Chinese football recently ushered in a personnel change, the former U23 men's team Serbian coach Jankovic was promoted to the national team coach, and his compatriot Jurjevic took over the U23 men's team and shouldered the heavy responsibility of leading the team to the Asian Games. Not long ago, Gyurjevic ushered in his coaching debut, but his performance under the team was somewhat disappointing!
A few days ago, Jankovic led the U23 men's team 2-0 to beat the reserve team of UAE giants Ain to bring his coaching career to a successful end. After that, he urgently completed the handover with Jurjevic, and then returned to China non-stop and began to devote himself to the work of the senior national team. And after a short familiarization, Gyurjevic went straight into the role, because the next warm-up match of the U23 men's football team has arrived!
According to the revelation of the famous domestic journalist Ma Dexing, the Chinese U23 men's football team recently played a warm-up match with the reserve team of the Abu Dhabi Peninsula, which was also the debut of the new coach Gyurjevic. Perhaps it is with this in mind, so the opponents arranged by the Chinese team this time are not strong, and they mainly play with U21 players, if only look at the strength on paper, then the Chinese men's team will undoubtedly easily control the opponent and successfully win three consecutive victories in this warm-up trip. However, the scene of the game disappointed many fans.
On paper, they are stronger and older than their opponents, but the Chinese men's team does not have much advantage. Although Zhang Wei helped China take the lead to a 1-0 lead, Abu Dhabi Peninsula made it 1-1 with a penalty opportunity in the second half, putting the two teams back on the same line. After that, although the Chinese team launched a counterattack again and again, it could not be converted into a goal again, and the score of 1-1 was also maintained until the end. In the end, the Chinese team was forced to draw 1-1 by their opponents, and the winning streak was ended.
Seeing that the Chinese U23 men's football team was forced to draw by the weak team, Chinese fans have pointed the finger at the new coach Gyurjevic, and many people have scored a failing score for his debut. However, Gyurjevic's performance under the team is not good, and it is likely to be the "pot" of the football association. According to Ma Dexing's revelations, former coach Jankovic took away his translator when he returned to China, and the Football Association did not equip Jurjevic with a new translator, so there is no role of translator in the Chinese U23 men's football team. Although Jurjevic can communicate in simple English, he still prefers to use Serbian when directing the game, which leads to the players not understanding what he is saying on the field, and Gyurjevic's tactics naturally cannot be implemented.
Looking for a coach without a translator, apparently the FA has made another very amateurish mistake. Fortunately, this mistake can be quickly made up, and I hope that after Jurjevic's coaching is on track, the Chinese U23 men's football team can have a different performance.