In order to fill the gap after Li Ke left the team, the national football coach Jankovic recruited Shanghai Port midfielder Xu Xinchi to help the national football team. In this way, Xu Xin is likely to completely replace Li Ke in the upcoming Qatar World Cup.
However, Jankovic's decision to hire people has caused widespread controversy in the outside world. The outside world generally believes that Yankovic's replacement of Li Ke with Xu Xin is a very stupid decision, which is quite a bit of a "chaotic mandarin duck spectrum". Quite simply, Xu Xin's ability is not only very mediocre, but also his game state is indescribable, which is fundamentally embarrassing.
Fans who watched the 2023 season of the Chinese Super League know that Xu Xin's performance at Shanghai Port this season is really average, playing 23 games and getting 18 starts, which can be said to be untrusted and respected. However, as a midfielder who connects the team from the previous to the next, Xu Xin not only has an average ability to intercept and steal, but also does not play the pivotal role that he should have between offensive and defensive transitions.
In addition, what is even more embarrassing is that in 23 games for Shanghai Port, Xu Xin has neither contributed a single goal nor sent a single assist except for two yellow cards. The performance is called a terrible. Therefore, Xu Xin, who is in such a sluggish state, will also be called up by Jankovic, no wonder the majority of Chinese fans find it difficult to understand Jankovic's decision.
In fact, among the homegrown midfielders, there is no shortage of all-round players who can play both offensively and defensively. For example, Li Titian, the ace veteran of the Zhejiang team, and Li Yuanyi, the midfielder of the Shandong Luneng team. These two are both offensive and defensive, and they can be called the best among local players. Whether it is the comprehensive ability of the individual or the state of the game in the 2023 season, the performance of Li Titian and Li Yuanyi is also significantly better than Xu Xin, who was selected by Jankovic.
If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you will compare the goods. Although Li Titian is a bit older, 34 years old, he is the strongest assist king in the country, contributing a total of 8 assists for the Zhejiang team this season, and also scored a goal. And Li Yuanyi is even more speechless, he is still in the year of playing, this season's performance is very amazing, played 34 games for Shandong Luneng, not only excellent completion of the task of interception and steal in the midfield, but also made a great contribution to the front, a total of 3 goals and 6 assists for the team.
Jankovic put such two midfield super giants without it, and even used Xu Xin, who had an extremely mediocre performance, I really doubt that Jankovic has seen the Chinese Super League game. Therefore, it is very understandable that Jankovic's decision has been questioned and complained about.