According to internal news, China's Football Association is conspiring to shake up Li Xiaopeng's position, and given that the national football team has no recent tournaments scheduled, the change will be implemented gradually, with the goal of completing it by the end of 2022. Regarding the successor, it is not Yankovic, who previously led the national soccer team in the East Asian Cup, and whose main responsibility at the moment is to take charge of the national Olympic team, and is not being considered for the time being as the head coach of the adult national team. According to the outlet, a dark horse candidate who stands out and is expected to be the new head coach of the national soccer team is former Suning boss Ola Lajoieu, whose name has been hotly debated by the FA several times, much to the surprise of fans.
The 53-year-old Ola Roju, a Romanian national, played for Bucharest Stars, a leading soccer team in the Romanian League, but his career was not brilliant. After his retirement, he moved to many countries, including Suwon Samsung in East Asia and Chiba Ichihara in the J. League, and after his retirement in 2001, he returned to Romania to coach, and served as the manager of Bucharest Star, and in 2007, he set foot in West Asia, and has coached in Al Hilal, Saad, Ahli and other powerful teams.
In West Asian football, Olaroyu won league and cup titles and led Ahly to the final of the 2015 AFC Champions League season, ultimately falling short by a single goal to Evergrande in his first ever meeting with a Chinese team.In 2018, he joined Jiangsu Suning and led the team to win the Chinese Super League title two years later. However, with the dissolution of Suning, Olaroiu had to bid farewell to Chinese football. Despite his desire to take charge of the Romanian national team, he ultimately failed to do so and is currently coaching Sharjah in the UAE.
From the personal experience and coaching ability of Olaroyo, he is fully capable of leading the national football team, but such a change seems to be too hasty. Li Xiaopeng took office only six months, led the team to participate in four qualifying matches, has not yet formed a stable lineup and tactical system, the national football team failed to qualify for the Qatar World Cup is not his responsibility. Of course, Li Xiaopeng coaching four games, the overall performance of the national football team is not as good as Li Tie period, which is also the reason why he was criticized. But considering the current situation of the Chinese men's soccer team and the plight of the soccer world, the problems of the national soccer team can not be solved overnight by replacing the coach, even if it is the world champion coach Lippi can not do anything about it, and the other foreign coaches can be much better than him? Therefore, the Football Association to give up Li Xiaopeng, once again choose foreign coaches, may not be the best choice.
