Can the men's football team achieve earth-shaking changes with just one Li Tie?

Honeymoon:

After Li Tie took office, he swept through Guam, Madai and other places.

Facing Syria at home in the last round of the Top 40, the Chinese team lost a goal first and all three forces were at their wits end. They scored 5 goals in a row in the half and reversed the opponent 5:1. Successfully succeeded at the last minute with the help of The goal difference pushed Syria into second place in the group. The CCTV commentator lost his temper and shouted: Chinese football does not need to count points this time!

That night, Li Tie’s Weibo account was hacked by fans who came in droves. Everyone left messages saying: I will not be guided by Li Tie in this life!

Many figures in the entertainment industry have begun to take advantage of the popularity of the national football team. Videos and photos of Li Tie's confrontation with Ronaldo during his player days have been repeatedly played on major social media. The self-media circle has invented a new term "iron will" ” became a buzzword in the first half of 2020. An important leader solemnly stated in an interview: Chinese football should still go its own way.

The next day, the Chinese Football Association announced that it would renew its contract with Li Tie until September 2022.

Controversy:

During the preparations for the top 12, Li Tie organized multiple flight training camps between leagues to check the status of the players. During this period, fringe players of the national football team came in and out, but there were no Arranging a warm-up match, he was angrily criticized by a certain national football boss as: It's a waste of time!

Immediately afterwards, in several important warm-up matches before the start of the top 12 tournament, Li Tie let the team's main lineup fight hard against high-level opponents for 90 minutes, resulting in two teams competing for the Chinese Super League championship. A key player was seriously injured. For a moment, the crowd was excited. Fans of the championship team scolded Li Tie for being a hypocrite and deliberately slandering Li Tie's back. Some neutral media people also began to tactfully criticize Li Tie for not knowing how to retain his strength. The early exposure of the law also led to unnecessary attrition before the war.

After finally getting through to the top 12, the Chinese team advanced by one goal but was reversed by Australia with two goals in the first game and lost the first game. After the game, fans and the media commented that the situation was generally reasonable and considered it "expected and reasonable." However, self-media has begun to attack Li Tie for not being able to respond on the spot and failing to adjust his tactics in time to preserve the victory.

In the second away game against Oman, China was unable to attack for a long time despite the overall advantage, and had no choice but to accept a zero-0 draw. When the game was coming to an end, some media captured Wei Shihao on the bench angrily kicking a water bottle. In an interview after the game, Wei Shihao vented his emotions directly to the camera: He wouldn't let me play!

As a result, a public opinion storm immediately broke out. Fans and media lined up to support Wei Shihao and Li Tie respectively. They attacked each other on major media platforms. Football people from all walks of life were forced to do so under the pressure of the media. To take a stand, even domestic football reporters did not forget to ask Klopp when interviewing him: Will you punish players in the team who openly express dissatisfaction?

The end:

Facing Vietnam at home in the third game, the Chinese national team was in a whirlpool and was under tremendous pressure. They launched an uncharacteristically aggressive attack at the beginning. The situation was changing for the Chinese team. When the direction continued to tilt, the young Zall player was too excited tomorrow and received two yellow cards in 33 minutes. The Chinese team was in chaos and was defeated by the Vietnamese team in successive counterattacks. In the end, it was defeated 0:3 at home.

After the game, the fans shouted "Li Tie out of class" for the first time in the stands. Tomorrow was so scolded by the fans that he deleted his Weibo account. The club also announced that Tomorrow would be punished by being demoted to the reserve team. , Tomorrow has never been selected for the national team since then.

In the fourth game, they once again faced their archrival Iran at home. Before the game, some extreme fans publicly insulted the Zall international players and shouted "Change the luggage" in unison shortly after the game started. Li Xing, who had a mental breakdown, scored an own goal in defense of a corner kick to open the scoring for the Iranian team. Then the Persian cavalry went on a rampage, leading by three goals at halftime.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Tie replaced Li Xing, who had completely collapsed, and replaced Wei Shihao with a 433 formation to prepare for a fierce attack, but in the end he was not strong enough and suffered a 1:4 home defeat.

After the game, some media released a "walking" video of Wei Shihao moving 125 meters on the field in 3 minutes, accompanied by the insulting four-finger gesture of Iranian fans during celebrations, which was widely circulated on major media platforms .

The Chinese national team has once again been labeled as "unwilling to make progress", "killing chickens in vain" and "a national shame". All kinds of jokes and insults about the national football team are constantly updated, such as "the national football team is walking on the field", "talking Wei Zhe" and other hot words about the national football team. It became a trending topic on Weibo in one fell swoop.

Under tremendous pressure, Li Tie, who had only accumulated one point in the four rounds, took the initiative to announce his resignation. Later, a big-name European coach with a salary dozens of times that of Li Tie took over the national football team, and the Chinese national team started a new round of "local football". The "Ocean Cycle" begins again.

Epilogue:

On the eve of preparations for the 2030 World Cup, CCTV's "World Football" took stock of "the most exciting national team games in the past decade", the 5:1 home victory over Syria under Li Tie's tenure A game is on the list.