Ivankovic's resignation kicked off the Asian Cup coach change tide, can the new coach of the national football team consider him?
The reporter reported that the group stage of the Asian Cup is over, and the 8 teams are returning home, which means that the change of coach of the team with poor results is about to begin. Oman's Croatian coach Ivankovic was the first to leave, and after missing out on the round of 16, it took only two hours for the Oman Football Association to make the decision to change the coach.
Ivankovic has just completed two years in charge of Oman, during which time he has led the team to 22 wins, 10 draws and 14 defeats in 46 games, although six wins, one draw and two defeats in the first nine games, including a 1-0 away win over Japan in the round of 12 in September 2021. However, in November last year, the round of 36 lost 0-1 away to Kyrgyzstan, and the prospects of qualifying are uncertain. The contradiction between Ivankovic and the Oman Football Association was already evident at that time.
4 years ago, Oman entered the round of 16 of the Asian Cup for the first time in history, and this time, the Oman Football Association's indicator is also to qualify from the group, unfortunately, Oman is only 18 minutes away from qualifying, and the last straw that overwhelmed Ivankovic is the key game for the third round of the group stage. Oman was equalized by Kyrgyzstan after leading by one goal early and missed out on the round of 16. Although it was goalkeeper Muhaini who made a mistake in running out of the penalty area, Oman had three times as many shots as their opponents but could not seal the win.
In the group stage, they are ranked 17th with 2 draws and 1 loss, which is the worst result of Oman's five appearances in the Asian Cup. The round of 36 and the Asian Cup group stage could not get three points against the same underdog, and the Oman Football Federation lost patience.
Ivankovic's resignation has sounded the alarm for other coaches in the Asian Cup, the first to be affected is naturally the coach of the other 7 eliminated teams, the national football team has determined that Jankovic will no longer stay in office, and Ivankovic's resignation provides a new choice for the national football team to select a coach, he has coached Shandong He has a better understanding of Chinese football, plus long-term coaching in West Asia, he is also familiar with Asian football, although Oman's performance in the Asian Cup is average, but the outside world admits that under his coaching, Oman has made great progress.
It should be said that the coach of the Hong Kong team of China, Anderson, the coach of the Malaysian team, Kim Junkun, and the coach of the Indian team, Stimachi, who performed more than expected in the group stage, will not be in danger of being dismissed.
After the group stage, Anderson was praised by Hong Kong media and fans, although he lost all 3 games, but the Hong Kong team of China faced the United Arab Emirates and Iran actually attacked and defended each other, and only lost 0-1 to Iran, which ranked second in Asia. After leading the team to the semi-finals at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, Anderson received a lot of invitations, which made Hong Kong fans a little worried and called for Anderson to be retained, but fortunately he took the initiative to say that the contract will continue to be fulfilled until 2025.
Malaysia was originally a team in Pot 4, but this is the first time in 17 years that they will participate in the Asian Cup. In the final group game, South Korea drew 15 minutes of stoppage time, scoring one point and scoring three goals better than in 2007. Jin Jiankun led the team at the beginning of 2022, and the results are obvious to all, reaching the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian Cup last year, and defeating Kyrgyzstan, who are ranked higher than him, in the round of 36 in November, and is expected to enter the round of 18.
Croatian star Stimaci has coached the Indian team for nearly 4 years, although the group stage has lost 3 consecutive games and the national football team has zero goals, but the opponents are the strong Australia and Uzi, and only 1 goal loss to Syria. In the round of 36 last November, India defeated Kuwait 1-0 away and is also expected to advance to the round of 18, so there will be no dismissal.
Troussier coached Vietnam with 1 win and 8 losses in 9 games and 5 consecutive defeats, but the team was plagued by injuries, and his insistence on reusing new players was understandable. The young Vietnamese team scored two goals against strong opponents Japan and Iraq, the best of the six bottom teams. The biggest dissatisfaction of the Vietnamese media with Trussier was the 1-0 defeat to Indonesia, because Vietnam will play Indonesia back-to-back in the round of 36 in March, which is a key match to determine whether he can qualify, and if Trussier can't win, he is likely to be dismissed.
Lebanon changed its coach ahead of schedule last year, the former coach Radulovic returned, the Asian Cup is just a training, the main goal is the round of 36; as for Kyrgyzstan, Slovak coach Tarkovic took office in April last year, although the Asian Cup team entered the round of 16 four years ago, but this time the third round of the Asian Cup drew the strongest opponent in the round of 36, Oman, and kept his position.
However, reaching the round of 16 does not mean that the coach is resting. Although the South Korean team successfully avoided the 1/8 finals and the strong rival Japan in advance, but in the 1/8 finals, the duel between Klinsmann and Mancini may affect the position of the two, the world's No. 1 highest-paid Mancini is under great pressure, and if the South Korean team fails to complete the goal of winning the championship, Klinsmann is also at risk of leaving class.