The U20 Asian Cup has been very exciting, with Japan, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Iraq currently advancing to the top four, while the Chinese men's Asian Cup trip is over, missing the last four. In fact, this is a predictable result, after all, the gap between the strength of the national youth team and the South Korean team is too big, even if in the group stage, we defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia 2-0, but this is also an upset match, it can only be said that the Chinese team used the tactics properly, and the players fought hard to win. Facing South Korea, in the 90 minutes of matching, the Chinese men's football team drew 1-1, if the South Korean team did not get a penalty, it would be us who advanced to the last four. So, although the extra time was bombarded by the opponent and finally lost 1-3, no one in China will blame the national youth team players, they have tried their best, what we want to see most is not the score, but whether our players have fought hard, whether they have shown the tenacity of the Chinese team, and people are proud that the U20 men's boys have done it.
In addition to the national youth team players, head coach Antonio is also praised by domestic journalists, his tailor-made anti-counter-tactics for the Chinese men's football team, not only forced the Japanese team to a corner, but also broke through the door of the South Korean team, you must know that in the group stage, the South Korean team scored 6 goals, and did not concede 1 goal, the Chinese team became the first team to break through the door of South Korea in the Asian Cup, which is enough to make people proud. In fact, the biggest role of the head coach is not to turn decay into magic, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if the coach is strong, if the strength of the team is average, it is difficult to have a better performance. But really good coaches can observe the strengths and weaknesses of the team, can maximize the strength of the team, and can also create a suitable tactical system for the team, and Antonio has done it. At this stage, the strength of the Chinese men's football team is average, if you face a strong team, you can only play defensive counterattack tactics, however, this is not Li Tie's tortoiseshell defensive tactics, there is a fundamental difference.
However, I thought that Antonio would continue to lead the U20 Chinese men's football team forward and continue to contribute to Chinese football, but what I didn't expect was that 2 days after the Asian Cup match of the Chinese team, the Football Association operated again, did not renew Antonio's contract, and let him leave. That is to say, at present, the national youth team does not have a manager, and the results have just improved and the coach will be changed, and only the Chinese Football Association may be able to drive out, which makes people very speechless. Antonio is pretty good, what is it to replace him for?
The plan of the football association should be to change the coach, I don't know how to plan, people can't understand, just like when Li Tie was the manager of the national football team, but also shocked everyone's jaws, when it comes to amateur we are professional, the fans' ridicule is too heart-wrenching. Chinese football has been regressing for so many years, is it really all because of the mediocre ability of players and coaches? Not necessarily, Lippi hundreds of millions don't want to return to Italy overnight, think about how deep the water in football is, many players are also corroded by the environment and are helpless, who doesn't want to play well to win glory for the country?
Antonio is leaving China and is no longer coaching the U20 Chinese team, which is a pity. Before leaving, Antonio was still giving advice to Chinese football in an interview with national football reporter Ma Dexing, hoping that Chinese football teams can participate in more international competitions, whether it is invitational matches, warm-up matches or cup matches, and play against top teams in Asia, South America, Europe and so on, which are very important. Antonio's remarks are also worrying, and he hopes that this group of national youth team players will not be forgotten, and it would be a great pity if they were not reused.
All in all, including foreign coaches such as Lippi and Antonio, they all know what Chinese football lacks and how to improve, but they can't finalize the final result. The performance of the national youth team can make fans excited, but what next? It will take a long time for Chinese football to truly develop, and the first goal should be to get back on track and focus on football and nothing else.