The remaining four rounds of the Chinese Super League may be the medicine of the last resort
With 26 rounds of competition in the Chinese Super League and only four rounds left until the end of the season, few teams will choose to change coaches or coaches voluntarily resign. However, Nantong Zhiyun manager Gabri became this special case. His team's defeat in four consecutive games made him lose the will to continue coaching, voluntarily resigned to bid farewell to the Chinese Super League, and became another "Lippi" in Chinese football.
Chinese football has attracted many top coaches in recent years, especially with the rise of Jinyuan football, some well-known European coaches have chosen to develop in China. Some of these coaches are motivated by financial temptation, others out of enthusiasm and desire to help Chinese football. Lippi had given up his high salary and voluntarily resigned as head coach of the national team, a move that shocked both at home and abroad.
Gabri is a Spanish legend who has coached promoted Manantong Zhiyun this season. Although Nantong Zhiyun is a new team in the Chinese Super League, Gabri did not back down, but bravely accepted the challenge. The 44-year-old has high ambitions, saying he wants to help build a team with his own style and believes that Chinese players are capable of helping the team achieve better results.
However, no one could have predicted that Gabri would voluntarily resign in just 101 days after coming to Nantong Zhiyun. Obviously, he, like Lippi, was tormented by the team's unsatisfactory results. In the last four games, Gabri's team has lost all of them. In the last round of the league, his team lost to relegation rivals Qingdao Manatee, and Spanish coach Gabri was almost blown up.
It has to be said that Chinese football has its own development characteristics, and many European coaches come to China with good expectations, but they all end in failure. On the one hand, Chinese football has always lacked patience, and on the other hand, foreign teachers need to better understand and integrate into Chinese football culture. In the current situation, it may be that a change of manager has become the medicine of last resort for some teams. (Lao Qiu Super League Review)