Before even arriving in China, the man received bad news. Song Kai, the head of the CFA, had already arranged three Chinese coaches for him in advance, one of them being the disreputable Zheng Zhi, and the other two being Shao Jiayi and Chen Tao. There is also a technical director, Fu Bo. These guys are prominent in the coaching staff, so it's hard for the new coach to have much say when he arrives. If the team succeeds, they will get the credit; if it fails, the blame will fall on Ivankovic. Where will Ivanovic go from here?
Ivankovic was also a bit surprised to face these complications. He had to lead his team of assistant coaches in his contract. Now he has a team of assistants coming in, and a few more. These are the assistants he wants. Only one Chinese assistant can be used. There is no final conclusion on who stays. It still needs to be decided after two world preseason games.
Talking about sports, Huang Qiang believes that Jankovic's dismissal is a foregone conclusion after Song Kai's arrival. Coupled with the fact that they have not won a single match in the Asian Cup and have not scored a single goal, the results have been unbelievably poor. Now Ivankovic has been appointed, although not officially on the job, but by the lower horse. The leadership of the Association of Football Associations (AFA) has stuffed him with three Chinese coaching coaches, which is the usual style of the AFA. Of course, Ivankovic was tough enough to leave only one Chinese assistant coach. He had already brought several assistant coaching teams with him and was more comfortable working with them. Ivankovic knows that the trip to China is full of difficulties, but the fact that he is sticking to his stance to get rid of a couple of Chinese assistant coaches shows that he has gotten to the root of the problems in Chinese soccer. To keep a few Chinese assistant coaches would limit his freedom in player selection and utilization and undermine their chain of interests. If he is just acting as a puppet coach, he might as well leave early. Do you think Ivankovic's game with the FA will be successful? Are you in favor of ousting a few Chinese assistant coaches? Which of the three Chinese assistant coaches do you favor to stay?
