Li Tie, the head coach of the Chinese men’s football team, said on his social media that he had resigned from all his posts in the Wuhan Zall Club and would concentrate on his job as the head coach of the national team.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 27, Li Tie, head coach of Chinese men’s football team, said in his social media that he had resigned from all his posts in the Wuhan Zall Club and would concentrate on the job of head coach of the national team.
In the statement, Li Tie released a photo of himself attending the inauguration meeting of the new national football coach on January 5, and said: “This photo records an important moment in my career! From this day on, I resigned all the positions of the Wuhan Zall Club and concentrated on the work of the head coach of the national team.”
In the 2019 season, Li Tie, as the head coach of the Super League promotion horse Wuhan Zall Club, led the team to get the sixth place in the Super League. In addition, he also served as the general manager and sports director of the Wuhan Zall Club. On January 2, 2020, Li Tie was officially appointed as the head coach of the national team by the Chinese Football Association. Previously, some media said that Li Tie still served as the general manager and sports director of the Dreher club after taking office.
In addition, Li Tie said in the statement that he had flown to Spain to watch two matches of the Spanish team where Wu Lei was located, and will fly to Dubai, UAE, on March 2 to start a new round of training for the national team, preparing for the first World Cup qualifier of his coaching career.
According to the arrangement, the Chinese team will go to UAE and Thailand to organize training from March 3 to April 1, and will fight against Maldives and Guam in Thailand Buriram on March 26 and March 31. In the current group A standings of the top 40 FIFA World Cup qualification, Chinese men have the second place in the group with A score of 7 points, which is enough to win 2 in 4 battles, 1 draw and 1 negative, the first Syrian team of the group, which was behind more than one match, scored 8 points.