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on september 12, beijing time, after the chinese national football team was defeated by saudi arabia, fans left messages under the only weibo post by former chinese national football coach gao hongbo in 2010, calling on gao hongbo to come back. so does the chinese national football team really need "little gao" now?

why is gao hongbo unforgettable?

the reason is very simple, because when gao hongbo coached the chinese national football team for the first time, he did bring many surprises to chinese fans that are totally unimaginable today!

in the 2010 east asian four nations championship, gao hongbo led the chinese national football team to a draw with the host japan, which had only its main players except honda keisuke and hasebe jō, and defeated south korea 3-0, ending the 32-year-long "korea-phobia" and eventually winning the championship.

in the warm-up matches, gao hongbo led france to a surprise 1-0 victory over the world cup champion france, a 1-1 draw with germany, a 1-1 draw with paraguay, and a 3-0 victory over the bundesliga powerhouse leverkusen.

in the 2011 asian cup, gao hongbo led his team to a 2-0 victory over the gulf cup champion kuwait, but unfortunately they then lost 0-2 to the host qatar and drew 2-2 with uzbekistan, failing to enter the quarterfinals.

data shows that gao hongbo achieved a record of 23 wins, 11 draws and 4 losses in his first coaching career as chinese national football team coach, with a winning rate of nearly 60% and an unbeaten rate of over 90%. his world ranking rose from 108th to 69th.

why was gao hongbo dismissed?

the most direct reason for gao hongbo's dismissal for the first time was his elimination in the group stage of the asian cup. however, reporters later revealed that gao had reached an agreement with the football association when he first took office that the asian cup was a training session and the ultimate goal was the world cup qualifiers, so he did not care too much about the results of the asian cup. unexpectedly, after the game, capital and "interested people" suddenly intervened and took away the coaching position, allowing camacho to coach.

later, a team member told the reporter: "if coach gao continues to lead us, i can't guarantee that we can make it to the world cup, but we will definitely not be eliminated in the top 20. at least we can make it to the top 10 because we are playing very maturely, and the atmosphere within the team is especially good."

gao hongbo coached the chinese national football team for the second time and led the team to the top 12, but the turning point was the 0-1 loss to syria. xu jiang revealed that after gao hongbo led the team to the top 12, the football association confirmed that he would continue to coach. gao asked for a foreign assistant coach, and the football association asked him to contact him himself. gao hongbo had no choice but to write an email to the foreign coach who applied for the national football team, inviting him to join the national football coaching team, but the football association did not pay him much.

in the match against syria in xi'an, the leaders of the football association, the boss of evergrande and lippi were watching the game in the stands. xu jiang said: "i knew lippi was coming before the match in xi'an. do you think he was not good enough?"

does the chinese national football team need gao hongbo?

after being dismissed from the national football team, gao hongbo became the head coach of beijing north control yanjing in the china league one in 2017 and served until 2019. in the same year, he became the vice chairman of the chinese football association. he chose to resign last year and now serves as the technical director of the beijing football association.

gao hongbo is now 58 years old, which is not considered old, at least much younger than ivan. but after all, he has been away from the first-line coaching position for 5 years. it is difficult for him to keep up with the trend of modern football. he seems to have no intention of taking up the coaching baton again.

therefore, it is impossible for the football association to let gao hongbo coach the national football team again, and gao hongbo may not be willing to wade into muddy water again and ruin his reputation in his later years.