The anti-corruption drama in Chinese football has not yet entered the climax, but life always has to be lived, Chinese football is the same! Just this weekend, the Chinese Football Association finally announced the new Chinese men's football head coach, sure enough, the national football coach took several years to return to the original point, U23 national football coach Jankovic became the new manager of the national football team, his annual salary will reach 4 million euros about 30 million yuan, which is 4 times that of Li Tie before!
Jankovic:
51-year-old, Serbian, started the head coach of the Chinese U19B team in September 2018, and then served as the head coach of the U21 and U23 national football teams all the way, currently leading the U24 to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Paris Olympic qualifiers;
Take a look at Jankovic's main achievements in leading national youth teams at all levels in the past few years:
2022 Dubai Cup International Football Championship 4th place
First round: 0-1 UAE U23
Second round: 4-2 Thailand U23
Third place: 0-3 UAE U23
3rd place in the 2022 East Asian Cup
First round: 0-2 South Korea men's team
Second round: 0-0 Japan men's team
Third round: 1-0 Hong Kong men's team
If you look at the results alone, Jankovic, who has neither led the team to win the continental championship, nor led the team to the World Cup finals, is obviously the worst resume among the previous Chinese men's football coaches; However, the Chinese Football Association seems to have long intended to arrange for Yankovic to take over the Chinese men's football team after Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng, and the four criteria for the selection of the national football team seem to be tailored for Jankovic:
1. Experience in international competitions
Jankovic: 2022 with U23 men's football team to play Dubai Cup, with U23 dominated national football to play East Asian Cup, 100% qualified;
2. Familiarity with Asian football
Jankovic: He started the head coach of the Chinese U19B team in September 2018, and then served as the head coach of the U21 and U23 national football teams all the way, 100% qualified;
3. Able to take over quickly
Jankovic: In the first half of 2022, he has contacted the adult men's football team and selected several veteran players to join the U23 team to participate in the East Asian Cup, and 100% qualified;
4. Be able to cooperate with the Football Association
Jankovic: Being able to cooperate with the Chinese Football Association since 2018, it has proven its cooperation and is 100% qualified;
Since the Football Association has said that heroes do not ask about results, let's not force results, the Football Association has no requirements for past results in the selection conditions, how can we ask how good the Chinese men's football team led by Jankovic can achieve, there are people in the post, the team is operating, this is an explanation!
The Football Association and even Jankovic's team have been assembled, take a look at the latest coaching staff list of the Chinese men's team:
Head coach: Jankovic
Team leader: Shao Jiayi
Chinese coaches: Zheng Zhi, Chen Tao
Seeing the Chinese coaching staff, many fans estimated that their hearts were cold, and seeing Zheng Zhi's arrangement, it is estimated that it is even worse:
When Jankovic ran for coach, in addition to the "interviewers" Xu Genbao, Shen Xiangfu and Wei Kexing, the Football Association also invited Chen Yang, the manager of Changchun Yatai, and Zheng Zhi, the manager of the Guangzhou team, to participate in the selection review;
Jankovic was elected as the manager of the national football team, the leader is Shao Jiayi, and the Chinese coaching staff is Zheng Zhi and Chen Tao;
Not surprisingly, in the next Chinese men's football head coaching staff, the relationship between Jankovic and Zheng Zhi is a bit delicate, and knowledgeable fans probably already know the future direction of the football association in charge of Deputy Director Du!
Not only that, the management of the Chinese men's football team has now compiled a list of about 50 alternative international players, from which the Jankovic coaching team will select about 30 people to participate in the new training, and the team will travel to New Zealand after training in Haikou on March 1 or 2, during which they will participate in two warm-up matches against New Zealand;
Which 26 players will Jankovic take to New Zealand?
Expected as follows:
Goalkeepers: Han Jiaqi, Wang Dalei, Yan Junling
Defenders: Jiang Guangtai, Deng Hanwen, Zhang Linpeng, Gao Junyi, Zhong Yihao, Ji Xiang, Tong Lei, Jiang Shenglong
(Wu Shaocong, who stayed in Turkey, probably took the lead in not recruiting, and Zhu Chenjie was already in the Asian Games team)
Midfielders: Wu Xi, Xu Xin, Yan Dinghao, Gao Tianyi, Jin Jingdao, Liu Binbin, Hu Jinghang, Liu Yang
(Dai Weijun is already in the Asian Games team, Li Ke just returned from injury)
Forwards: Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, Axon, Xie Pengfei, Chen Pu, Luo Guofu, Alan
23 March at 14:00
New Zealand Men's VS China Men's Football
26 March at 11:00
New Zealand Men's VS China Men's Football
Objectively speaking, it is obviously unrealistic to expect a head coach who has never played the World Cup to bring the Chinese men's football team into the 2026 World Cup, only hoping that Jankovic can make a qualitative change in the mental outlook of the Chinese men's team, last year Jankovic led the team to play international matches twice in the Dubai Cup and East Asian Cup, there is no obvious advantage in technique and tactics, but the team's spirit is mostly good, at least the players are full of energy on the field, there is no collapse, and Yankovic coaching also has a distinct personal imprint: emphasizing discipline, physical confrontation and sacrifice;
However, Yankovic will next face players who have been tempered in the Chinese football dye tank for many years, all players must finish breakfast before 8 o'clock, players with a body fat rate of more than 10% cannot play, and they have to do their best on the field. These are all unknowns, be mentally prepared, after all, even the World Cup champion coach Lippi has not managed the national football team!
The following is the road of Asian teams to the 2026 World Cup, where do you think the Chinese men's football team can go?
Asian Zone Round of 36:
(Divided into 9 groups, the Chinese men's football team ranked 11th in Asia, belonging to the second tier of teams, and the top two teams in the group advanced)
November 16, 2023 Third Tier Team vs China
November 21, 2023 China vs First Tier Team
March 21, 2024 Fourth Tier Team vs China
March 26, 2024 China vs Tier 4 team
June 6, 2024 China vs Third Tier Team
June 11, 2024 First Tier Team vs China
Asian Zone Round of 18:
Divided into three groups, the top two of each group will go directly to the 2026 World Cup ticket; The third and fourth place teams in each group will advance to the fourth stage of the play-offs
Stage 4 Play-offs:
The six teams are divided into two groups, the first of which will be the seventh and eighth World Cup teams in the Asian zone;
Stage 5 Play-offs:
The second place in the two groups plays a play-off, and the winner participates in the fifth stage of the transcontinental play-offs, and if they win again, they will get a ticket to the 2026 World Cup;
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