Reporter Liu Xiangyu, Han Bing reported that although the team has achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, Sui Dongliang will not help the right, the new coach of Guoan has arrived in Beijing, he is the former reserve team coach of Guoan, the Dutchman Stanley Menzo, he is a loyal believer in Cruyff, this week began to lead the team training, the next round of the game against Zhejiang team, will be his debut.
Last weekend, at Guoan's temporary home stadium, Rizhao International Football Center, Guoan lost 2-0 to Shenhua. Although the game was lost, the atmosphere created by the fans at the scene was long gone, and Guoan said that this is what football should look like.
After the game, the stage task of acting coach Sui Dongliang was completed. Xie Feng was out of class, Sui Dongliang put out the fire, 3 games 2 wins and 1 loss to get 6 points, basically completed the goal, the team also achieved a smooth transition from turmoil. Next, he will not return to the echelon for the time being, but will continue to stay in the first team coaching staff.
"I think it's important that the team's style has changed, to get back to the way it used to be a little fast, to walk on the ground and to play oppressively. I keep telling the players to keep playing like this. Sui Dongliang said that from a technical and tactical point of view, Guoan has adjusted, but in the eyes of the outside world, the biggest change in the team is still in the mentality of the players - before the change of coach, Guoan "twilight", now, at least the players have a positive desire on the field, a competitive team is gradually returning.
Sui Dongliang is only the acting manager, the right candidate has been in place, he is an old acquaintance of Guoan, the former reserve team manager, dutchman Menzo.
The night guoan lost to the three towns, Xie Feng resigned, the club's top management met overnight, on the one hand, to determine the change of coach, Sui Dongliang, Wei Kexing to the team to stabilize the situation, on the one hand, the fastest speed to finalize the menzo as the new coach, the club departments to cooperate, in the most efficient way to help the menzo to come to China as soon as possible.
Born in Suriname, Menzo, a player who played for Ajax for 10 years, making more than 300 appearances and winning nine trophies, including the Dutch League, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup, was replaced by Vandersa.
In the Dutch national team, Menzo played only as a third goalkeeper in the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1992.
After retiring in 2002, Menzo assisted Van Basten in the summer of 2004 and spent two years as goalkeeper coach in the Netherlands; At the club level, Menzo's resume is not prominent, only coaching Dutch small clubs such as Volendam and Campble, in addition, he has also assisted Spanish coach Ferrer and Dutch coach Ruten in Vitesse. In 2016, he traveled to South Africa to coach Cape Town Ajax, leaving school at the end of 2017. In May 2018, Menzo negotiated with the Surinamese Football Federation to coach, but due to family factors, it did not work.
At the beginning of 2019, Menzo became the manager of the National Security Reserves and left in November 2020. Last year, he served as manager of Aruba and then Suriname. A few months ago, FIFA stopped financial assistance to the Surinamese Football Federation, which could not afford the salaries of the coaching staff and the travel expenses of the national team on the international match day in September.
The Dutch "Common Daily" revealed that Menzo will officially resign on September 1, ending his more than 7-month managerial career in Suriname. In a video press conference on Aug. 20, Menzo said he didn't want to give up coaching his hometown national team, but "the offer I received could not be rejected, and I will make significant progress both athletically and financially." At the time, he did not disclose his whereabouts, but Guoan was his next home.
Menzo's career was not particularly prominent, and he became famous in Dutch football in large part because he fought against racial discrimination on the pitch. Last year, Menzo published an autobiography recalling years of racial discrimination he endured while in Ajax.
In terms of football philosophy, Menzo is a big believer in Cruyff's all-attack and all-defense tactics, and is a pioneer of the goalkeeper who controls the ball in the box and even rushes out of the box to launch an attack. It is worth mentioning that it was Cruyff who created the position of goalkeeper coach at Ajax, because he found that only those who have been a goalkeeper can train goalkeepers.
As a player, Menzo had a brief stop at Eindhoven, but he said he grew up in Ajax, wherever he was, an Ajax, "that way of thinking is always special to me." ”
Menzo once served as the manager of the National Security Reserve Team in 2019-2020, and the "famous work" was to lead the team to eliminate Chengdu in the FA Cup, when he brought Liang Shaowen and Ruan Qilong, the outside world was not familiar with them, but in the FA Cup, this group of young young newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, have vitality, the team integrity is very strong, the tactical discipline is clear, staged a classic good play of weak victory over strong, Menzo's mobilization in the locker room and the command on the sidelines, is equally impressive.
In the evaluation system within the national security system, Menzo has always been recognized as a good coach, but unfortunately he left for personal reasons.
In the early years, those who left from Guoan were difficult to return to. But this "rule" has long been broken, and Menzo's return this time may bring something different.
Over the past few years, Guoan youth training has been based on the Dutch system, and Menzo knows this very well, and more importantly, he also knows Guoan's players. Many of the reserve team players he has brought have been promoted to the first team. Being good at developing young players is Menzo's strength. But taking over a team requires a process of articulation, and menzo needs to adjust the state of the old team members while cultivating young people, so that the whole team is more energetic and competitive, which is not easy.
From all indications, Guoan's hiring of the doorman this time is not a short-term behavior, if the performance is good enough, he will lay a solid foundation for Guoan in the next few years, which is also what the club expects. From another point of view, combined with Guoan's current own situation, although the fame is not very large, but Menzo such a cost-effective coach is also the most suitable.
Menzo has arrived in Beijing and, starting this week, he will preside over the team's daily training, and Guoan's next match, the 16th round against Zhejiang on September 5, will be his debut.
"Old trees sprout new shoots", today's Guoan needs new blood, after the new coach is in place, Guoan's goals and positioning this season are more clear, while playing a good game, I hope to cultivate more new people.