Even Beijing
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What was fielded was a vibrant young squad to challenge for the AFC Champions League, yet it brought an unexpected joy to the domestic fans in the opening match. However
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The head coach of Jankovic remains humble in his joy. In his opinion, although it is worthwhile to be happy with the points, there is no need to be overly complacent, as this is only the starting point of the AFC Champions League journey, not the end. After all, a single game is not enough to make a fair evaluation of the team or the opponent, until the group stage is over, the team's overall performance will be the standard of judgment.
When it comes to winning and losing matches, Yankovic believes that
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was able to come back from a goal down to draw with Philippine League champions Union City FC, thanks in part to the fact that
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It's a new army, young and motivated, and may have outdone its opponents on a mental level. Although the opponents are lining up against
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The team gave importance to the game and sent out their main players, but mentally they might have been a bit light-hearted because they scored soon after the opening goal; and
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The direct free kick scored by the captain was a great boost to morale and enabled the team to keep the score at bay in the end.
As a head coach, Jankovic did not set specific goals before the match, after all, the opponent is not bad, with a large number of national team players, making the lowest-priced
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It was difficult for the team to anticipate how many points they could score before the game. However, he did have the desire to score, so he prepared for the game meticulously, especially for the opponent's tactics and key players in-depth study, because as a whole, the Philippine team was
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A relatively easy opponent to score points against in this AFC Championship. On the defensive end.
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Focusing on limiting a few of the internationals and minimizing their play and collaboration with each other, the tactic ultimately worked and helped the team get a point.
The goal for the team was scored by
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Liang Shaowen, the captain of the team, is also the captain of the National Youth League. Before the first match, Jankovic mentioned Liang Shaowen in an interview with reporters, but he didn't want to emphasize a certain player in particular before the match so as not to put pressure on the players. This time, he didn't praise Liang Shaowen in particular either. However, he said Liang Shaowen is a self-disciplined, diligent and talented player. Now, as the captain, it is his strength and responsibility to rewrite the score at the critical moment without too much praise, because soccer is a team sport, and the subsequent equalization is also the result of the joint efforts of the whole team. In fact, for this group of
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00 juniors, the most important thing is to give them more opportunities to exercise, allow them to make mistakes, give encouragement when they perform well, once the mistakes, should not be completely negated. In addition to Liang Shaowen.
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The team also has many good young players, if they can show their characteristics in this AFC Champions League, they will also get the opportunity to compete in the first team.
If the first game against
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Some of them are a bit lightweight, so they shouldn't make the same mistake again when they face the powerful Kawasaki Frontale in the next match. Kawasaki Striker is a top team in Japan and even in Asia, with almost no obvious loopholes in both offense and defense, and is a team with a rigorous style of play.
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Yankovic has his own preparations for facing such a team, and he believes that
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It's more about playing your system and teamwork, enjoying the game, giving it your all, and not having to think too much about anything else, but of course scoring a goal would be the perfect ending. This game is a great match for
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The defense will be a tough test, and captain Liang Shaowen's task will be even tougher. In fact, with such a strong team, the result is no longer the most important thing, the most important thing is to learn from it.
A fan left a comment after the match, wishing Jankovic a good start to the season, but also reminding him that he should lose weight, his stomach is mostly bigger than when he was a player. Jankovic has actually been training consistently, but the biggest problem is that he has a lot of friends in China and is often invited to banquets. Yankovic quipped, "If I had fewer friends, I'd probably be a lot thinner.
Yankovic's ability to lead his young players to such success has drawn the attention of many Chinese fans, especially those in Dalian, who are more than eager to see Yankovic lead Dalian's youth army to impressive results. However, from the current situation, Yankovic short time with Dalian coaching opportunities, I'm afraid that there is no chance, Wanda has been firmly on the route of Spanish soccer. Yankovic said more than once in an interview with reporters, he has been concerned about the Dalian soccer, found that the team has not won the league title since 2005, the last title or he got under the leadership of Frado, and he expects, Dalian team to win the title again when he can be a coach to lead the team.
