Who would have thought that the coach of a fellow opponent in the National Football World Qualifier would be revealed to be back at the helm? The news shocked fans: "How is this possible? Never! He is simply the 'trash fighter' of the coaching world!"
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has not officially announced that national soccer team coach Jankovic will be fired, but his departure seems to be well known. It is reported that when signing his contract, the FA agreed with Jankovic on a trigger clause: if he fails to help the team advance in the Asian Cup, he must resign voluntarily. After the national soccer team failed to advance in the group stage of the Asian Cup with two draws and one loss, news broke that Jankovic would be fired and the team would have a new coach.
Regarding the next coach, there are rumors about Gao Hongbo, Zheng Zhi, Xie Hui and local coaches. However, given Li Tie's situation, it would be inappropriate for the FA to choose a local coach for the time being. There is also speculation that it could be Xu Zhengyuan of Chengdu Rongcheng or Cui Kangxi of Shandong Taishan. Should the FA poach coaches from clubs again? I don't think it is appropriate. The most popular coach is undoubtedly Ivankovic. He is said to be in China right now.
However, while Ivankovic was in China, the English version of Korean media outlet JoongAng Ilbo reported that Jurgen Klinsmann, who had just stepped down from them, could be coaching the Chinese team. The Korean media said that the CFA could also consider hiring Klinsmann at his salary.
Klinsmann's annual salary while coaching in South Korea was 2.9 billion won, or about 15.45 million yuan. Previously, it was reported that the FA wanted to hire the famous coach, but given the financial constraints, it might not be possible. But will the CFA really invite Klinsmann? Does the FA really want to hire a coach who was fired by the same group of opponents?
Although Klinsmann was once Germany's "Golden Bomber", he has not been successful in coaching, resulting in the strikers becoming "bad coaches" as well. Klinsmann in South Korea coaching time is not long, the effect is not obvious. In the Asian Cup, South Korea's original goal was to win the championship, but unexpectedly lost to Jordan. In fact, fans who watched the game thought Jordan was the winner. They kept pressing the South Korean team and had more chances.
Under Klinsmann's coaching, South Korea's tactics were unclear and locker room conflicts were exposed. Eventually, Klinsmann was fired by the KFA after the Asian Cup. Perhaps because of this, the Korean media reported that Klinsmann was on the list of candidates for the national soccer team.
But upon hearing the news, Chinese fans have said, "How is this possible? Never!" They thought that if Klinsmann came, he would only be the next Camacho. Korean fans don't like Klinsmann, and Chinese fans don't like him either. They think he's a "garbage fighter" in the coaching world, not much better than Jankovic. The fact is that almost all national soccer coaches are like that, and it can be omitted or saved that without naturalized players, there is no way to bring the national soccer team to the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in two years' time!
