{"id":8552,"date":"2019-10-30T04:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T04:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/chinese-football-association-offers-apology\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T04:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T04:35:30","slug":"chinese-football-association-offers-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/chinese-football-association-offers-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Football Association offers apology"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chinese Football Association has apologized to fans for its incompetence in managing and developing the country’s domestic game, in the wake of a humiliating loss to Thailand and the firing of the natio<\/em>nal coach.<\/p>\n

On Mo<\/em>nday the association said it had reached an agreement with Jose Anto<\/em>nio Camacho to terminate his co<\/em>ntract as natio<\/em>nal team coach.<\/p>\n

However, the association said it is unfair to put all the blame on the head coach for China’s poor performance at internatio<\/em>nal level. It accepted its "inescapable responsibility" and said it will make every effort to strengthen the management of the natio<\/em>nal team.<\/p>\n

"First, the selecion standard of natio<\/em>nal players should be changed," the association said in a statement on Monday. "Apart from skill, a player should also possess a never-say-die spirit and sense of honor, which will be the prerequisites for gaining a natio<\/em>nal position.<\/p>\n

"Players who perform passively will be excluded from the squad for the East Asian Cup."<\/p>\n

As the association will also need to pay Camacho a large sum in compensation, it also vowed to revamp its hiring criteria and process, as well as eradicate legal loopholes and risks in contracts.<\/p>\n

In explaining the reason for terminating Camacho’s contract, the association said it was because the Spaniard’s 22-mo<\/em>nth tenure had failed to meet its expectations and that the natio<\/em>nal team had fallen to its lowest point in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the association has started its search for a new head coach and backroom staff.<\/p>\n

The Chinese natio<\/em>nal team will compete in the East Asian Cup in July, and has three Asian Cup qualifiers to play in October and November.<\/p>\n

Among the many domestic and foreign candidates is fan favorite Marcello Lippi, the Italian coach who has led Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande to much success over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

However, the 65-year-old has told Evergrande players he will not co<\/em>nsider any offer before his current co<\/em>ntract ends, unless club owner Xu Jiayin receives instructions from higher up, Soccer News reported.<\/p>\n

Coaches in the Chinese Super League have also turned down the chance of taking the natio<\/em>nal team’s helm, including Gao Hongbo, Camacho’s predecessor, who is now at Shanghai East Asia, and Shanghai Shenxin coach Zhu Jiong.<\/p>\n

Key words:
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\u9053\u6b49dào qiàn\uff1aapologize
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\u7ec8\u6b62zh\u014dn\u0261 zh\u01d0\uff1aterminate
\u5408\u540ché ton\u0261\uff1acontract
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