high invitation."

South Korean media believe that the key reason why South Korean coaches are so popular in the China-Japan League is that they are "cheap and good": the annual salary is not sky-high but the ability is excellent. With the exception of Choi Yong-so, who earns 3.5 billion won ($3 million) a year, other South Korean coaches who coach in the middle and lower reaches of the Chinese Super League all earn about 1 billion won a year. Compared with Evergrande's Scolari (with an annual salary of about 6.5 billion won) and other European and American coaches, the value of Korean coaches is obviously acceptable to many Chinese teams. However, Jeon Hyun-jin believes that choi Kang-hee is unlikely to leave the team after just leading the team to win the AFC Champions League, "His team is very stable, and now the reputation is particularly high." Korean football also wants to keep its godfather. ”

Chengdu Business Daily client reporter Hu Minjuan Editor Pan Li