A few days ago, Antonio, a big-name coach who led the 03 national youth team to the quarterfinals of the Asian Youth Championship, accepted an exclusive interview with the media. In this exclusive interview, he expressed for the first time that he hopes to have the opportunity to return to Chinese football coaching. Antonio is a very high-level big-name coach, which can be seen from the good performance of the 03 national youth team in the Asian Youth Championships. At that time, the national youth team was placed in a group with two Asian powerhouses, Saudi Arabia and Japan.
Chinese fans and the media do not think that the national youth team can qualify from the group stage, and think that it would be good for the Chinese team to win one game. Unexpectedly, Antonio, as the head coach of the national youth team, did not choose to give up. On the contrary, Antonio tailored a set of techniques and tactics for the Chinese national youth team according to the characteristics of Japan and Saudi Arabia. The Chinese team decisively gave up the idea of attacking against Japan and Saudi Arabia, and directly played defensive counterattacks.
Antonio felt that with the ability of Chinese players, he could not play pass-and-control football at all. Therefore, Antonio asked the Chinese players not to stick to the ball, and to shoot the ball directly, which is really not okay with long passes. Then the Chinese team is attacking with a sneak attack tactic, and if you don't know it, you will give the opponent a fatal blow. This tactical arrangement of Antonio proved to be very successful.
The Chinese team faced Japan and Saudi Arabia, which were strong, and both performed well in the game, especially when the team completely convinced Saudi Arabia. After the Chinese team defeated the Saudi team, they successfully qualified for the group. At the same time, the Chinese team met South Korea in the quarterfinals, and it was also difficult to distinguish between them. In the end, if it weren't for the declining fitness of the Chinese players and the absence of several key players, the team could have had every hope of beating South Korea.
It is said that Antonio has led the Chinese team to such a good record, and the Football Association should keep him. It's a pity that the Football Association didn't keep Antonio for some reason. On the contrary, after Antonio led the Chinese national youth team to the quarterfinals, he was officially announced to be dismissed. In the future, fans feel that Antonio can go to coach the 08 national junior team and lead this group of players to the World Junior Championship as soon as possible.