After special correspondent Xu Yi reported that the national football team lost to Vietnam and completely missed the Qatar World Cup, Trussier said in an interview that he believes that the Chinese Football Association is likely to hire an Eastern European coach who is suitable for China's football system and environment to coach the national football team.
Although this is only Trussier's personal thoughts, when the French mention "Eastern European coaches", many people will think of a name: Olaroyu.
Olaroyu's experience in China can be made into a blockbuster film, first breaking the monopoly of Guangzhou and Haigang on the Chinese Super League championship, leading Jiangsu to the championship in 2020, but the club disbanded not long after... Eventually, Olaroyu left with resentment and "unpaid wages" and became head coach of Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates last November.
Recently, the reporter contacted Olaroyu, and the Romanians talked a lot.
On 11 November last year, Sharjah FC announced Olaroyu as manager on a two-season contract, the third time in his coaching career that he has taken charge of the Emirates club whip.
Although an Eastern European, Olaroyu has a close relationship with Asia, playing for Suwon as a player and helping the team win the K-League title twice; in 2001, Olaroyu retired from Chiba Ichihara in the J-League. After coaching, Olaroyu coached Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Crescent in 2007, leading the team in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, where Crescent, THAAD and Dubai Nationals all won league titles, in addition to winning several cups.
The UAE is the most brilliant place in Olaroyu's coaching career, having led Al Ain to two league titles and one Super Cup, while at Dubai Nationals, he has led the team to seven titles in four seasons: two league titles, two League Cups and three Super Cups. It is worth mentioning that in 2015, Olaroyu also reached the AFC Champions League final with Dubai Nationals, but unfortunately lost to Scolari and Guangzhou.
For Olaroyu, re-coaching the UAE team is a bit of a "home" feeling. In response, Olaroyu said: "What I want to say is that there is a good side to my life, and there are bad sides to my life, just like everyone else's life. But overall, I'm doing pretty well here. ”
For his new job in the UAE, Olaroyu is full of expectations and confidence, "After coming here, the team has achieved good results in some important games, which is the embodiment of the results of our work, and I now hope that the team can continue this momentum." ”
As a "champion professional" in the UAE, can Olaroyu be as successful as ever this time? His response was: "Every time I join a team, I don't immediately wonder if it will be successful. I think we have to do our best to succeed, and success lies in giving our all in every training session and competition. I've won championships in the leagues of the Gulf countries and in leagues of other countries, including China, and it's only with that coaching philosophy that we can get close and be successful again and again. ”
Olaroyu took the initiative to mention China, after all, leading Jiangsu to win the Chinese Super League championship in 2020 is one thing he deserves to "show off". After all, at that time, the outside world was not optimistic about the Jiangsu team. In terms of strength, Guangzhou and Haigang are the big hits, and the Jiangsu team still owes wages, but in the end, they laughed to the end.
"I was very impressed by my coaching experience in China. I miss the team, I miss the players, I miss the colleagues I worked with, but the most important and beautiful moment in the club's history was mercilessly terminated. Olaro couldn't help but sigh.
The dissolution of the Jiangsu team after winning the championship gave Olaroyu a heavy blow, because "the championship team that everyone worked for is gone", and he has not received the salary arrears until now. The Romanian media once reported that Olaroyu sued jiangsu team in the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, but because the club has been dissolved, neither FIFA nor the International Court of Arbitration for Sport can do anything about it. Therefore, the outside world described Olaroyu as a sad coach: volunteered to lead the team to a Chinese Super League championship with high gold content.
The club owes wages and disbands, and for Olaroyu, jiangsu is a wound in his heart that can never heal. "This decision [to disband the team] affects not only the players and staff of the club, but also the fans, especially the fans, this team belongs to the fans, they spend their time and energy on the team they love, and they pay a lot of affection. Professional players can play at one club today and go to another tomorrow, but the fans can only be there, they can't make a change. So, I don't think anyone has the right to make that decision, which cruelly destroys a football club, destroys the hopes of fans, and affects the reputation of Chinese football in the world. After saying these words, Olaroyu was a little excited.
"What surprises me the most is that since you can't run a football club in China, why can you maintain a club abroad?'" said Olaroyu. You know, foreign clubs have a much bigger budget than they do in China. That's the biggest problem, and the one I can't understand the least. ”
Olaroyu is an easy coach to get along with and he has a good relationship with many Jiangsu players. However, if he were asked to name a few of the players he admired the most, he would "slyly" choose to avoid: "I like all the players, so I can't say that when coaching Jiangsu, I prefer one player to another." We have always been fighting as a team, everyone's cooperation is very good, and the championship is the embodiment of work efficiency. I would say that maybe taken out individually, we don't have the best players, but we're one of the best teams. ”
Recalling the bits and pieces of the Jiangsu team, Olaroyu said: "I miss the experience of coaching in China, I lived there very well, I can feel different cultures, which has added a lot of knowledge and new cultural experiences to me. I love China and I love Chinese food, but then again, who doesn't like Chinese food? ”
If there is a chance, Olaroyu said that he still wants to return to China to coach, "If one day, I have the opportunity to return to China, I hope to work at a club that is eager to win, and I am willing to accept a bigger challenge." ”
After leaving China, Olaroyu has been paying attention to Chinese football and watching the world preliminary round of 12 of the national football team. After a period of adventure in China, Chinese football has become an inseparable part of Olaroyu – whether it is the players he has brought with him or the development of football in this country.
Olaroyu has experienced the "Golden Dollar Era" of Chinese football, and for the rational investment in Chinese football now, Olaroyu believes that it is not necessarily a bad thing, "In the short term, the decline in the level of the league is normal, because the income is reduced, and the quality of foreign aid to play in the Chinese league will be affected." But it could help develop more domestic players, and in a few years, Chinese football will become stronger because of this. ”
Olaroyu coached Sharjah FC and the national football team has intersected, when the national football team competed in the round of 12, borrowed Sharjah FC's stadium training, at that time there was a media said to see Olaroyu appear, and speculated whether it would contact the national football team and prepare to take over.
Until now, many people still regard Olaroyu as the most suitable head coach for the national football team, and there are also rumors that the national football team has sought him out, and the Romanian responded: "The Football Association and I have not been in contact, if there is such a possibility in the future, I will feel very honored." ”
With Olaroyu's adaptability to Asian football and Chinese football, perhaps the future will really be a good consideration for the Chinese Football Association.
When asked how to evaluate the former head coach of the national football team, Li Tie, and the current head coach Li Xiaopeng, Olaroyu said: "I know them and hope that the Chinese national football team they have brought or are taking can achieve good results and get more opportunities to participate in high-level competitions." However, I cannot evaluate and talk about my peers, and I wish them all the best. ”