The performance of the national football team in the round of 12 can no longer be described in words. And where will Li Xiaopeng go after the round of 12? Many fans and some media believe that Li Xiaopeng will come down from the position of national football coach. However, in the "World Football" column on the evening of March 30, Li Xiaopeng has already given an answer to this. He said: "When I take over, the most important thing is next year's Asian Cup. From this point of view, when the Football Association called Li Xiaopeng to become the manager of the national football team, it did not take the round of 12 as the basis for assessment, but fully prepared for the 2023 Asian Cup, so we also concluded that at least in Li Xiaopeng's mind, his expectation was that he would not leave the class before the Asian Cup.
In the interview, Li Xiaopeng also talked about a situation that made him wonder, he said: I wonder if players can't play well in the national team; to earn this money, you have to bear the pressure.
Although this is a big hidden worry of the national football team, this should not become a place for Li Xiaopeng to wonder, he is a person in the circle, he should be able to see clearly than anyone. If you push forward all four or five years, everyone knows that golden dollar football will not last long, and taking advantage of the "dividend" era of Chinese football, who does not want to play more opportunities in the club and make more money? Therefore, the club is full of life, and the national team copes with things, which is almost everyone's consensus.
Therefore, there is some hypocrisy about what Li Xiaopeng said in the "World Football" column. In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Gao Hongbo led the team to lose to Uzbekistan, and then at the post-match press conference, Gao Hongbo proposed to leave on his own. At that time, a reporter asked him what happened in the night before the game. Gao Hongbo said: Some things cannot be said now, and perhaps they will be declassified many years later. And Gao Hongbo used an environment of "scientific management of Chinese football" to interpret at that time, what does this mean? Since Wen Shizhen became president, none of the five or six consecutive presidents of the Chinese Football Association have played football. From this point of view, how can Chinese football be good?
Li Xiaopeng also talked about the self-confidence of the national team players, believing that it may be better to have a top psychological master for counseling. In fact, I don't think so, a fan made a comment on this, I think it is very reasonable, this fan said: I watched the Tianjin men's basketball team this year, when I won seven consecutive wins, the host said a sentence I agree with, he said, the confidence on the field is very simple, that is, constantly winning, I am not a result theorist, but for these players, the results are not good, the blow to their confidence is huge, just like a kind of fate, only constantly win to break, the Japanese team is not like today at the beginning, They also continue to accumulate, and then begin to defeat some powerful opponents, and constantly build confidence today, but in the end, football is not a flash of inspiration, but a thick accumulation.
Li Xiaopeng explained that next year's Asian Cup is an important part of his coaching of the national football team, but this situation is actually not "accurate" at all, and the Chinese Football Association is by no means the "master" of "a blueprint to the end". In other words, the Dubai Cup China U23 played average, if it can play well, maybe Yangović will immediately succeed Li Xiaopeng as the national football coach.