On December 14, Beijing time, Shanghai Port officially announced that the coach of the team last season, Xavier, left his post and the two parties did not renew the contract. At this point, Xavier officially left SIPG and became a rare head coach in the history of the Chinese Super League who led the team to win the championship but did not get retained. In fact, although SIPG is the champion of the Chinese Super League this year, the outside world has been generally optimistic about Xavier's coaching ability, especially after leading the team through the twists and turns in the autumn, Xavier's resignation is actually no longer in suspense.
Counting the reasons for Xavier's resignation, there are mainly four aspects: First, the team suffered a humiliating defeat in the AFC Champions League qualifiers, and lost at home to the Thai team Pathum United, which was vulnerable in the AFC Champions League, making SIPG a big joke in Chinese football even if it is the champion of the Chinese Super League. And during that period, SIPG also stumbled in the league, losing the lead step by step, which completely reflected Xavier's incompetence in dealing with multi-front battles.
In order to curry favor with the veteran players of SIPG, they did not hesitate to leave foreign aid and some players who were in their playing years on the bench, which almost caused serious consequences. In the hands of Xavier, he would rather arrange all the "Chongming Six Tigers" from Xu Genbao's base into the starting list, even if Lu Wenjun is allowed to play as a defender, he is not willing to give more opportunities to foreign aid such as Pinco and Vargas. In fact, Xavier's approach was not based on technical and tactical considerations, but as a strategy to woo veterans. Indeed, this allowed Xavier to win the trust of some of the originally marginalized veterans such as Cai Huikang, but the result was that SIPG's combat effectiveness was seriously depleted.
The third is that he is not good at home, holding a golden rice bowl and asking for rice. Last season, SIPG lost too many points at home, and the home games against Beijing Guoan, Chengdu Rongcheng and other games were disasters.
Fourth, Javier's own personality, typical impulsive and irritable + performative personality, impulsive cards, kneeling to the referee, and scolding his own players, all make him a clown;In the championship battle against Shandong Taishan, Xavier, as the head coach, actually "took the initiative" to apply for a red card to leave, which is even more incredible. In short, from a "temperamental" point of view, Xavier does not seem to be at all suitable as the head coach of a championship division.