Reporter Liu Xiangyu reported that on January 8, Beijing Guoan officially announced that he and Croatian coach Bilic had terminated their contract in advance, and the two sides had peacefully separated. Not long after the guoan coaching position was vacant, the successor surfaced, and Xie Feng, an old acquaintance of Beijing football, became the new manager of Guoan.
At noon on January 14, the state security officials announced Xie Feng's joining. "Xie Feng was born in 1966, born in Beijing Youth Training, debuted in Beijing as a player, and then played for Beijing Guoan Club and Shenzhen Club, and won the A League runner-up and two FA Cup championships with Beijing Guoan." When Guoan introduced Xie Feng, he wrote about the deep relationship between the latter and Beijing Guoan.
In the 2011 season, Xie Feng returned to Guoan and joined the coaching staff, and in the 2016 season, after Zaccheroni left the class, Xie Feng got on the horse as a firefighting coach and led the team until the end of the season, when Guoan finally ranked fifth. In the 2017 season, Jose coached Guoan, and Xie Feng served as the team leader and head of the Chinese coaching team. After the arrival of Schmidt's team, Xie Feng left Guoan. In 2018, Xie Feng coached the Hebei team.
Guoan's selection of coaches this time, between the foreign coach and the local coach, the choice time is not too long. Considering the impact of the epidemic and the requirements of epidemic prevention, foreign coaches who come to China to coach need to go through some links such as visas and quarantines, and if they leave China during the coaching period, they also need to go through such a complex process, which consumes a lot of time, and most foreign teachers are very uncomfortable with the centralized closed club system of the Chinese Super League in the past two seasons. Homegrown coaches will be more suitable in comparison, and the use of local coaches has become a trend in the last two seasons. In terms of candidates, Xie Feng is familiar with Guoan, will integrate at the fastest speed, and the coaching ability has been recognized, and the two sides hit it off.
Another major reason why Guoan has a crush on Xie Feng is that the team will continue the process of replacing the old and the new in the new season, and Xie Feng also pays attention to the cultivation of young players and dares to use young players. When he coached Guoan as a firefighting coach, he gave many young players such as Barton and Wang Ziming the opportunity, "Xie Feng is good at discovering young people, and when coaching Beijing Guoan and Hebei teams, he has cultivated many outstanding young players." Guoan commented on Xie Feng at the time of the official announcement.
In the new season, the schedule and format of the Chinese Super League have not been finalized, and there are variables in whether to restore the home-and-away system, and Xie Feng will enter the role as soon as possible and start preparing early.
After completing the official announcement, Xie Feng faced the camera and said: "Back to your hometown, back to your favorite team, I am very happy to say something in my heart." The city of Beijing and the Beijing Guoan Club have brought me so many good memories, playing here since I was a child, growing up, entering the national team, becoming famous, coaching, this club has always accompanied me and nurtured me. ”
"This is my third time coaching Beijing Guoan Football Club, here I am very grateful to Mr. Zhou and Mr. Li for their support and trust in me, I will do my best to lead this team well, and strive to tap more young players and potential players through this year's league, and I also hope to be able to take root in Beijing, deepen the club, cultivate more players for Beijing football, and for the teams I like." Xie Feng said.
Guoan has finalized the manager with great efficiency, and the reinforcement work is also being carried out, and Xie Feng's opinion is extremely important. At present, it seems that Guoan needs to be replenished in terms of foreign aid, Silva is not satisfactory, in addition, after Li Lei left, the left-back position is vacant, and this position also needs to be replenished. Last year, Guoan found high providence in the player market, which was the biggest gain, in addition, Cao Yongjing and others are also worth the money and have a lot of room for growth. This year also needs to be laid out early to address potential problems in key positions.