Recently, former national football team coach Li Xiaopeng will officially appear in the Shandong football circle, coaching his hometown team Qingdao Seacow. Li Xiaopeng's abilities and prestige in Chinese football are no worse than Gao Hongbo's, the only thing he can't compare with is that Gao Hongbo once led Yatai to win the 07 season Super League championship. Li Xiaopeng has never won a championship with his team, and the closest he has ever been to a championship was when he led Luneng to the FA Cup final twice.
If it had been a one-game winner-takes-all FA Cup final format at the time, Li Xiaopeng would have created the feat of leading Luneng to win the FA Cup championship twice in a row. However, Li Xiaopeng's luck was very bad, as he encountered a two-leg FA Cup final. Li Xiaopeng won the first leg both times, but was overturned by his opponents in the second leg. Therefore, Li Xiaopeng failed to lead the Shandong Taishan team to win the FA Cup championship and join the ranks of domestic championship-winning coaches.
The highlight of Li Xiaopeng's coaching career later on was serving as the head coach of the national football team. Objectively speaking, Li Xiaopeng's appointment as the head coach of the national football team this time was purely a case of being forced into action. At that time, Li Tie, who was coaching the national football team late in his tenure, was heavily criticized by fans, making many fans feel that he should step down. The Chinese Football Association, under tight time constraints and heavy tasks, invited Li Xiaopeng to take the blame and put out the fire.
As a result, Li Xiaopeng led the national team to a humiliating away defeat against Vietnam on New Year's Eve. This match sealed Li Xiaopeng's fate of stepping down from the national team, and he also spent two years unemployed at home because of this, only returning to the fans' field of vision last season. Last season, Li Xiaopeng was invited by Cangzhou Lions and took up the position of head coach of the team. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and this saying applies equally to Li Xiaopeng.
After taking up the position of head coach of Cangzhou Lions, Li Xiaopeng successfully completed the relegation task with the team. Therefore, Li Xiaopeng won the trust of the fans and once again joined the ranks of domestic famous coaches. For this reason, his hometown team Seacow extended an invitation to Li Xiaopeng, hoping that he could make due contributions to Qingdao football. In response, Li Xiaopeng accepted without hesitation and will take up the post of head coach of Seacow next season to shoulder the responsibility. Choi Kang-hee, on the other hand, is restless and hopes to lead Luneng to defeat Seacow next season.