At the recently concluded U23 Asian Cup, the Chinese U23 men were out of the competition with a record of 1-2 in the group match, and were not eligible to participate in the Paris Olympic Games. The U23 national team also ended its mission, and coach Cheng Yaodong and his team also ended their cooperation with the Football Association.
After the dissolution of the 2001 (U23) men's football team, the Football Association began to recruit coaches for the 2003 football team. The Football Association attaches great importance to this recruitment, because this team will participate in the 2026 Nagoya Asian Games and the 2026 U23 Asian Cup.
Therefore, on May 9, the Football Association issued a notice on the selection and employment of the head coach of the 2003 age Chinese U21 National Football Team (the predecessor of the new U23 National Football Team) through official channels.
As soon as this news came out, Antonio, a Spaniard who was once loved by Chinese fans, became the focus.
Antonio, the coach who left a deep mark in the Chinese football industry, has won the recognition of fans and the industry with his unique tactical concept and excellent coaching ability. He once led the youth team of 2004 age group to successfully enter the U17 Asian Cup finals, and led the youth team of 2003 age group to enter the U20 Asian Cup finals in 2022, winning valuable experience for the youth training system of Chinese football.
After Antonio's contract expired, the Football Association did not renew his contract with him, which also caused doubts and dissatisfaction among domestic fans.
Now, with the restructuring of U23 and the approaching of the game, the Football Association is likely to re contact the coach who is very familiar with China. Otonio himself also hopes to cooperate with the national football team again.
In addition to this U23 recruitment, the Football Association has just reached cooperation with Milicic, who will lead the new Chinese women's football team. However, Milicic's appointment has aroused doubts from some journalists and the media (you can go and see the articles you are interested in).
I hope there will be no mistakes in the selection of U21 coaches this time. After all, these players represent the future of China and the achievements of China's youth training. There is no room for worldly wisdom.
The national teams that have completed or basically completed the formation of the football association include:
The coach of the national team (national youth team) in the age group of 2005 will play in the 2025 U20 Asian Cup, and the intensive training will start at the end of May;
The coach of the national team (junior national team) in the age group of 2008, Kenichi Umura, will play in the 2025 U17 Asian Cup, just finished his trip to Europe;
The coach of the 2009 age group national team (the next national youth team), Min Fukushima, will play in the 2026 U17 Asian Cup, just finished his trip to Japan.
After watching these youth teams, each age group has a foreign coach and his team, so the coaches of Chinese football have almost become all foreign.
After reading the above, Xiao Bian suddenly had an immature idea to share with you.
Can we follow the example of the Indonesian Football Association, which has a team of coaches to coach national teams of different age groups.
In this way, the players will be more familiar with the coach's coaching style, and over time, a fixed tactical model will be formed;
The coaching team is also more familiar with the players, which is conducive to the selection of players, and also to a large extent, can eliminate the relationship.
This will form a complete youth training system and a good player circulation system in the long run.
Of course, this will definitely touch someone's cake.
As for U21, can we follow the example of the Uzbek Football Association and form a club to participate in China's second level league tournament (China First Class). If it is better to practice by match instead, of course, the premise is to ensure the safety of the players and not to bow easily away from home.
If you have any opinion on the above two suggestions, you can put forward them to study together, make progress together, and have fun together.
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