In preparation for the Hangzhou Asian Games soccer tournament, the Chinese men's Asian Games, led by Serbian coach Jankovic, will hold a New Year's Eve training session in Foshan from Feb. 4 to 14 before the entire team travels to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to train.
During this period, the team will play approximately 10 quality warm-up matches. After that, the whole team will travel directly to New Zealand in late March to take part in two international warm-up matches with New Zealand's match u23 teams on March 23rd and 26th. From the perspective of the national soccer team and the Asian Games men's soccer team to New Zealand for international warm-up matches, the Chinese Football Association may arrange for Yankovic to temporarily consider the leadership of the two teams to visit the game. As to whether the current national soccer coach Li Xiaopeng continues to participate in the leadership, there is no definite answer yet.
Due to the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games to this year, the original 1999 age group of the original age group, u23 national football team still retains the establishment, continue to prepare for the Asian Games in the name of the Chinese men's football team. According to the preparation plan, the whole team will be re-centralized on February 4 in Foshan, and then in Sanshui base for 10 days of training.
According to the official information released by the Chinese Football Association (CFA), a total of 24 players u24 school-age players have been selected to be part of the training squad for the Chinese Men's Asian Games Team. In fact, the recent purpose of this Foshan training is to prepare for the upcoming West Asia training and a series of warm-up matches. According to the plan, the Men's Asian Games will depart from Guangzhou on the 14th and fly to Dubai, UAE. The team will then train there for more than a month. During this period, the team will play about 10 high-quality warm-up matches in order to improve the quality of their preparation. After that, the UAE will fly directly to New Zealand for two international warm-up matches at the end of March. It can be seen that the CFA is very eager for this team to win the glory in the Asian Games and try their best to help the team to get favorable preparation conditions.
It is understood that due to objective factors, the first training of the national soccer team in the new year may be arranged in March, before the team visits New Zealand. The Chinese Football Association previously intended to hire an outstanding foreign coach to take over the national soccer team, but due to factors such as the price of cooperation, the concept of cooperation, the goals of cooperation, and the willingness of the target candidates, no substantial progress has been made in the selection of the coach. Against the backdrop of tight preparation time and heavy tasks for the national team this year, the soccer association had to include current coach Li Xiaopeng and current men's Asian Games coach Yankovic in the candidates for the next coach of the national soccer team. No conclusion has been reached as to which one will take over, or lead the team together. The two main leaders of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) are returning home after traveling to Bahrain this weekend for the AFC General Assembly. A decision on the candidates for the national soccer team will also be made upon their return to China.
It is worth noting that the national football team and men's Asian Games will next travel to New Zealand, and will be with New Zealand and New Zealand cooperation u23 team respectively, two international warm-up matches, so theoretically, Yankovic has the possibility of two teams, after all, in the Asian Games team, Zhu Chenjie, Dai Weijun served as the mainstay of the national soccer team, and the rest of the players also participated in the national soccer training, they are the future national soccer team Can rely on the new force, Yankovic familiar with their situation, these players in New Zealand to reinforce the national soccer team is also normal. Of course, the new coach will work directly ahead of the team's visit to New Zealand if the CFA can choose a new coach in the next month or so, but indications are that this is not very likely.
The trip to the UAE and New Zealand was an important opportunity for the men's soccer team to work out for the Asian Games, and in a way another round of investigation into Jankovic's coaching ability. Prior to that, he led the team to the Dubai Cup Invitational last March and the East Asian Cup in Japan last July.
