Recently, according to foreign media reports, the Chinese Football Association has informed Jankovic of his departure. Jankovic was fired from the national soccer team, which did not surprise the fans. This is because, Jankovic led the national soccer team to the Asian Cup and performed very poorly overall. The national soccer team played three matches at the Asian Cup in Qatar, didn't win a single match, didn't score a single goal, and exited the tournament in an almost humiliating manner. So in this case, Jankovic was responsible as a national soccer coach.
When Jankovic took the national soccer team to the Asian Cup, there were obvious problems with his ability to direct the field and arrange the troops. Jankovic inexplicably brought four goalkeepers when he finalized the roster of the national soccer team for the Asian Cup, which fans bluntly did not understand. Because according to the practice of the tournament, the national soccer team with three goalkeepers is enough. I wonder what Yankovic's considerations were. The goalkeeper brought four men, and the center forward only brought three men.
This resulted in the national soccer team having no one to use the forward line in key games, and having to have center back Jiang Shenglong play that position as a guest. In addition, the national soccer team failed to score a single goal in three matches, which made Jankovic to blame. Therefore, Jankovic's dismissal from the national soccer team did not surprise the fans. Meanwhile, the national soccer team has officially started the coach replacement process, and big names including Scolari have been rumored to be on the list of candidates.
Fans believe that if Scolari can really take over the national soccer team, then the national soccer team can really hope to hit the World Cup. Scolari is a very capable coach who once led Brazil to win the World Cup. Meanwhile, Scolari has been coaching at Evergrande for many years, leading the team to win the Chinese Super League and the Asian Championship. From this perspective, Scolari is still very familiar with Chinese soccer.
Whether or not Scolari will be dropped along with Jankovic and then take over the national soccer team in the countdown depends on whether or not the FA's annual salary will meet his demands. If the FA wants to be cheap, he doesn't want to spend a lot of money on Scolari. Then the FA could consider inviting Ivan Kovic of Luneng fame. He is very familiar with the Chinese Super League and Asian soccer and deserves the fans' expectation.
