National soccer team head coach Jankovic left China on April 23 to return to Serbia for a short vacation, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
"National soccer coach Jankovic left China this week to return to Serbia on vacation after watching the first match of the new Chinese Super League season between Beijing Guoan and Meizhou Hakka on April 15." According to the plan, he will be in Doha, Qatar on May 11 local time for the 2023 Asian Cup draw and then return to China to continue investigating players through the Chinese Super League in preparation for the upcoming new training and two international warm-up matches."
"After leading the national soccer team to two international A-level warm-up matches with New Zealand in late March, Jankovic did not return to Europe for vacation right away, but returned to China with the bulk of the national team. He then summarized the first training and two warm-up matches of this year's national soccer team and made plans for future preparations and warm-ups.On April 15, the new season of the Chinese Super League kicked off. Both Jankovic and men's Asian Games head coach Djurdjevic went to the Beijing Industrial Sports to watch the CSL opener between Guoan and Hakka and conducted a survey of the international players on both teams."
"Jankovic is understood to have begun his journey back to his native Serbia shortly after the first round of the Chinese Super League, the national soccer coach's first vacation home since last fall. Jankovic will travel to Doha, Qatar, on May 10 at the latest before attending the 2023 Asian Cup Split Sleeve Draw on May 11 local time. After that, he will return to China to continue investigating the players."
According to the plan, the Chinese soccer team will start the 2nd phase of training around June 9th. The timing coincides with the end of the first leg (Round 12) of the Chinese Super League. Then, the team will play two international A-level warm-up matches against the national teams of Myanmar and Palestine during the international match days from June 12th to 20th. The opponents for these two matches have almost been finalized. For the venues of this training and warm-up, the probability of Dalian and Qingdao being arranged is high."
