Gao Hongbo returned to youth training to help Chinese football take off!
The Qatar Asian Cup has come to an end, and the Chinese men's football team is ranked 18th in this Asian Championship and failed to enter the next round. The Chinese men's soccer team not only performed extremely poorly in the group stage, but also failed to score a goal in the World Cup, which made them suffer a great humiliation for more than 40 years. At the training center on Chongming Island in Shanghai, Chinese football players visited their teacher Xu Genbao during the Chinese New Year holiday.
In addition to this, Xu Genbao also gave a speech to his apprentices, asking them why they performed so badly in Asian competitions. There was also big news from the visit: Gao Hongbo, who has retired from the English Football Association, has found a new job as a new coach for Shanghai Chongming Island and a coach for young players.
After the Chinese men's football team lost in the Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association has announced a new head coach, although there are rumours that they prefer to choose from foreign head coaches, but before the World Series next March, if a suitable player is not found, a new head coach may be brought in from China. Gao Hongbo's takeover as head coach once again caused a heated discussion among fans.
Now Gao Hongbo has been appointed as the technical director of the Chongming Island youth team, which also means that he will not return to the Chinese Football League. As the only two remaining vice presidents of the previous session, Gao Hongbo was able to land safely, which is enough to show that he still has the ability. This time, his return to the Shanghai youth team is also seen as another major contribution to Chinese football.
Recently, Chinese football has suffered a series of misfortunes. The men's football team's defeat in the Asian Cup shows that there is still a huge gap between us and the top teams in Asia. In order to reverse the current disadvantage, only by strengthening the construction of youth training can it get out of the predicament.
Some of the players known as "football celebrities" don't want to play another game anymore and prefer to return to the youth team. In particular, cultivating a group of young Chinese athletes and giving them more opportunities to receive the best football education in the world is also a major way to improve the current situation of Chinese football. The return of Gao Hongbo also marks that Chinese football is about to usher in a new era.