The anti-corruption efforts in Chinese soccer are coming to an end. After the arrests of Li Tie, Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang, even the chairman of the Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, was arrested, which sent shockwaves through the soccer world. The reason why Chinese soccer has regressed for so many years has finally been found. Hopefully, this bone-scraping will make Chinese soccer completely better. Chen Xuyuan is already the former chairman of the Football Association (FA) and all the work of the FA is currently managed by Du Zhaocai. He also had the courage to finalize the new national football coach Jankovic in a short period of time and announced the 24-member list of the national football team. Regardless of what can be achieved, Chinese soccer will be back on track as soon as possible, and that's what fans want to see.
Recently, 17 days after Chen Xuyuan's arrest, Jankovic made his first appearance as head coach of the national soccer team. However, for the first time, he joked in front of the camera to the national fans. First, Jankovic mentioned that the goal of the national soccer team is to enter the 2026 World Cup. Secondly, Yankovic confessed that he already has information about all Chinese soccer players. Obviously, Jankovic exaggerated a bit. Lippi didn't take the national soccer team to the World Cup, let alone Yankovic. This is reminiscent of when Li Tie first became the head coach of the national soccer team, who was also energetic and boastful. But as a result, not only did Li Tie fail to lead his team to a good result in the Top 12, he also angrily counterattacked Chinese fans in a press conference.2022 In November, Li Tie was taken away for investigation.
Although Yankovic was confident, his words were also ridiculed by journalists. Zhao Yu wrote on social media that Yankovic's statement at the press conference that he had basic information about all Chinese players was less reliable than leading the national soccer team to the World Cup. It is understandable to say grandiose words in a press conference, the key depends on the performance of the team.
Media personality Xu Jiang is very sharp. He should give a reasonable explanation why Li Shuai, who has played only two games this season, was called up to the national team. Yankovic's selection of the national soccer team list also caused a hot debate. Six of them are 34 years old, and the 24 national soccer players are on average over 30 years old. They are also one of the oldest teams in the world.
However, Li Xuan is very supportive of Yankovic this time. She thinks Yankovic deserves respect. During the interaction with the fans, Li Xuan also confessed that the people in the Football Association dare not interfere with the head coach's affairs any more because they have caught a bunch of bad things and no one dares to talk nonsense.
The national soccer team will play two warm-up matches against New Zealand at the end of March. Although this is not an important international match, it can test the strength of the new national soccer team. More importantly, some clues to Jankovic's ability can also be seen.
In 2023 and early 2024, the national soccer team will participate in the Asian Cup in addition to the World Qualifiers. For Jankovic, he will have met expectations if he leads the table over Li Tie, and the goal of the Asian Cup is certainly not to win the title. Now, it seems to be expected when Jankovic will be fired, after all, it's really hard to sit down as the head coach of the national soccer team.
