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On the afternoon of August 16, the Chinese Football Association announced through official channels that Antonio Pouche, a Spanish coach who led the 2003 Chinese U20 national football team to the quarterfinals of the U20 Asian Cup last year, stood out from many candidates and became the head coach of the 2003 Chinese U21 national football team, that is, the new Chinese men's football Asian Games age-appropriate team (also the next U23 national football team). It is understood that in addition to his relatively successful coaching experience during his previous work in China, Antonio was able to impress the Chinese Football Association because the two sides finally reached a consensus on the cooperation price.

In May this year, the Chinese Football Association issued a notice announcing the open recruitment of the new head coach of the 2003-year-old Chinese U21 national football team. It is understood that by the deadline for application stipulated by the Chinese Football Association, more than 60 Chinese and foreign coaches had submitted their application materials in different ways. Among the applicants were youth training experts from European football powerhouses, some former Chinese national team players, and local coaches who had coaching experience in domestic professional clubs.

The Chinese Football Association strictly follows the procedures to promote the selection and recruitment work, and further narrows the scope of candidates for selection. It is reported that about 8 foreign coaches have entered the preliminary selection range, and Antonio is among them. In order to ensure the fairness, justice and professionalism of the selection, the selection working group also arranged expert committee members to conduct comprehensive scoring for the main candidate coaches. Among them, Antonio and a former youth training director of a well-known Bundesliga club scored relatively high. The selection team was originally interested in hiring the youth training director of the Bundesliga club based on the coaching philosophy, coaching experience and experience, cooperation price and other factors explained by the candidates. However, during the selection process, the coach found a new job. The selection team had to restart the selection process. Antonio and another Spanish coach who once coached the UAE Olympic team, former Barcelona U19 coach Denis Silva, became the new "ultimate candidates."