It is not uncommon for national football associations to have a gap with foreign coaches, and the way they deal with it is very important

The reporter reported coldly In the field of national teams in world football, it is not uncommon for foreign coaches to have conflicts with the management of the Football Association, but the results are different depending on the way they are handled.

The Football Association's interference in the duties of foreign coaches has triggered "bombardment", which is not uncommon even in European football.

Fabio Capello was in charge of England in open opposition to the FA. In February 2012, the FA removed John Terry from captaincy and removed him from England without prior notice to Capello on the grounds that he was being investigated for racist practices. Capello asked FA president Bernstein why he was interfering in the team's affairs, and the reply was "you don't care about the players." The Italian coach immediately offered to resign, and the FA, which had long been at odds with him, immediately approved it. Years later, Capello still publicly protested to the media against the FA's interference in the team's affairs.

In the summer of 2012, the Russian Football Federation hired Capello with a high salary of 10 million euros, but after the poor performance of the team in the 2014 World Cup, Capello was attacked by the media and fans, and the stubborn Italian coach insisted on not resigning. At the same time, it was revealed through the Italian and British media that the Russian Football Federation owed wages, and by the end of 2014 the total amount had reached 8 million euros. During Capello's tenure, he publicly exposed that he was owed wages, revealing that his patience had reached the limit. He had personally visited the Minister of Sports of Russia, Mutko, but the latter could not do anything.

Although Fabio Capello led his side to a poor performance in Euro 2016 qualifying, finishing third in the group, it is likely that they will not qualify for the European Championship finals. However, because the termination fee is as high as 21.4 million euros, the Russian Football Association, which is still in arrears, cannot fire the coach. The stalemate lasted until July 2015, when Capello finally relented and only took a €3 million release fee. The two sides lost face, but publicly declared that it was a "peaceful breakup".

In the third world of football such as Asia and Africa, it is not uncommon for the national team coach to make the conflict public with the Football Association. The latest case is the clash between the president of the Cameroon Football Federation, Samuel Eto'o, and the national team manager, Belgian Blaise. The latter was appointed by Cameroon's Minister of Sport, not Samuel Eto'o, and contradictions are inevitable. Samuel Eto'o not only appointed an assistant coach to the coaching staff without Bryce's consent, but even banned Bryce's own assistant coach Munonga from the bench. Bryce openly declared to the media that Samuel Eto'o had been banned from the national team's dressing room at the Africa Cup of Nations at the beginning of the year. The contradictions between the two sides have not shown any signs of easing, at least so far.

Of course, the national team coach and the Football Association are not on good terms, and there are also those who eventually break up peacefully.

At the end of 2002, Scolari was in charge of Portugal, and Figo was dissatisfied with the reuse of naturalized Brazilian compatriot Deco after taking office, and the latter even threatened to quit. Dissuaded by officials of the Portuguese Football Federation, it returned after a few months. In the 2004 European Championship, Scolari abandoned the main goalkeeper Baia, which caused a collective protest by the "golden generation" led by Rui Costa, and under the mediation of the Portuguese Football Federation, Scolari gave in and Deco sat on the bench.

After that, Scolari and the Portuguese Football Association had frequent conflicts, during the 2006 World Cup, he violated the rules to accept foreign media interviews, the Portuguese Football Federation President Madayl chose to keep a low profile, allowing Scolari to accept media interviews outside Portugal in his personal name, Scolari also gave face, only accepted an exclusive interview with Brazilian TV, and never exceeded the rules. After a European Championship qualifier in September 2007, Scolari boxed his opponent Serbian defender Dragutinovic and was banned by UEFA for four matches and fined 20,000 Swiss francs. The Portuguese Football Federation first supported the Brazilian coach's appeal, and the ban was reduced from four years to three months. After that, the Portuguese Football Federation fined Scolari 35,000 euros and gave a serious warning, which made the Portuguese media very unhappy.

Due to the constant conflicts with the Football Association, the team stars and the media during his tenure in charge of Portugal, Scolari had given the Portuguese Football Federation a preventive shot as early as the end of 2006, that is, he left the team after the expiration of his contract after the 2008 European Championship. As a result, during the European Championships, Scolari couldn't wait to officially announce that he would be in charge of Chelsea. The move caught the Portuguese Football Federation, the team and the media off guard, and the team was eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals.

When Klinsmann was in charge of South Korea, he did not live in South Korea for a long time, and he was unable to concentrate on scouting players and preparing for the game, which led to poor results, and he even arranged the South Korean warm-up matches in a city close to London, where he was active, in order to facilitate private business activities. The Korean Football Association was very dissatisfied with Klinsmann's various behaviors, and finally fired the German under the impetus of public opinion, but paid a huge liquidated damages of 5 million euros. Of course, Klinsmann, who took the money, publicly stated that he had never been dissatisfied with the Korean Football Association, and also said that this coaching was "an interesting experience, but the ending was too sad".

Belgium's German coach Tedesco stepped down earlier this year, and during his tenure he was at loggerheads with the players and the Football Association, but was calm when he left office.

As soon as he took office in 2023, he stripped him of his captain's armband after Courtois' 100-game memorial match, and Courtois left the team in a bad mood, and the two were like fire and water. Thibaut Courtois, who won the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid in the summer of 2024, failed to make Belgium's European Championship squad. He announced that as long as Tedesco was in office, he would not be called to the national team.

The Belgian Football Association was caught between the coach and the star, the communication was fruitless, and finally Tedesco was fired, but the German regained his composure after leaving the company, took the initiative to refute the rumors and did not have infighting, the matter has been turned over, and Courtois is only a battle of ideas, and there is no personal grudge.