It has been 855 days since Lippi left the Chinese men's football team, and 513 days have passed since he announced the permanent end of his coaching career in October 2020. Recently, the topic of Chinese men's football has been high, but Lippi, who is far away in Italy, has long ceased to care. Lippi, who will turn 74 next month, will not coach any team again, but his football career is not over.
Public reports show that Lippi was last interviewed by the Chinese media for more than a year, and his last concern for the national football team was the issue of youth training and the issue of naturalized players. But Lippi also clearly told Teng's reporter that although he will no longer coach any team, he may still re-emerge from the jianghu and play his residual heat in a certain place where he is needed. Lippi also replied bluntly: "I will say that Chinese football will always be in my heart, I will always pay attention to Chinese football, but, as you know, it is not easy to know too much in Italy." And recently, with the defeat of Serie A giants Juventus in the Champions League, rumors and cries of Lippi's reappearance have risen in the Italian media.
Last year, the Italian media had reported that the Fiorentina club planned to sign Gattuso as the manager, and Gattuso intended to invite Lippi as the technical director. Although this news did not come true, Lippi is currently most concerned about Italian football, and often as a celebrity in interviews with television stations and major media, is still active in the Italian football circle. Recently, a Juve fan named "D'ONGHIA FRANCESCO" said that there are many fans in Italy like him, calling for Lippi to re-emerge, such as as the technical director of Juventus, "coaching" the head coach and club manager to make another contribution in cultivating new talents, attracting reinforcements and improving the status quo.
In the more than two years since Lippi left, Chinese football has once again fallen into a historical trough. History has proven that the long-term decline of Chinese football is not a problem that can be solved by a world famous coach. Lippi may come out again, but it will never be related to Chinese football, and the problem of Chinese men's football will be left to future generations to solve.