After the Chinese men's football team defeated Qatar and set the worst Asian Cup record in history, Jankovic and his team members returned to Europe overnight, and the European Sports Times has reported that Jankovic has been dismissed by the Chinese Football Association and no longer serves as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team because of the completion of at least the task of qualifying from the group.
According to the previous "Beijing Youth Daily" report, the Chinese Football Association has issued a notice on January 30, convening experts from the talent pool of the Football Association to enter Beijing to discuss the candidates for the new men's football head coach, such as the well-known Zhu Guanghui, etc., according to the plan to discuss the candidates before the beginning of February, in order to deal with the World Cup qualifiers in March 24 as soon as possible. Previously, according to the "Guangzhou Daily", the national football coach has excluded the main candidates exposed by the Japanese and South Korean coaches of the Chinese Super League, such as the Chinese Super League coaches: Cui Kangxi, Xu Zhengyuan, Qiao Di and others. The specific reasons are not elaborated here, as mentioned in the previous article (in addition to the personal wishes of 3 people, the practice of "digging the corner of the Super Wall" is also easy to cause more criticism). In addition, Tianjin Sports Daily reported that due to the funding ceiling ($2 million), famous coaches such as Scolari have also been ruled out.
As of February 5, Beijing time, "Football News" reported: The national football team has officially opened the selection of coaches, Ivankovic and Queiroz have become the main candidates, in addition to saying that "the primary goal of the national football coach selection is naturally to be familiar with and understand the coaches of Chinese football or Asian football, in this regard, Ivankovic, Queiroz and other coaches with coaching experience in the Asian national team have naturally become the main candidates." Ivan Ivankovic has just stepped down as Oman head coach and has been leading the team to impressive results, while Queiroz is currently at home and has led the Iranian men's team to a stellar record in the World Cup and historic victories over European sides.
And according to Wang Xiaorui, a reporter from Sports Weekly, Ivankovic, who has just left Oman, revealed in an interview with journalist Sylvia Shkkelletz that he has received inquiries from a number of Asian and African teams, including China. Expressing interest, he said, "It takes some time to rest, think and weigh the situation. Anyway, I just know that [coaching] the national team is my priority, not working at the club. ”
In addition, "Football News" commented that he also has experience leading teams in China and knows enough candidates for Chinese football, and Ivankovic is indeed a more suitable candidate at present. Ivan played in Germany as a player, and many of his modern football ideas were more influenced by German football, which is why Blazevic chose him as an assistant in 1998 and later took him with him when he went to Iran to coach.
When he was coaching at Shandong Luneng, he once showed that he personally updated the training log every day, which is to analyze the state of the players through directional data records to scientifically formulate training plans and tactics. The person who has been Ivan's assistant to the Chinese revealed that in fact, Ivan's most powerful thing is to command on the spot, and he is very good at finding and solving problems, which is what the head coach of the national team needs most.
And Ivankovic has coached the Chinese team, when he was in the Luneng Taishan team, his philosophy and style of doing things were loved by the players, and in recent years, he led the Oman men's football team, and made rapid progress, Oman's football ranking rose nearly 30 places, and also defeated the Japanese team, playing China is also a sufficient advantage. And Ivankovic has a European resume, and his technical and tactical characteristics and football philosophy are advanced enough to meet the 3 criteria of the Football Association's selection of coaches.
Regarding another candidate, Queiroz, as previously reported in a special article, according to the analysis of "Tai'an Daily", Queiroz is currently the most reliable candidate to take over the national football team.
Queiroz has coached Asian football for many years, having coached Iran twice for almost 10 years, before being sacked by Qatar at the end of last year. He is a coach who emphasizes tactical discipline very much, and his tactical style of play belongs to the pragmatic school, unlike the vast majority of Portuguese Latin American coaches, Queiroz emphasizes more physical and overall formation maintenance, plus his understanding of Asian football, the only place to consider at present is that Queiroz is 70 years old, and his physical condition is still unknown.
According to another report from Taishan Daily, Queiroz also received an invitation from the Chinese Football Association, and he himself said that he was still weighing, and he personally hoped to coach the Chinese men's football team, but was worried that his limited ability would not be able to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup. According to the previous evaluation task given by the Football Association to the new national football coach, at least the group must qualify and enter the top 18 of the Asian division of the World Cup qualifiers. In fact, at present, the level of the Chinese men's football team is quite difficult.
Football Daily reporter Chen Yong reported that the task of the new coach of the national football team will focus on the national football team itself. First of all, qualifying for the round of 36 is the most realistic and fundamental task, and secondly, on this basis, it is also a basic requirement for the national football team to show a good technical and tactical style!
So at present, the Football Association has entered a stage of indecisiveness, and some experts think that Ivankovic is suitable, but there are also those who support Queiroz, so we will wait and see who the final candidate will be, and we will continue to pay attention to it in the future!