Li Bing (front)
Jiang Guangtai
On the morning of October 31, the staff of the Suzhou Organizing Committee (Green District) of the Chinese Super League played a friendly football match with some media representatives who came to report on the league. In addition to Chen Shuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Li Tie, the coach of the national men's football team, there are also former international footballer Li Bing and two current foreign assistant coaches of the national football team, Colin Cooper and Adrian Lamb.
It is no accident that Li Bing and two foreign teachers appeared in the Suzhou Division. As a member of the technical analysis team of the Technical Department of the Chinese Football Association, they are conducting all-round league technical analysis and related research work, making necessary accumulation for the construction of the technical system of national teams at all levels.
It is understood that due to the impact of the epidemic, the national football team will no longer organize training this year after participating in the October training. However, considering the heavy task of preparing for the second half of the World Preliminary Round of 40, the work of the coaching staff of the national football team has not been "stopped". Since the start of the Chinese Super League, Li Tie has frequently traveled back and forth to Suzhou and Dalian to inspect the competitions, and maintained close communication with clubs and even international footballers.
Not long ago, two foreign assistant coaches of the national football team, Colin Cooper and Adrian Lamb, also returned to work in China at the request of the Chinese Football Association. During the training period of the African national football team, the work roles of the two have also undergone dynamic changes - as members of the technical analysis team of the technical department of the association, they are fully involved in the technical analysis of the Chinese Super League.
Li Bing, who has not taken over the team recently, was also invited to join the technical analysis team of the Football Association to work with two foreign teachers. The three of them are actually providing alternative technical support to the national football coach Li Tie. It is reported that the function of this technical analysis group is not technical statistics or data analysis in the ordinary sense, but combines the various data and indices generated by players in the Chinese Super League to provide technical information support for national brands at all levels. "The Chinese Football Association has been committed to the construction of the tactical system of national teams at all levels, including the national football team. This requires a lot of technical and tactical analysis work, including the exploration of their own technical and tactical playing style, and the analysis of the playing style of potential opponents. Li Bing has excellent international experience and has a wealth of experience in teaching in a number of high-level professional clubs. The abilities and initiatives of the two foreign coaches of the national team also need to be tapped, so their roles will continue to be in the process of dynamic transformation. The person familiar with the matter explained.
In a sense, the Chinese Super League game cycle is also an important preparatory period for the national football coaching team to lead the team. As a national team teammate in the player era, Li Tie and Li Bing have a tacit understanding of cooperation, and the two also maintain close work exchanges in addition to watching the game. The special centralized format of the Chinese Super League this season has also created favorable conditions for the Chinese Football Association to integrate various technical resources.
Recently, Li Tie also got a good news. That is, Jiang Guangtai, a naturalized player of Evergrande who has participated in the October national football training, has been recognized by FIFA to participate in official competitions for the Chinese team. It means that the hard strength of the Chinese team, especially the defensive line, has been improved. There is no doubt that the naturalized players represented by Jiang Guangtai are also the focus of the technical analysis team.
Text/Reporter Xiao Zhao Coordinator/Wang Haozhou
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