First of all, Milu's mentality is stable. When he was in office, he didn't feel that his skills and tactics had improved, but he was psychologically mature. Although, when Milu was in office, he was invincible in six wars with Japan and South Korea: four draws and two losses. Among them, 0:4 lost to Iran. Not even as good as Qi Wusheng.
However, Milu was neck and neck with his opponent in the official competition. Except for Uzbekistan in the last World Cup qualifier, there was no defeat. Think about it carefully, most of them have not entered the World Cup before, and they have not lost to teams stronger than themselves. Basically, they were overthrown by teams that were equal to or inferior to themselves. Just like taking an exam at school. If you can really get the sub-questions right, you won't be deducted for miscalculation. Even if you can't answer many difficult questions, the score will not be too low, but few people can really do it. Milu is an old-fashioned mock exam, but he is good at the big exam and the college entrance examination.
Secondly, Milu is good at employing people, and the preliminaries are very general: only away 1-0 defeated Maldives, at home 3: 1 Cambodia in the first half, and at home 0: 1 Indonesia. He didn't play well in the group match. It turned out that Milu was putting a maze, so he let Xie Hui fight for the header with a side kick, which is the difference between him and other coaches. Jianghu is good at using people and occasions.
Third, the opponents in the Top Ten are generally weak, such as the aging of the United Arab Emirates, the trough of Qatar, Jane's proud physical weakness and Oman's youth. South Korea and Japan did not participate in the top ten in Asia in 2002.
Finally, you can also say that Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng are better than Milu. But the reality is cruel. Except Milu, no coach can bring men's soccer into the World Cup, including Lippi, the most famous silver fox. There are only winners and losers in the game, and the result tells everything. Win is win, lose is lose.