The Chinese men's football team has recently made a lot of noise about whether the head coach will change the coach, while Li Xiaopeng and his disciples are still training during the quarantine period, after the end of the quarantine, Li Xiaopeng will report and summarize to the national football management, and if a solution is proposed, it is likely to be retained. The Football Association has repeatedly insisted on using local coaches to impact the World Cup, and in stark contrast, Iraq has determined the 2026 World Cup impact strategy in advance and insisted on hiring foreign coaches under the condition of limited budget!
As we all know, in the course of this round of 12 matches, the Chinese men's football team, under the leadership of 2 local coaches Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng, has only achieved a record of 10 wins, 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, ranking 2nd from the bottom of Group B, and 8 points away from oman in the 3rd to last, which has caused huge criticism and questioning. Although the Iraqi team in Group A did not qualify, the team ranked 4th in Group A, only one win away from the 3rd place play-off qualification!
Obviously, Iraqi football this time the top 12 performance is better than the national football team, but the Iraqi Football Association still began to plan the direction of the 2026 World Cup in advance, in the latest Iraqi Football Association Council, the Iraqi Football Association determined the 2026 World Cup impact process, or insist on hiring foreign head coaches, and will give the head coach up to 4 years of full tenure, so that Iraq to establish a mature way of playing. And such a decision directly hit the face of the Chinese Football Association that insisted on using local coaches!
According to the news, the Iraqi Football Association can only receive about 2.055 million US dollars a year from the government, and these budgets have to maintain the Expenditure of the Iraqi Football Federation throughout the year, and under such a tight budget, the Iraqi Football Association has still not given up the practice of introducing excellent foreign coaches. Iraqi football, like Chinese football, needs to be improved in the scope of Asian football, and they not only make plans for the next preparation cycle in advance, but also have a clear understanding of the role of foreign coaches!
Chinese football needs more excellent leaders, and almost all the peak moments of the Chinese men's football team are created by foreign coaches, including Milu, who successfully qualified for the 02 World Cup, Perrin, who achieved a good result in the Asian Cup, and Lippi, who almost qualified successfully in the last round of 12. I have to say that the Chinese Football Association should also sum up the lessons learned as soon as possible and decide the latest plan for next year's Asian Cup and even the 2026 World Cup as soon as possible, and changing coaches may be the wisest choice! (Lao Qiu Chinese Super League Ball Review)