On October 28, Lippi, the new coach of the national football team, answered questions from reporters at a media meeting. On the same day, Lippi, the new head coach of the Chinese national men’s football team, held a media meeting in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Yong
On October 28, Italian coach Lippi met with the media in Beijing for the first time since he became the new coach of Chinese men’s football. It was October 27, 2012, when Lippi, the then head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, took to the stage to celebrate Evergrande’s early win of the Chinese Super League. Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 28: The international players only play 40% of the new national football team for Evergrande team
- Lippi’s debut only talks about "dry goods"
Xinhua News Agency reporter Yue Dongxing, public soldier Zheng Dajin
Lippi, the most successful coach in the history of Chinese men’s football, showed the courage of a world-class coach when he made his first public appearance after taking office on the 28th. He bluntly said that there are still 60% of the national team players who can be inspired. He will do "all possibilities" to lead the national football team to try to complete the "now seemingly impossible task" of qualifying for the World Cup through technical and tactical transformation, building a "two teams" with one heart "and psychological construction of a sense of responsibility.
Under the attention of more than 190 Chinese and foreign journalists, the World Cup champion coach, nicknamed "Silver Fox", used an inspiring opening statement to encourage the Chinese men’s football team, which only scored 1 point in four games in the last 12, to continue to fight.
"For Chinese players, I believe they are all capable and capable players. They don’t need to be jealous of other national team members because they can be players of the same level. What they need is to increase their own sense of responsibility, the sense of mission of the country and their own responsibility," Lippi said.
The problem that needs to be solved urgently – the internationals only play 40%
Lippi, who led Evergrande to create the "Guangzhou miracle", has his own opinion on the level of Chinese players. He said: "Why our internationals play very well in the club, perform very confidently in the club, very passionate, after reaching the national team, they can only play at the level of 40% of the club. This is a problem we need to solve in the shortest time."
Mr. Lippi, after watching China’s four last-12 matches, commented that the group situation was "worrying" at the moment, but "not to the point where it is impossible to advance". "I watched four games and what I saw was more of a balance than a match where the opponent was completely above the Chinese team."
As for the reasons for the poor results, Lippi said that "the previous work was not very smooth". He is also very clear about his task. "At this time, there is a new coach, and what he can do is to build his own style in terms of skills and tactics, and then there is psychological construction, so that the players can gain confidence."
Psychological construction – self-confidence and responsibility
Lippi, who once led Italy to the World Cup title, constantly emphasized the sense of responsibility of the national team players and the confidence that the international players should bring back from the club.
"What you have to tell the players is that once they put on the national team jersey, it’s the highest honour and the biggest reward for the players," he said. "They need to be at the level they played at the club, put on the national team jersey and work for the country."
He stressed: "Players must not only have excellent physical fitness, a sense of cooperation, but also a spirit of dedication to this country, a sense of taking on the rise and fall of football in this country, and then we need to build the technical and tactical play of this team."
Regarding confidence, he said that the game needs to be played one by one, and it needs to be analyzed one by one. "If we can win Qatar in the next game, the group situation will be more optimistic, the players will gain confidence and confidence, and we will also grow through the team to hope to achieve this task that seems impossible now – to qualify for the World Cup. So it will take a long process, it will take time to help the team grow, and we will see where we can go in the process."
Two teams working together — I’m the maker.
Lippi stressed: "I would like to say that we need to form a collective at present. A team is not just about wearing the same jersey, but to form a collective consciousness, helping each other on the field, helping teammates when they are in trouble, showing all their strength, don’t hold back, ask players to fight as a group, if we are united, we will not be afraid when we play against any team."
Lippi also stressed the authority of the head coach in team building. "This is not my first time coaching a national team," he said. "For me, coaching a national team requires building two teams, one is the players who play on the field, and the other is the team that helps these players – this team includes the head coach, the coaching staff, medical care, logistics, the functional areas of business of the Football Association, all together to help our players."
"As the builder of these two teams, our goal is to help the progress of Chinese players. Through the progress of the national team, we can promote the development of the whole Chinese football."
Evergrande team, the foundation of the national football team
Regarding the new national football training list, Lippi said that it has been determined, but it is necessary to wait until the end of the club game to see if there will be injuries before considering.
When it comes to personnel selection, Lippi said that if you look at world football, you will find that many national teams will gather 6-7 players from the same club as the foundation of the national team. This choice is made because these players have been together for a long time, they are very familiar with each other, and they "have developed a fixed mindset about winning". "Including their experience in the game is very useful. Especially in the first game [against Qatar], we need to think more about safety and insurance."
Therefore, Lippi said that Guangzhou Evergrande players will be called up in this training camp to form the national team’s playing style, and players from other clubs will definitely be called up to bring new vitality to the national team.
