In a recently concluded international warm-up match, the Chinese national football team lost 0-2 to Oman, raising concerns about the team's prospects of competing in the Asian Cup. In an interview with domestic media, national football coach Jankovic also "openly and honestly" admitted the current problems of the team, and talked about the two major reasons for the loss. Despite the defeat to Oman, Jankovic remains confident in his preparations.
In Jankovic's view, the main reason for the national football team's defeat to Oman is that the team has just carried out a lot of reserve training, which has caused some players' bodies to not adjust to the best condition for the time being. As we all know, most of the players of the national football team have enjoyed a period of vacation after the end of the Chinese Super League, and they need to do a lot of training to recover their physical condition after regrouping, but this process is not achieved overnight, so some players are still difficult to adapt to the requirements of high-intensity games.
Another reason is that some players still have problems handling the ball on the field, and in Jankovic's words, they are playing "not smart enough". It is understood that Jankovic deliberately chose to play against Oman when the national football team was more tired, in order to test whether the players can play more reasonably without being in shape, but it turns out that the national football team still does not have this ability.
Judging from the two shortcomings of the national football team at this stage, which Jankovic admitted, there are both subjective and objective reasons. Objectively, the national football team does not have enough physical reserves at this stage and needs to continue to adjust for a period of time, so it is understandable that they cannot exert their strength against Oman, but subjectively, some players are not reasonable enough to handle the ball and are not smart enough, which is a problem accumulated over the years and cannot be improved overnight. I don't know how Jankovic will respond next.
Despite this, Jankovic still looks confident when it comes to the team's current run-in, and he believes that the team's preparations are on track and everything is moving in the expected direction. In this case, I wish the national football team can achieve their goals in the main competition.