The dispute over the new coach of the national football team has once again aroused heated discussions. Selected in the Asian Games training base held a selection meeting, the intention is clearly to facilitate the Yankovic coaching whip of the national football team. It seems that the Football Association is at its wits' end. Yankovic and Li Xiaopeng partner, in fact, is the second best. Chen Xuyuan in the selection of coaches, does not seem to be dedicated.
Previously, the media exposed that the Football Association has prepared three sets of selection program, the first set is to select a foreign coach familiar with Central Asian soccer. However, none of our candidates have shown up, or their offers have failed to satisfy each other. At the same time, the Football Association has previewed two national team soccer warm-up matches, when the head coach will be missing from the training matches.
In view of this, the Football Association introduced a new strategy, let Jankovic and Li Xiaopeng joint management of the national football. However, from the point of view of the coaching ability of the two, they are not the right person to remodel the national football team and the impact of the 2026 World Cup. The two coaches, but for the sake of preventing the reproduction of the second Li Tie's considerations.
The impact of the Li Tie incident should not be underestimated. The Chinese men's soccer team will probably say goodbye to the local head coach from now on. After all, in the case of Li Xiaopeng and Yankovic coaching level is comparable, the Football Association still dare not let Li Xiaopeng resident first-line. Chen Xuyuan and the FA still have a lot to worry about. Even if there is no second Li Tie, they have other options.
As I said before, is Chen Xuyuan sincere in the matter of selecting the coach of the national soccer team? The answer, I'm afraid, is no. Is there really no foreign coach suitable for the Chinese men's soccer team? The answer is obviously yes. Whether it is a foreign coach who has coached in the Chinese Super League or a South Korean coach, their strength is better than that of Jankovic and Li Xiaopeng. However, the FA may be reluctant to invite others due to face-saving issues.
Both Yankovic and Li as head coach appear to be out of their depth. Even if they fall behind their Asian rivals in the choice of head coach, it will be more difficult for the national soccer team to enter the 2026 World Cup.
