Cheng Yaodong, the coach of the 01 age group (that is, the U21 national football team), recently accepted an interview with football newspaper. Cheng Yaodong said that especially in the trough period of Chinese football, as a practitioner of Chinese football, he cannot give up, and his goal is to bring the National Olympic Games to the main competition field of the Paris Olympic Games in the following year.
Among all the national teams of the Chinese men's football team, the national football team is undoubtedly the most important, followed by the national Olympic age group. Cheng Yaodong has successively coached a number of national echelons, of which the 01-year-old national Olympic Games is the main force impacting the Paris Olympic Games, so he also got the opportunity to participate in the Chinese Second Division in the first 2 seasons.
Cheng Yaodong revealed that compared with 10 years ago, the current selection of materials is almost the same, but the requirements for material selection are higher, his current task is to find more suitable players for the team, "the preliminary round starts next year, we want to find as many good players as possible, last year we will find 10 good players of the right age in the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division and the National Games." ”
01 The main and almost only goal of the national football team is the Paris Olympic Games and its preliminaries, Cheng Yaodong said that his goal is to bring the team to Paris, "According to our current level, we will leave step by step, first from the preliminary round, and then strive for the U23 Asian Cup (to undertake the Olympic preliminary task) group qualification, and then there is a knockout round, and finally get the Olympic qualification." ”
The current Chinese football is in an unprecedented trough, Cheng Yaodong said, even so, as a practitioner of Chinese football can not give up, "this is the reality, our results are very poor, but can not say that it has not been good, now is the second-rate in Asia, through the efforts will slowly develop in a good direction." We can't complain that the environment is not good, we can only bury our heads in hard work and strive for a breakthrough. ”