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On May 16, 2012, Evergrande Group boss Xu Jiayin hosted a banquet for Lee Jang-so, who was then the head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, and his coaching staff. This meal was a farewell banquet between Evergrande and Lee Jang-so. At the time of the staggering, Xu Jiayin and Li Zhangsu drank a glass of wine. Although Xu Jiayin repeatedly mentioned that Lee Jang-so was not out of class, but "temporarily left", this does not change the fact that Lee Jang-so left office. After Lee Jang-so left, Lippi became the coach of Evergrande. In the era of Golden Dollar Football that Evergrande opened, it has set off a wave of hiring international famous coaches.
Ten years before he left Guangdong, Lee Returned. Shenzhen Football Club announced on February 12 that Lee Chang-so was appointed as the head coach of the Shenzhen team's first team. Li Zhangsu, 66 years old this year, is the first head coach hired by Evergrande when it opens the Golden Yuan era of Chinese football. After the tide of Chinese football faded, he returned to Guangdong again. Although it has been "things are not people", Li Zhangsu's mission is very similar to that of when he coached Evergrande.
When Chinese football was still in the A era in 1998, Li Zhangsu won the title of "Iron Marshal" in Chongqing. He not only led the Chongqing team to the fourth place in the first division A, but also won the Chinese Football Association Cup championship in a historic way. Since then, Lee Has been one of the iconic figures of Yang Shuai in China. After that, he led Qingdao to win the FA Cup, and also led the Beijing Guoan team to the second place in the Chinese Super League, which was the best result in the history of the team at that time.
In March 2010, Evergrande Group, which had just taken over the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Team, announced that it had hired Li Zhangsu to lead the Guangzhou Evergrande team, which was still in the Chinese League One. At that time, this team already had players such as Muric, Zheng Zhi and Gao Lin, who were even in the top ranks of the Chinese Super League, and completed the task of rushing to the top without suspense that season. In the next season, Lee Jang-so led the team to win the first Chinese Super League championship in team history, officially opening the "Evergrande Dynasty". However, in the third-tier battle of the 2012 season, there was a discord between Lee Jang-so and the big stars of the team such as Conca. Conca even tweeted publicly at the time to express his dissatisfaction with the head coach. As a result, the club fined 1 million yuan. However, this does not repair the rift between the stern South Korean godhead and the big-name South American foreign aid. The team suffered consecutive defeats in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League. For the Evergrande team, which hopes to launch an impact on the AFC Champions League, it has become a luxury to look forward to Li Zhangsu leading the team to win the AFC Champions League. The arrival of Lippi completely suppressed all the big players in the team, and Evergrande won the first AFC Champions League trophy in the team's history in the 2013 season.
After finishing coaching at Evergrande. Lee Also coached Chengdu and Changchun Yatai in the Chinese Super League. When coaching Chengdu, the team suffered from salary arrears and was eventually relegated. In 2016, he coached Yatai and also left the class in the middle of another season due to poor results. This time, Will Li Zhangsu, who has a deep coaching, recreate the glory of coaching Chongqing, Qingdao, Guoan and Evergrande?
Looking at it now, the external conditions in Shenzhen today are suitable for Li Zhangsu's coaching. Spain coach Carlos expired his contract with Shenzu at the end of last year, and the poor coaching results made the two sides not renew their contracts. Carlos once said when he was coaching Deep foot, this team is not a strong team, but a team that is moving towards a strong team. What deep foot needs may not be a big name coach, but a coach who is suitable for the team. Looking back at Lee Jang-so's coaching experience, he coached several successful teams, all of which have a certain level of team lineup, and Lee Jang-so eventually brought them to the height of cup competitions and even league championships. From this point of view, Lee Jang-so should be a suitable candidate for the deep-footed marshal position.
After Lee Jang-so's return to China, the Chinese Super League already has four Korean coaches, Lee Jang-so (Shenzhen), Jang Wai-yong (Chongqing), Seo Jeong-won (Chengdu) and Kim Jong-fu (Hebei). The "Korean Wave", which once disappeared in the Golden Yuan era, has now returned to the tide. Korean coaches who better understand the Chinese Super League, adapt to Chinese culture, and most importantly, are more cost-effective Korean coaches, may once again become the ideal option for today's Chinese Super League teams.