The Chinese men's football team suffered successive setbacks in the United Arab Emirates' warm-up matches for the Asian Cup, including defeats to Oman and Hong Kong, causing concern and dissatisfaction among fans. Some media outlets have even suggested that the situation may be a repeat of the Fan Bin incident 13 years ago, and although the manifestations are different, the impact and root causes of the problem are similar. Current head coach Jankovic's coaching ability has also been widely debated. This article will provide an in-depth analysis and interpretation of this matter.
The Chinese men's football team warmed up to improve the training effect and ushered in two matches with Oman and Hong Kong, China. In the first match, the Chinese men's football team easily defeated the weaker team and showed a good competitive state. Disappointingly, the Chinese men's football team lost to Oman in the second game, and the score of two points lost made fans confused and worried. The subsequent match with the Chinese Hong Kong team was even more shocking, although the Chinese team actually led by one goal, but on the field where the law enforcement was more stringent, the Chinese men's football team seriously lost to the Hong Kong team, China, 1:2. During the game, the Chinese men's football team failed to achieve offensive results for up to 20 minutes.
In the warm-up game of the Chinese men's basketball team, people found that the performance of the players compared with the previous games, showing an obvious bad attitude, this situation undoubtedly made all the fans feel very worried and puzzled, they began to speculate, is this really because of Coach Jankovic's lack of coaching ability? Or is this a deliberate behavior, is the players expressing their dissatisfaction to Coach Jankovic? This is an extremely abnormal phenomenon, and it also reminds people of the Fan Bin incident that happened 13 years ago. In that incident, Fan Bin, as the head coach of the men's national youth basketball team, was extremely strict with the players, which made many players feel very dissatisfied, and finally they jointly wrote a letter asking Fan Bin to leave the position of head coach, which had a very serious impact on the Chinese men's basketball team, and the atmosphere within the team became very tense, and the mood of the players was also very low, and the impact of this matter was very far-reaching.
Looking back on the past history, we are surprised to find that the Chinese men's basketball team fell into a trough after the Fan Bin incident and failed to leave good memories for fans for a long time. The performance in this warm-up match also triggered people's thinking about the future development trend of the Chinese men's football team. Some media even exclaimed that if, as the report said, the Chinese men's football team faces adjustments due to the performance of this warm-up match, then Chinese football may become even more confused.
In contrast, the Hong Kong team, the other side of the battle between China and Hong Kong, performed significantly better than the Chinese men's football team on the field, because they showed a more focused and hard-working attitude. However, the Chinese men's football team, which was originally pinned on by the Chinese people, continued to languish in the warm-up matches and problems. In fact, judging from the on-field performance of the Chinese men's football team, the performance of some players did not meet everyone's expectations. They may have problems such as lack of discipline and a lack of rigorous training attitude. Are there other possible factors that affect the performance of the players? For example, whether the selection of materials by the coaching staff is reasonable, whether there is a miscommunication between the players, and so on. These are worthy of in-depth discussion by management. As the old saying goes, "sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat", and now the most important thing for Chinese football is to find its own shortcomings and deficiencies and correct them immediately. Only in this way can Chinese football truly become strong.