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On the afternoon of February 24, the official website of the Chinese Football Association announced that Kovic was hired as the manager of the national football team. Li Xuan, a well-known media person, immediately posted an article, saying that the advantage of Yankovic leading the team is that "no one will interfere with his selection and employment." Guess the meaning, probably saying that Chen Jiayuan did not participate in the selection process this time. Or it can be understood that because Chen Jiayuan "had an accident", no one will interfere with Yankovic's "selection and employment" in the future. In the past, the lessons of Che should be mainly the use of naturalized players by Li Tie in the round of 12.
However, the conclusion of "Li Well-known" came a little earlier and was slapped in the face.
With Jankovic's official announcement, a mainstream media disclosed that "in order to quickly realize the run-in between foreign coaching teams and players", the Chinese Football Association planned to arrange Zheng Zhi, Chen Tao and Shao Jiayi to join the team after careful consideration. Among them, the former two are Chinese coaches, and the latter is the new manager of the national football team. Immediately afterwards, the media broke out a list of 50 players recommended by the Ministry of State Management "for Jankovic to choose". The latest news, two well-known media gave more accurate figures: Jankovic will select about 24 players from it, including 3 naturalized players from Axon, Li Ke, and Jiang Guangtai.
Three Chinese coaches and a list of 24 including three naturalized players are the two "tightening curses" read by the Chinese Football Association to Jankovic.
Due to the popularity of the above-mentioned media and the accuracy of the sources previously reported, although these two "tightening curses" have not been released by the Football Association, there is no doubt about their authenticity, and there is even reason to believe that this is just the Football Association's intention to "test the waters" through the mouth of the media. But is it really the right thing to do?
First of all, although Jankovic was previously considered by some media to be just a "transitional manager", the appointment has just been released, the ink drops have not dried, the person is still in Croatia, is taking the U24 Asian Games team training, or is handing over with the Asian Games team coach Dejan Jurjevic appointed at the same time, Jankovic's coaching team has not yet brushed off a word, and the Football Association has generally "arranged" 3 Chinese members for him on "hitchhiking".
What is even more surprising is that Jankovic, who has always emphasized body fat percentage, has no understanding of the physical condition of Axon and Li Ke, let alone the body fat rate of the two, how can he conclude that they can participate in the New Zealand training in March? Could it be that after becoming the head coach of the national team, Jankovic's football philosophy has changed?
The reason why Jankovic is considered to be just a "transitional manager" is that Gai is too junior to have served as a national team coach because he has no experience as a national team manager, and it may be difficult to take on the burden of leading the team to the 2026 World Cup. But Zheng Zhi and Chen Tao have even shallower qualifications, the former has led the team to play in the Chinese Super League for more than a season, and the latter was only an echelon coach of Shenzhen club. How can such a coaching team with no experience in international competitions be called a "weak combination", how can the national team overcome difficulties and enter the World Cup?
As for Shao Jiayi, who was originally the manager of the U20 national team, he was working with coach Antonio in Croatia to make final preparations for the upcoming U20 Asian Cup. Will the sudden transfer of him to the national team have a negative impact on the U20 national team? Is it fair to say that the U20 national football team is less important?
In fact, it doesn't matter whether Li Xuan was slapped in the face or not. The important thing is that by "being punched in the face", people can see through the "signature dish" of the Chinese Football Association: like to be a mother-in-law, habitually interfere with the work of the head coach.
Far from it, the national team during Li Tie's period, the president of the Football Association Chen Jiayuan has been training and playing with the team, and multiple facts have confirmed that he directly intervened in the selection of international players by the coaching staff, and even the arrangement of the lineup. The most typical example is that naturalized non-Chinese players are not reused. In an interview with CCTV's "Football Night" program live broadcast connection, Axon made it clear that it was impossible for Axon, Alan and Luo Guofu to be present at the same time, and it was the decision of the coaching staff at that time. Behind this decision was Chen Jiayuan's instigation. The reason why Chen did this was simply that he did not like non-Chinese players representing the national team.
But Chen Jiayuan was "not there", but Li Jiayuan or Zhang Jiayuan still painted gourds, and the Football Association could not let go of the "official prestige" of being a mother-in-law. He has been the head coach of the U series national youth team in the Chinese Football Association for 4 years, which player can participate in the national training team, does he not have a spectrum in his heart? If you don't even know this, what difference does it make if you want to be the head coach of this national team?
Axon is so fat, lacks systematic training and competition for a long time, and on February 23, the day before the official announcement of Kovic, he had just returned to China from Brazil thousands of miles away, how did he decide that he met the conditions for entering the national team training list? Li Ke, who was seriously injured in December 20215, has been recovering from his injuries, and has undergone 3 surgeries during this period. Although some media reported that he had basically recovered to the level before his injury, after all, he had not been evaluated by a doctor, and he only went to Haikou with the national security team for restorative training at least two weeks ago. How can you return to the national team and train overseas?
Needless to say, this is nothing more than a two-course pre-dinner "appetizer". As the "feast" begins, it is believed that the "mother-in-law" will have such "gasai". What is reflected behind is the Chinese Football Association's "unease", or "habitual actions" towards the head coach of the national team. As soon as there is a wind, the first person to "show the hole card" must be this "mother-in-law".
No one doubts that Jankovic's mission as "interim manager" will end if the national team in the World Qualifiers, which begins in November, or if the Asian Cup in January next year is not good.
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