From the national football team's World Cup qualifying campaign to the Chinese Super League, the topic between foreign teachers and local coaches has always been the focus of discussion from the outside world. Especially when Li Tie is under investigation for suspected serious violations of the law, and Li Xiaopeng’s performance as coach of the national team is dismal, people can’t help but ask: Is there still spring for the local coach? From the perspective of the Chinese Super League, although the local coach has occupied half of the country, the overall performance of the team is poor. Hao Wei coached Shandong Taishan failed to defend the title, Li Jinyu led Wuhan Yangtze River unfortunately relegated, Zheng Zhi could not help Guangzhou team turn the tide. Among the Chinese Super League team that was ultimately ranked 7th, except for Hao Wei and Xi Zhikang, the other five were all foreign teachers.
As we all know, the newly promoted teams in the Chinese Super League have performed strongly this season. In addition to the fact that the clubs have relatively sufficient funds and no salary arrears, one other thing they have in common is that they are all led by foreign teachers. Among them, Pedro led Wuhan Three Towns to win the Chinese Super League championship. Although the team has 5 high-quality foreign players, Malcom, Davidson, Stanciu, Edmilson, and Wallace, as well as Xie Pengfei, Liu Yiming, Micro-Zhunyi, Deng Hanwen, etc. international-level players, Pedro's daily training management and game tactical design have also become the guarantee for the team to win the championship. In many games, the three towns of Wuhan used defense to counterattack tactics after taking the lead, and received very good results.
Under the leadership of Jody , the Zhejiang team once achieved an unbeaten record of 14 consecutive rounds after adapting to the first four rounds. The stable style brought a stable record to the team. In the end, Jodi led the Zhejiang team to third place in the league, creating the best record in the club's history, and returned to the AFC Champions League stage after 12 years. In addition, after experiencing 2 consecutive losses and 6 consecutive draws at the beginning, Chengdu Rongcheng gradually found its form under the leadership of Xu Zhengyuan. In the middle and late stages, it double defeated three towns in Wuhan and defeated Shandong Taishan, which left a deep impression on the fans. And Ristici led Meizhou Hakka , and his unique ground passing and control style in the Chinese Super League has also been recognized by the outside world.
On the other hand, the results of the local coach's leadership were relatively average. Hao Wei failed to lead Shandong Taishan to successfully defend the title. It was a pity especially that the direct contests with the three towns in the two rounds were drawn. Li Jinyu and Zheng Zhi coached Wuhan Yangtze and Guangzhou teams respectively, and both suffered relegation. Although the overall strength of the team was mediocre, the two young coaches failed to bring any blessing to the team as head coaches. In addition, the overall performance of Chen Yang and Yu Genwei coaching Yatai and Jinmen Tigers was also lower than expected. Only Xie Hui and Li Weifeng led the Dalian people and Guangzhou City to play with momentum.
With the end of the Golden Yuan era of the Chinese Super League, I believe there will be more local coaches, especially young coaches, taking center stage in the future, whether at the national team level or at the club level. Whether they can seize the opportunity will not only be of great significance to their own development, but will also have a considerable impact on the overall future development of Chinese football.
