AFC major official announcement! The change of coach of the national football team was exposed, Song Kai supported, and Fan Zhiyi had a showdown
AFC major official announcement! The change of coach of the national football team was exposed, Song Kai supported, and Fan Zhiyi had a showdown
Beijing time on October 20, the 2026 World Cup World Cup preliminaries will soon come, but the national football team is difficult to win in the pre-match warm-up match, and even on the first day of Song Kai's tenure, the national football team led by Jankovic was reversed by the Uzbekistan men's football team, which also made the head of the football association Song Kai and the new leadership team members unable to hang up. Because the Uzbekistan men's football team is also a second-rate team in Asia, they and the Chinese men's football team are almost the same as the world ranking, but the two teams play completely differently, our team can only defend and counterattack, very passive, the whole game 3-23 shooting comparison, can also directly reflect the gap in the strength level of the two teams.
Even the manager of the Uzbekistan men's football team said bluntly after the game: the Chinese men's football team does not pose a threat to us at all, and feels that the Chinese men's team and the Vietnamese men's team are the same level of teams.
It is understood that the General Administration of Sports has given Song Kai a clear task, the Chinese men's and women's football team must complete the set goals, the Chinese women's football team must play well in the Paris Olympic qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team must play well in the world preliminary round, and the Chinese men's football team must work hard to enter the 2026 World Cup.
Looking at it now, the Chinese men's football team worries fans even more, the national football team led by Jankovic has selected a total of 44 international players in the past few training sessions, but the overall warm-up performance of these players is not bright enough, and can only be described as general.
Jankovic's selection and tactical ability have been questioned, and even Korean media believe that Jankovic is a third-rate coach, he does not have much ability at all, and the trip to the Chinese men's football team World Preliminary Round will be very difficult. Therefore, Korean media exposed that South Korean national Choi Kangxi is very expected to become the new head coach of the Chinese men's football team.
The Football Association is also very optimistic about him, first of all, Choi Kangxi is a famous coach of the Chinese Super League, he is also familiar with Asian football, and can cooperate with the Football Association. The reason why he has not yet taken over the national football team is because salary and other issues have not been negotiated. The General Administration of Sports has clearly stipulated that the three major ball managers must be full-time, and cannot be part-time club managers. Therefore, Choi Kangxi's offer is not cheap, and the Football Association must also seriously consider it.
After Song Kai became the head of the Football Association, he quickly interviewed the Serbian Jankovic. Considering that the World Preliminary Round will start in November, the AFC is also the latest official announcement, and the kick-off time of the World Preliminary Round of 36 Chinese men's football team away against the Thai men's football team is 20:30 on November 16. Therefore, it is irrational to change coaches now. Therefore, Jankovic still has a chance to lead the team against the Thai men's team, but the outcome of this match will determine whether Jankovic can continue to lead the team.
In order to ensure the results of the national football team, Song Kai also specially entrusted Gao Hongbo with heavy responsibilities. Gao Hongbo, who left the management position of the Football Association, has now taken up a new position with the support of Song Kai and officially became the technical director of the Football Association, who will be fully responsible for the training and coach training of the national echelon. There are even media sources that once the national football team results are not satisfactory in the first match of the World Preliminary Tournament, the football association immediately fired Jankovic. At that time, the football association will strive to invite Cui Kangxi to take over, and if Cui Kangxi is not invited, the football association may consider letting Gao Hongbo enter the palace to lead the team.
Gao Hongbo is very familiar with the national football team, he led the team to 38 games during his two coaching years, with a total of 23 wins, 11 draws and 4 defeats, with a win rate of 60%, and the national football team climbed all the way from 108th in the world to 69th, which is also a reflection of Gao Hongbo's ability. But Cai Zhenhua Jinyuan Football hired a world-famous coach with a lot of money, which led to Gao Hongbo's dismissal.
Football legend Fan Zhiyi also regretted Gao Hongbo's hasty dismissal and insisted that Xiao Gao led the team quite well. Fan Zhiyi also recently talked about the change of the football association, he personally hopes that the football association or let the people who are really engaged in the football industry manage, the football association has changed one session after another in the past few decades, but none of them are from the football field, Chinese football lags behind Japan and South Korea year after year, which shows that we must first understand the concept of football, do not change soup without changing medicine.
The local coach of the Japanese men's football team can also beat the European strong teams in the warm-up match, so we hope that Song Kai can make changes in time, don't waste extravagance in the selection of the national football coach, and invite experienced Japanese and Korean or local managers who are really familiar with Asian football, in my opinion, it is a good way out.