As the "Li Tie case" continues to fester, the focus of Chinese soccer has been on anti-corruption and the mafia. Many senior officials of the Football Association have been investigated, and even former Football Association president Chen Xuyuan has been arrested as a suspect for serious violations of discipline and regulations. As a result of this, preparations for the national team have stalled for the time being, as so far there is no clear answer as to who will be coaching the national soccer team!
According to the latest news from Li Xuan, editor-in-chief of Soccer Daily, the latest progress has been made in the selection of coaches for the national soccer team. After high-level discussions, the final decision was made to hire U23 Olympic team coach Yang Kovic to coach the adult national team, and the soccer association will choose another new foreign teacher to be in charge of coaching the Olympic team. The decision has now been endorsed by Du Zhaocai, the secretary of the Chinese Football Association. After Chen Xuyuan's arrest, he is now the number one leader of the soccer association, so with his approval, it is only a matter of time before Jankovic takes over, and as soon as the General Administration approves it, the news will be made official!
As a matter of fact, the fans were ready for Jankovic to take over the national soccer team. Because after the first 12 matches last year, the national soccer team never got together again to participate in the East Asian Cup, also coached by Jankovic's "National Soccer Selection Team", which was also taken as a sign that Jankovic would soon take over the national soccer team. In fact, before the outbreak of the "Li Tie case", the Football Association also began the coach selection process, they threw the olive branch to many famous coaches, but due to various reasons, these big foreign teachers did not fly to China, the coach selection process was put on hold.
Since then, we all know the story. With the outbreak of the "Li Tie case", the FA was also involved. With many senior officials being investigated, the FA had no time to deal with coaching choices. The best thing to do now is undoubtedly for Jankovic to jump ship from the U23 national team and take over the adult national team. Upon taking over, Jankovic will devote his full attention to the national team as the Chinese men's soccer team will once again have an impact on their goal of reaching the World Cup when the Asian World Cup qualifiers begin later this year.
Fans who follow world soccer may have heard that the 2026 World Cup will be officially expanded, with Asia's quota increasing from 4.5 to 8.5, and that China sees hope for a return to the World Cup. In addition, early 2024 will see the start of the Asian Cup, which was initially going to be held in China, but due to circumstances at the time, China was forced to relinquish its hosting rights and Qatar was suddenly killed off as a new host. Yang Kovic on the job, will take on two important tasks, the world preliminaries and the Asian Cup, will be his two exams, a slight mistake, I'm afraid he will also go Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng's dust, become "coach graveyard" of another victim.
I hope that the foreign manager, who has been rooted in Chinese football for many years, can lead the national football team out of the slump, Chinese soccer, and it is time to change the way of life!
