In this U23 Asian Cup, China U23 only achieved 1 win and 2 losses, and finally missed the knockout round, and said goodbye to the Paris Olympics in advance. In fact, as early as when Cheng Yaodong took over, he was questioned by the outside world, and with the so-called training again and again, the outside world was even more optimistic about Lao Cheng, and the final outcome also confirmed the speculation of the outside world. Although the decline of Chinese football is not anyone's problem, none of the local coaches have succeeded in leading the national team, such as Jia Xiuquan and Shen Xiangfu, which are typical cases. Now there is news that Lao Cheng will no longer continue to coach the national team.
On April 24, 2024, Ma Dexing, a reporter from the domestic media "Sports Weekly", interviewed the coach of the U23 national football team, Cheng Yaodong, during which they talked about many related topics about the U23 Asian Cup and the Chinese Olympic team. Cheng Yaodong said that he was satisfied with the performance of the national Olympic team and could score a passing grade, but also regretted that he could not score points in Japan. At the same time, he is also full of confidence in local coaches, and feels that foreign coaches are actually the same as local coaches, as long as they are suitable and capable.
Finally, Cheng Yaodong also said personally: "(After the U23 Asian Cup) take a rest first, if you qualify, you will definitely continue to work and lead the team below." Now it's not qualified, and it doesn't seem like there's a problem in that regard, because the contract is over. It can be seen from his words that Cheng Yaodong personally stated that he would not continue to lead the national team. This also means that the next U23 national football team, U20 national football team, etc. will not be coached by him. Some people think that this seems to mean that it is dawn, after all, the results of Lao Cheng's team are really unreachable.
According to the data, since January 2018, Cheng Yaodong has been coaching the U19 national football team, and then has coached the U20, U21, U22, and U23 national football teams in four age groups. Judging from the results, Lao Cheng failed to achieve the expected results of the outside world, and it can be said that he directly brought down the National Olympic Games and abolished 5 national youth teams. In fact, this year's U23 national football team also has some good seedlings, such as Mutalifu, Tao Qianglong, Eiffelding, Xie Wenneng, Baihelamu, "Walnut", Wang Yudong, etc., but Cheng Yaodong seems to have failed to find the National Olympic instruction manual, and these people have not played to their maximum combat effectiveness.
If the players are the ingredients and the coaches are the cooks, then a good chef can make the same ingredients even more delicious. The U20 national football team was in the same group as Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Tajikistan, and its difficulty in qualifying was no less difficult than that of this national Olympic team, but Antonio brought the national youth to the knockout round, and almost solved South Korea in 90 minutes. Players such as Eiffelding and Mutalifu have shown great fighting power under Antonio. In this way, the same ingredients can really express different flavors in the hands of different chefs.
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