The Asian Cup journey came to an end, the performance of the national soccer team is painful, the worst record in the history of the Asian Cup, Jankovic's coaching career has also suffered an unprecedented storm.
Numerous media outlets have reported that Jankovic has failed to reach the goal of entering the Asian Cup's top eight, the Football Association has started the coaching replacement process, Jankovic's dismissal seems to be a foregone conclusion. With the approach of the March World Cup, Jankovic is obviously not suitable to continue to take charge of the coaching whip of the national football team. It is reported that the new coaching candidates will likely come from foreign coaches who are currently coaching in the Chinese Super League.
Looking back at the FA's strategy of changing coaches in recent years, there are two main directions: one is to select coaches familiar with Chinese soccer from the domestic league, such as Lippi, Cannavaro, Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng, etc., and then select them from other national teams, and Jankovic is a product of this strategy.
However, domestic coaches have been excluded for the time being due to the anti-corruption impact of soccer. No suitable candidate has emerged among the national ladder coaches either. Against this backdrop, Cui Kangxi, Xu Zhengyuan and Jiao Di have become the favorites with their outstanding performance in the Chinese Super League.
Shanghai Harbour's new coach Muscat and Shanghai Shenhua's new coach Slutsky have a lot of coaching experience, but their knowledge of our country's soccer is still shallow. In contrast, Cui Kangxi, Xu Jungwon and Jordy have been coaching in the Chinese Super League for many years and have a deep understanding of the level of Chinese soccer players, so the new coaching candidates are likely to be among the three of them.
Reporter Pei Li expressed his personal opinion on this topic. He believes that Choi Kang-hee is not interested in coaching the national soccer team, although he has led the team to the AFC Champions League and coached the Korean national team before. Therefore, Seo Jung-won and Jordy are expected to be the favorites. Pei Li especially mentioned that he personally favors Jordy the most. In the last season, Qiaodi coached the Zhejiang team in the double line of battle in the performance of eye-catching, 15 league games to maintain undefeated, and defeated Shandong Taishan, Shanghai seaport and other strong teams in the Chinese Super League, showing not bad coaching ability.
However, the biggest problem facing the national soccer team at the moment is the lack of player ability and the youth training system, and it seems unrealistic to replace the coach in a short time to improve the performance. Anyone who replaces Jankovic will face huge challenges and psychological pressure. What are your thoughts on this issue? Feel free to discuss in the comments section!
