The Asian Cup did not score a single goal and qualifying was not optimistic. The national football team led by Jankovic was in a "dark night". Picture/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Xiao) Before going to the Asian Cup, the national football team set a goal of reaching the top eight. On January 23, the National Football Team group stage ended, and whether they could qualify could only wait for the results of other groups. In the eyes of the outside world, the Chinese Football Association needs to put coaching changes and team reconstruction on the agenda as soon as possible. After
lost to Qatar, Jankovic was asked about his personal future at the post-match press conference. He said that he would not focus on himself. "I have been in China for 6 years. Before that, I trained the next generation of Chinese football players. Later, I represented the Chinese team in the East Asian Cup and World Cup preliminaries. For me personally, these are valuable experiences. My focus is on China. In football, it will not be on yourself."
Yang Shuai said that every time he leads the team, he will do his best, and this time is the same. "We are still alive now. No one likes to wait, and we all hope to control our own destiny, but Now we can only wait." Jankovic said frankly that now is not the time to think about whether get out of class will be over or not. "If you think about it, you won't be able to work. If you are afraid of get out of class, you won't be a coach. My job is to do my best. Go all out and force the players to be their best selves."
Throughout the tournament, Jankovic was questioned by the outside world in terms of personnel, formation, and on-the-spot command. Especially when he failed to score a goal in the group stage, the national football team's forward line The decision to abandon Exxon and bring four goalkeepers is even more difficult to understand. It should be noted that the Chinese team will once again embark on the journey to the top 36 of the World Preliminaries in March. Whether it can break through the competition is the next more important task for Chinese football. Judging from the current state of the national football team, this prospect is not optimistic. After all, since the away victory over Thailand in the first round of the round of 36 last year, the team has been winless in 6 official games and only scored one goal in 6 games.
was "upgraded" from the head coach of the Asian Games team to the head coach of the national team in March last year. At that time, Jankovic was positioned as the "firefighting coach", which was an unconventional choice for the national team. In the nearly one year since he took office, the content and results of the national football team have been unsatisfactory, let alone the establishment of the system and the completion of the replacement of the old with the new. In the long run, he is obviously not a suitable candidate for the national football coaching position.
With only two months before the top 36, a bad trip to the Asian Cup is enough for people to see clearly the true situation of the national football team. If changes are still not made, the prospects for the top 36 are hardly optimistic. The time left for Chinese football is once again running out.
editor Wang Chunqiu
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