The General Administration intervened in the selection of the national football coach, and Li Ming will be the head of the Chinese coaching staff.
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Tencent Sports News Just when everyone thought that Liu Chunming would be the head of the Chinese coaching staff of the national team formed by Folado, suddenly Li Ming appeared. It was reported that Li Ming would be the final candidate for the head of the Chinese coaching staff. What led to the change in the selection of the coaching staff turned out to be the attitude from the State Sports General Administration.
At the beginning of this year, Li Ming set a football record in China: an official from a local club held the position of national team. At that time, Li Mingcheng, who was the leader of Shide team, won the praise of the leaders of the Football Association for his performance as an assistant coach of Zhu Guanghu national team. It is this that created conditions for his comeback today. After losing the Asian Cup of the national team, Li Ming, who was infected with dengue fever, returned to Dalian directly from Malaysia and did not attend the final summary meeting of the national team. He even publicly stated that he would resign as the assistant coach of the national team.
Two months later, Li Ming will come back again. This time, he will not continue to serve as an assistant coach, but will be the head of the Chinese coaching team of the national team under the command of Folado. Previously, Liu Chunming was the most popular candidate for this position. Just when the outside world thought that this candidate had been finalized, Li Ming suddenly surfaced. It is understood that the main force that led Li Ming to the Chinese coaching staff came from the State Sports General Administration, not the Football Association.
On the issue of Zhu Guanghu, the State Sports General Administration is very dissatisfied with the practice of the China Football Association. This time, they intervened in the selection of coaches of the Football Association, mainly because they felt that the China Football Association always invited some old coaches to take charge of the work. They thought that the younger generation of coaches who were younger, more capable and easier to integrate with the international community should be put on important posts, so that they not only had better exercise opportunities, but also could change the current boring work situation.
The biggest obstacle for Li Ming to be the Chinese coaching staff of China national team is from Dalian Shide Club. When he was an assistant coach of the national team, Li Ming was the team leader of Dalian Shide Team, but now he is a club boss who needs to be asked about major issues and minor issues. Whether he can work for the national team in two places and whether Shide Club can release people are the main issues in this matter.
However, the General Administration of Sports of China has solved this problem. They have personally communicated with Xu Ming, the owner of Shide Club, and got the support of Xu Ming. Xu Ming expressed his support for the work of the national team and Li Ming’s playing for the national team.
However, how Li Ming solves the contradiction between the work of the national team and Shide Club is the biggest test for him to take office. In an interview, Li Ming said that his main energy is now thinking about the league of Shide team. Although he also heard about the national team, he still doesn’t know the progress of the matter.
Editor: Lu Fangfei