Newsmaker: Soccer-Li in line to continue in China's impossible job

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China's success-hungry football fans place crushing demands on the national team and no one knows that better than the current coach, former ...

China's success-hungry football fans place crushing demands on the national team and no one knows that better than the current coach, former Everton midfielder Li Tie.

Li stepped up to succeed him and turned around China's fortunes and a run of four straight wins secured a place in the July 1 draw for the final round of Asia's preliminaries for the 2022 World Cup. Li has not always been so trusted by the country's football establishment and he understands how quickly plaudits can turn into brickbats.

That failure haunted the Chinese until Bora Milutinovic steered the country to the 2002 World Cup, but the dark days were soon to return.

 

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