In the off-season of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port Club fired the first shot at the change of coach, and they decided to give up the renewal of the contract to lead the team to win the league championship head coach Xavier. Not surprisingly, Yokohama Mariners coach Muscat will replace the former to take over the Harbour coach. Not long after this news was announced, after Xavier, the second Chinese Super League club to change the head coach was officially born.
The team is the Qingdao Manatee Club, which was promoted last season and is a newcomer to the Chinese Super League. According to Tianjin media "Tonight", Qingdao Manatee management is not satisfied with the coaching performance of head coach Antonio, even though he led the team to complete the relegation work last season and led the team to the semifinals of the FA Cup. As for the reason for the change of coach, the media said that the Qingdao team has higher goals for the new season, and Antonio does not meet the requirements. In the 23rd season of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao Manatee has a total of 7 wins, 7 draws, 16 losses, and 28 points, ranking 13th in the Chinese Super League standings.
Antonio, a Spanish born in 1980, is now 43 years old, and is not an experienced coach. He has served as an assistant coach of Tianjin TEDA, the U21 coach of the Henan team, and the acting coach of the Henan team, etc., during which he has not achieved outstanding results. Antonio is a defensive-minded coach who is best at using a 5-3-2 formation and counter-attacking tactics. At the beginning of the season, Qingdao Manatee chose to sign Antonio, probably because of his defensive layout ability, hoping to lead the team to relegation. After the season, Manatee chose to give up on him, probably because he was only suitable for leading the team to relegation, not for leading the team to impact better results.
After Antonio's class, who can take over the Manatee coach? Excellent foreign coaches are definitely the first choice, considering that Qingdao Manatee has limited operating funds and cannot bring in as much reinforcement as the harbor team, it is estimated that they will find a cost-effective and experienced coach in the Japanese and Korean leagues. If you don't find it, it really can't rule out that you will throw an olive branch to former national football coach Li Xiaopeng.
The latter is currently unemployed, unemployed, and has the conditions to work. In addition, Li Xiaopeng is also a native of Qingdao, and he should have a strong willingness to contribute to his hometown team. And compared with his coaching results, Li Xiaopeng will also be much better than Antonio, the former at least has national team coaching experience, the best coach in the Chinese Super League and other awards. In the end, it will be interesting for fans to see who will come out on top!
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