He did little on Monday, however, to enhance his reputation back home.
“Maybe we are not as strong as other teams, but we work harder. To make a long sentence short, if I compare the Chinese team to the French team, Chinese women work harder and they complain much less,” Bini told reporters in Rio.
Diplomacy may not be a strong suit, but Bini - whose team play Brazil first up on Wednesday - is confident his women will be well drilled on the pitch.
“Expectations are high and we know our responsibilities at this time,” he said.
“The team have been training for one-and-a-half years so the athletes know very well our pattern for games.”
(Reporting by Ossian Shine, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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