In the article, Ma Dexing revealed that given the tight schedule of the Chinese men's soccer team's World Cup qualifier with Singapore, there was no choice but to have the Chinese coaching team make recommendations. After some fine-tuning by Ivankovic, especially the attention to the Shandong Taishan team, giving more opportunities for inspection, which led to the formation of this training list. As can be seen, the Hong Kong team topped the list with a seven-member lineup, Shandong Taishan and Hong Kong became the most competitive candidates. This may be just a minor adjustment in the list by Ivankovic.
As Madsen said, this list was formed out of necessity, as the tournament was approaching and Ivankovic had just taken over and did not yet know the players well. In fact, I questioned whether the list was entirely in Ivanovic's hands. The reason for this is that the list was released on March 8, while most of the leagues opened the following day. This shows that Ivankovic and his team have not investigated the leagues very much. In this case, they get their information mainly from the Chinese coaching team. After all, they know the team much better.
According to Max, the Chinese men's soccer team will pick their own opponents for warm-up matches when the FIFA competition window opens again in June this year. By then, the list will be handpicked by Ivankovic rather than recommended by the Chinese coaching team. By that time, the Chinese Super League will be more than halfway through and will have accumulated a wealth of match experience. When selecting players, Ivankovic will also have a more adequate basis for investigation.
Zheng Zhi has also said that as a Chinese coaching team, their role is not to participate in tactical planning, but to assist the coach in training and help international players adapt to the rhythm of the league to the rhythm of the national team game as soon as possible. Therefore, although the Chinese coaching team assisted Ivankovic in the selection process this time, it was only because they were more familiar with the players. The work they undertake is more basic and supportive, and the core work should be done by foreign coaches. Therefore, I think this list of names recommended by the Chinese coaching team is temporary and unavoidable. Our new foreign coaches should have more autonomy.
