In the 8th round of the World Preliminary Round of 12, the Chinese national football team lost 1-3 away to Vietnam, winning the most humiliating defeat since the beginning of the World Preliminary Round, and ending a ten-game winning streak against Vietnam. The result of this match deeply shook the entire Chinese football world.
After the fiasco, according to people close to the Chinese Football Association, it is not excluded that Li Xiaopeng and Chen Shuyuan may "leave the class" together, and the news that the Chinese Football Association has been "overridden" may accelerate with the defeat of the national football team, and it will not be surprising if the relevant departments send a "working group" to directly manage the current national football team and even the football association in the future. Chinese football is on the eve of a "storm" of change.
Just like the series of chain reactions triggered by the defeat of the national football team to Thailand 8 years ago, after the national football team lost to Vietnam, some people will bear direct responsibility for this. One is the current coach of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng, who originally replaced Li Tie as a "temporary coach", and now he has lost to Japan and Vietnam in succession, and the whole country is angry. For Li Xiaopeng, it can be basically asserted that his career as a national football coach has come to an end.
The second person who will "leave the class" may be Chen Shuyuan, the current head of the Football Association. Last year, after the national football team's poor record in the top 12 matches, especially after the head coach Li Tie repeatedly caused controversy, Chen Shuyuan's life was actually very difficult. Subsequently, the relevant departments bypassed the Football Association and forced Li Xiaopeng to become the head of the national football team, which was equivalent to essentially emptying Chen Shuyuan's functions as the head of the State Management Department.
Chen Shuyuan's term at the FA will end in 2023. Before, around his whereabouts, in fact, there are differences between all parties, because there is still a local Asian Cup to play next year. However, after what was arguably the most humiliating defeat in the history of Chinese football against Vietnam, there were indications that Chen was getting closer and closer to leaving the FA before the end of his term.
In addition, as Chen Shuyuan "precarious" in the Football Association, a whole set of high-level leadership teams of the Football Association led by him will also have shocks. Previously, Liu Yi, the head of the Football Association's competition department hand-picked by Chen Shuyuan, has been rumored to have been dismissed for his incompetence in managing the league and other aspects; now with the national football team suffering a historic defeat, we can also expect more senior personnel appointments in the Football Association in the future.
In fact, in the past, the national football team has failed every time, the so-called "rectification" movement will be carried out, the highlight of which is the personnel change of the Football Association and the team. And this time, because the national football team lost too badly, because the intensity of this rectification will be greater than in the past. According to people familiar with the matter, in the future, the Football Association's management of football affairs may be directly replaced by a special team from relevant departments, but only a department responsible for logistics; if things really come to this point, it will mean that Chinese football is about to enter an unprecedented period of change.