China's sports world has recently fallen into trouble, first Chen Jiayuan, Li Tie, Liu Yi, Chen Yongliang and other football bigwigs in the football world were taken away for investigation, and in March, there was also a big movement in the basketball world, the Xinjiang men's basketball team withdrew from the CBA league, Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team tore up again, I don't know when the basketball sweep will be carried out, in short, it seems that this circle should also be investigated. This time, the football sweep has been going on for more than 3 months, the big fish have basically been arrested, and the next step can be expected to be the performance of the new national football, with coach Jankovic leading the team. The worst should be Li Xiaopeng, the football association did not officially announce that he was out of class, he was suddenly not the national football manager, at the beginning, he succeeded Li Tie as the new coach of the national football team, which also played a transitional role.
On March 1, the press conference for the new coach Jankovic was held at the five-star Mission Hills Hotel in Haikou, with high specifications. This time, Jankovic also taught the national football team that the goal is to reach the 2026 World Cup, he believes that the Asian zone will have 8.5 places, which is an opportunity and a challenge, and will enter the preparation mode from tomorrow.
Regardless of Jankovic's coaching ability, the words are really uplifting. Missing the Qatar World Cup is a huge blow to the national football team, with the strongest team in the past 10 years, but because Li Tie suppressed naturalization, the results were very dismal. Jankovic will not follow Li Tie's old path, he selected Axon and Jiang Guangtai into the national team, which is also a trust in several naturalized players.
This time, Jankovic mainly talked about three aspects. First, the primary goal is to fully impact the World Cup, whether it is 4.5 places or 8.5 places, the task is to impact the World Cup, which is also the tone we set, and work hard to achieve the goal. Second, Jankovic already has information on all players, including players from the Chinese Super League, Central A and Central B, and he has gained the trust of the Chinese Football Association and is very confident. Third, for the criteria for being selected for the national team, it is necessary to have Chinese good values, discipline and hard training, which can reflect the good spirit of the Chinese people, and the players selected for the national team should respect the jersey and the national flag.
Jankovic is a very strict manager with high requirements for his players' body fat percentage, and if he doesn't meet the standards, he may not be allowed to play. Jankovic has been coaching in China for more than four years, and he is very familiar with Chinese football and already knows our culture well. There is no doubt that for national football players, if they want to get more playing time, they must conquer the coaching staff with performance, not like Li Tie. When Li Tie was the manager of the national team, he took several relatives of the Wuhan Yangtze River team and forced him into the national football squad, Li Tie is the sinner of Chinese football.
As for teams such as Japan and South Korea, Asia's main rivals, Jankovic believes that one should not focus too much on the opponent, but on the self. For Jankovic, the real test will come this month, with the national football team playing two warm-up matches with New Zealand on March 23 and 26, which is also Jankovic's debut as the new national football manager, which is very exciting.