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The Chinese media's ridiculous criticism of Paulo Bento has emerged.
China's Sohu Dotcom said on the 29th (Korea time) 'The Chinese Football Association still has no clear policy on the recent appointment of a coach, but rumors are circulating that it is trying to appoint Bento as the head coach of the national team. Bento has coached the Korean national team and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) national team in the past and has taken on several teams in Asia, so at first glance, he seems to have a lot of experience. However, his previous performance is not very good, he began to express negative opinions about Bento's appointment.
The first thing that was pointed out was also the career of Chongqing Lippan. Bento became the head coach of Chongqing in December 2017. At that time, Chongqing was a weak player in the lower ranks of the Chinese Super League. Bento was brought in to become a top-ranked club.
At that time, Bento was appointed to Chongqing with full support, but he failed to support Bento as the Chinese government stepped up and restricted the recruitment of unplanned foreigners. Bento glistened at the beginning, but was dismissed in seven months as he faced tactical limitations. Bento's tendency to insist on philosophy was also a problem, but the main evaluation is that it was a wrong meeting from the beginning.
In this regard, Sohu said 'He spent only half a season with Chongqing, putting him in 13th place in the Chinese league. Due to poor performance, he eventually left the team in the middle. He led the Korean national team for four years, but his best performance at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup was the quarterfinals. It was even worse for the UAE team, and they were eliminated from the group stage. Compared to managers like Marcelo Lippi and Antonio Camacho, Bento's history is definitely ordinary'
He even added that Bento's tactics are not suitable for the current Chinese national team. Looking at the contents, it was not Bento's problem at all. Sohu said 'Bontu tried to implement a strong pressure tactic when he led Chongqing, but the team did not execute it properly. This is actually because the players lacked physical strength. The physical strength of the current national team is not much different compared to a few years ago. If Bento still requires his players to run for long periods of high intensity with similar tactics, that may be too much to ask. It is questionable whether this method can lead to good results. The problem was that the Chinese players were low.
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He also mentioned that Bento's annual salary after stepping down from the UAE national team was 8 million euros (about 12.8 billion won), which is not realistic under the current situation of the Korea Football Association. The story that Bento wants 8 million euros is a story that has never been released except for Sohu.
Finally, whenever the media recruited a foreign coach, it had brilliant results at first, but eventually disappointed. Even if Bento comes, it will probably be the same result. Even if you win a few games in a short period of time, you can only rejoice for a moment, and if you meet strong teams such as Japan, South Korea and Iran in the World Cup qualifiers, you will lose again. Rather than expecting a specific foreign coach to quickly lead the national team to the World Cup finals, it is better to overhaul the youth system. If Chinese soccer does not continue to solve the problem of managerial change, it will be very difficult to perform well,' he said, offering only a negative outlook that has no bottom or end.
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His performance at the World Cup, which led Korea, and his performance at the Euro tournament when he was a member of the Portuguese national team, were not mentioned at all. There is also no talk about Bento's strengths. I can't get rid of the feeling of only shooting criticism, not criticism toward Bento.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
