Shocking news has spread throughout the soccer world that the coach of the same group of opponents in the world qualifiers has unexpectedly moved to a new position. Faced with this sudden change, fans have questioned, "This is never, ever possible! He's a hardcore figure in the coaching world!"
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has not publicly announced the dismissal of national soccer team coach Jankovic, but his departure is already well known. It is reported that when Jankovic signed a contract with the FA, there is a trigger clause: if the Asian Cup can not help the national soccer team to advance, he needs to leave. The Asian Cup group stage, the national soccer team to 2 draws and 1 loss record of defeat. Since then, the wind has been in the sails, Yankovic may leave, the national soccer team will also usher in a new coach.
Rumor has it that Yankovic's replacement could be domestic coaches such as Gao Hongbo, Zheng Zhi and Xie Hui. However, given the example of Li Tie, it may be inappropriate for the FA to use local coaches again in the short term. There is also speculation that the next coach may be Xu Zhengyuan from Chengdu Rongcheng and Cui Kangxi from Shandong Taishan. Is the FA once again "poaching" from the club? I don't think that would be a wise move. The most talked about candidate is Ivanovic. He is reportedly in China at the moment.
However, while Ivankovic is in China, the English version of Korean media outlet Joongang Ilbo reported that the recently departed Jurgen Klinsmann is expected to coach the Chinese team. The Korean media revealed that the CFA could even consider Klinsmann's salary in its list of candidates for the next coach.
Klinsmann's annual salary while coaching in South Korea was as high as 2.9 billion won, or about 15.45 million yuan. Previously, there was news that the Football Association would like to hire a famous coach, but due to financial constraints, it is feared that it will be difficult to make it happen. However, will the FA really invite Klinsmann? Would it really hire a coach who had been fired by the same group of opponents?
Jurgen Klinsmann was once Germany's "Golden Bomber" but has suffered many defeats as a coach, making the striker another failed coach. His coaching time in South Korea is not long, but failed to achieve significant results. In the Asian Cup, South Korea was aiming to win the title but suffered a jaw-dropping surprise defeat to Jordan. In fact, fans who watched the match agreed that Jordan were the real winners as they overpowered South Korea and had more chances.
The South Korean team under Klinsmann's coaching lacked tactics and the conflict between the two big men in the dressing room was exposed. In the end, Klinsmann was fired by the KFA after the Asian Cup. Perhaps that's why the Korean media included him in the list of candidates for national team coach.
But when this news came out, Chinese fans said, "Never, never!" They think that if Klinsmann is appointed, he will be the next Camacho. Korean fans don't like him, and Chinese fans don't like him either. They think he's just a "trash fighter" in the coaching world, not to be confused with Yankovic. The fact is that national soccer coaches are almost all the same, and without naturalized players, it will be difficult to bring the national soccer team to the World Cup in two years!
