Cannavaro, who has terminated his contract with Guangzhou Football Club, was recently interviewed by Chinese media. Back in Italy, The Coach gave his own insights on the naturalized players, Chinese men's soccer teams and leagues that are currently full of controversy, including sharp attitudes. However, the reason why Cannavaro can basically achieve "love by everyone" in China has a lot to do with his way of dealing with the world and speaking. In the course of this interview, Cannavaro seems to have said a lot of "bad things" about Chinese football, but he once again used a clever way to make people feel that instead of being harsh, they felt that his views were quite insightful.
As the former head coach of Guangzhou, the first thing Cannavaro was asked was naturally the use of naturalized players. When the entire Chinese football world is debating whether the Chinese team should let more naturalized players start and let naturalized players play more time in the round of 12, For this sensitive topic, Cannavaro did not shy away from it, but directly named Luo Guofu.
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Luo Guofu, from the time we were together before, said that he had a weight problem. I made it clear to him from the beginning that I needed him to control my weight until the last day. Even if he scored a few goals, it can still be said that he is not a qualified player in recent years, because a real athlete cannot be more than ten kilograms fatter than others. I told him in person that if it wasn't for the club asking me to sign you, I wouldn't even choose you in the Middle League Tianjin team, but the team made such a choice, such a choice is helpful for the national team, we are for this goal.
--Cannavaro, former head coach of Guangzhou Football Team
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As soon as Cannavaro said this, many people were surprised - it turned out that a national football naturalized player like Luo Guofu, in the eyes of Ka Shuai, could not even reach the level of foreign aid of the Chinese League A team. From this point of view, the national football coach Li Tie does not reuse Luo Guofu, and it seems that he and Cannavaro want to go together. Since both Chinese and Western coaches hold the same view, it seems that there is a certain reason why naturalized players such as Luo Guofu have not been placed in the starting list. Who knows, Cannavaro's sharp turn makes people feel that naturalized players are full of potential.
However, Luo Guofu is a player who knows where he is wrong, a player who concentrates on the game, and a player with very good ability. He knows he needs to manage himself, not only in training, but also during games. He can play a big role in Evergrande and the national team. He's a player who goes from playing for half an hour to a half. Now he can play a half, or sixty minutes, and he can play at a high level.
Never easily deny a player, or deny the player is to make him cheer up, which may be the reason why Cannavaro is willing to "fight for his life" whether in Tianjin or Guangzhou. Even an unruly player like Wei Shihao will say goodbye to Cannavaro through social media after the coach leaves. As the saying goes, "no contrast, no harm", Cannavaro is better than too many domestic coaches in terms of emotional intelligence, including Li Tie, the current coach of the Chinese men's football team. However, in the interview, Cannavaro said a lot of words in support of Li Tie, and also pointed out what he believes is the biggest problem in Chinese football at present.
I don't think the problem is Li Tie, the problem is a little different. We threw all the pots on Li Tie, we were wrong, Li Tie has been picking players. In recent years, he has struggled to find his way. Players like Lo Kwok-fu and Alain can bring a lot, but then what? I think compared to 2017, Chinese football is a bit stagnant, there is no need to blame Li Tie for the mistake. If you want to play in the World Cup, you need time. The World Cup is not something you can get in if you want to, it takes time, it takes hard work, it takes passion. But I sometimes realize that in China, there is no such thing as time, so I often choose the shortest route...
Cannavaro's remarks are, to some extent, a denial of the efforts and changes that Chinese football has made in this World Cup cycle. The meaning that Ka Shuai wants to express is also the consensus of many foreign aid and foreign teachers who have left Chinese football, that is, Chinese football has no patience, but only rushes to pursue results.
In fact, Chinese football does have such a problem, and it feels that with heavy money, you can hire good foreign teachers and naturalize high-level players. However, when the Golden Yuan era of Chinese football ended, when there was news that half of the clubs in the Chinese Super League were in arrears, when the big-name coaches and foreign aides left one after another, when the AFC Champions League became a chicken rib again, people looked back and found that the professional league of Chinese football had returned to ten years ago, and even the level of domestic players who played in the league was not as good as ten years ago. Once the Chinese men's football team fails to impact the Qatar World Cup, Chinese football will probably usher in another trough, and now it seems that the national football team, which is already at a disadvantage in the point ranking and the domestic home field, has not been able to qualify for the Qatar World Cup finals, which seems to be a high probability event.
In this case, those foreign teachers and foreign aides who have left and intend to leave have almost no possibility of returning to China, and what is more, like Carrasco, in interviews with the media, are full of ridicule and ridicule of Chinese football, and there are not a few "white-eyed wolves" like him. And even if Evergrande chose to terminate his contract with Cannavaro, Ka Shuai has never said a bad word about his old club, he said in an interview with the Italian media earlier, "In China, I have always been very good, and the termination is not caused by the crisis of the club." I didn't leave Guangzhou for financial reasons, the club has been paying me a salary on a regular basis. Putting my family first, choosing to go home to my city and giving up 11 months of pay is still a wonderful experience. Ka Shuai's statement like this, that is, to make the old owner Evergrande have a bright face, but also to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere for his termination negotiations with the club, which can be described as another perfect embodiment of high emotional intelligence.
Six years in the Chinese Super League, coaching in Tianjin and Guangzhou, with a handsome appearance and elegant conversation to gain countless fans, temperament and high emotional intelligence Cannavaro can not get around their own achievements shortcomings, six years of time, coaching in two top clubs, but only won a Chinese Super League champion, and Lippi, Scolari compared to, Cannavaro's results are much inferior, but when he faces this problem, he once again showed a charming smile and chose to "show weakness".
It's normal, and any coach is compared to everyone else, except for coaches like Scolari and Lippi. It's not comparable, because they led the team to win the World Cup. But I'm still a few years younger than they are, and I'm a young coach. People always have comparisons, but I don't think they can compare. They are a monument in the history of football, and I am a young coach. So it's definitely that they are more powerful, but in the past three or four years, I have never had Zheng Zhi, Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, Huang Bowen, Zhang Linpeng and all of them together.
This is Cannavaro, a tai chi master with high emotional intelligence and deep knowledge of "words", when people think that he is emphasizing objective reasons, he will suddenly take the responsibility on himself; and when people think that he will confide in his heart or release accumulated emotions, he will show the signature "honey smile", making people wonder what he is thinking. Deep, stoic, passionate, humble, when a variety of different types of labels are attached to The Coach one by one, he seems to have a unique personality charm that can make Chinese fans fall for it, and even dig out their lungs. On the topic of whether to officially say goodbye to China, Cannavaro's answer also met the expectations of many fans, and he even said that he had the possibility of returning to China, just like one of the tattoos on his body "can't say goodbye". Whether it is a true love for Chinese football, or for the sake of "being a person to stay on the line, see you in the future", in short, Cannavaro did not cut off Chinese football, he turned away, but what was left was the concern and thoughts of thousands of Chinese fans.
If Evergrande needs me to go back one day, I don't have any problems. For me, Evergrande is home. Like I said, this is not the final chapter. In Italy we say, 'Two times don't count, three times count'. But for now, because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the ideal is for me to stay in Europe. I don't know when to start coaching again, where to coach. For me, it was important to find the right opportunity.