Direct bar on January 26, breaking heavy news: the Chinese men's football team in the Asian Cup group stage performance can be described as ups and downs, and ultimately with two draws and a loss of the embarrassing record and knockout rounds no chance. Xinmin Evening News immediately issued an article, bluntly said that the coaching loss has become a foregone conclusion, Yankovic's resignation bell has quietly sounded.
The national soccer team dropped to 18th place, the worst record in the history of the Asian Cup. Looking back, the national soccer team has achieved brilliant results in 12 Asian Cups: 2 times on the stage of the final and won the silver medal, but also twice to win the third place, twice in the fourth place, as well as four times to stop in the last eight. The worst result of the previous tournaments was a group stage finish, but the team managed to reach 9th place.
Since Jankovic took the helm of the national team, controversies and questions have always followed him. Looking at his past experience, Jankovic has only coached the Serbian U21 national team, and at the club level, he has worked as a head coach at Red Star Belgrade and Standard Liege. However, he neither adult national team coaching resume, has not been in the first tier of clubs such as the five major leagues in the coaching whip, and even more lack of coaching experience in Asia, so it can be called "three no head coach". Among all the foreign managers, Jankovic's qualifications are at the bottom of the list.
Jankovic is nearing one year into his career coaching the national team. Before preparing for the Asian Cup, he led the team to participate in a number of warm-up matches and enjoyed more than 20 days of preparation time during the training phase. However, the tactical use of the national team is baffling. Xinmin Evening News pointed out that although the players' strength is generally average, the responsibility of the head coach is precisely to select the best players, formulate tactics to make up for the shortcomings of strength, and show his personal philosophy in the game. Obviously, Jankovic has not met this requirement.
With the upcoming restart of the World Cup qualifiers in March 2021, the pressure on the CFA is mounting. Industry insiders have speculated that given the importance of the World Qualifiers, the new head coach of the national team is likely to be a foreign coach familiar with China's top league. Shandong Taishan's head coach Cui Kangxi, Zhejiang's Jiao Di and Chengdu Rongcheng's Xu Zhengyuan are all strong candidates. However, it is still unknown whether they are willing to take on the complex challenge of the national team.
