by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

Though there was no official presentation or note regarding a new technical guide from the Chinese FA yet, everything seems to be 100% confirmed, as also reported by our sources in the asian country as well as by the new coach.

After the disappointing experience in Dubai (AFC Futsal Championships, China out after the 1st stage) the era of the brazilian coach Farinha ended. By the way, no doubts on the improvement and good job done during the past years in China by Guilherme Silveira in futsal known as Farinha.

From Brazil to Portugal, the chinese bench will be now managed by the former lusitan legend Andrè Lima who is confirming his great results as a trainer (if a UEFA Futsal Cup with Benfica is not enough!) in China as well, where he just got the Canton regional league title with Guangzhou Guangming overcoming the competition of Shenzhen Nanling Iron Wolf which is the national champion. This achievement was probably the key for the Chinese FA in order to select Andrè Lima as new National Team coach.

The new adventure of Andrè Lima as Chinese National Team head coach will kick-off on September 1st through a training stage in which the new technical guide selected just players Under 23 in order to create a new squad ready to face future challenges, turning into the Asian dominant side. According to this Make Foot report Andrè Lima is also going to sign one more portuguese coach as his assistant.

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