On December 16, @Li Tie posted on Weibo for the first time after stepping down as the head coach of the Chinese national football team: "End a precious journey, thank you to all! ”
Li Tie was appointed head coach of the national men's football team in January 2020.
Under the leadership of Li Tie, the Chinese men's football team achieved 1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses and 5 points in the preliminary stage of the Asian Qualifiers of the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Qatar (Round of 40), ranking 5th in the group. On November 11, 2021, in the 1-1 draw of the national football team with Oman, Li Tie replaced Luo Guofu and Xu Xin with Wu Xinghan and Arthur Junmin in the 66th minute of the game, and this substitution choice caused great controversy.
On December 3, @Chinese Football Association issued an announcement that Li Tie had submitted a request to the Chinese Football Association to resign as the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team. After the study and decision of the Chinese Football Association, he agreed to his resignation application. After extensive solicitation of opinions, the Chinese Football Association decided to appoint Li Xiaopeng as the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team.