The candidate for the dark horse of the national football team to change the coach was revealed! It was revealed that the 61-year-old European coach was airborne, and Wu Lei did not pretend to be a showdown
The 61-year-old European coach is airborne, and Wu Lei does not pretend to be a showdown
On February 20, Beijing time, the progress of the national football team change was revealed to have entered a substantive stage, and the Football Association's coach selection team considered factors such as salary, coaching experience and ability, and whether it could cooperate with the Football Association, and finally finalized the new coach, but it is still in the approval stage, and it is expected that the new coach will be officially announced before the end of February.
At present, many media have exposed a candidate for the dark horse of the national football team, he is the European coach Petkovic, who is 61 years old this year, based on the European League, with triple nationality, the coach's overall coaching style pays special attention to maintaining a good relationship with the players in the team, and dares to take responsibility. is good at deploying troops and will pinch stars, which is very meaningful for the current national football team. At the technical and tactical level, the coach advocates pragmatism, he emphasizes the balance of offense and defense, likes to grasp the side attack and play a quick counterattack, and the 4231 formation is also in line with the characteristics of the current national football team.
Petkovic has had a great run in his seven-year coaching career with the Swiss national team, leading them to the last 16 of the World Cup and reaching the quarter-finals of the European Championship three years ago. During his tenure, the Swiss national team was ranked in the top 10 in the world and he led his team to qualify from the group. Therefore, this coaching resume is enough to prove that he is qualified to take over the national football team.
Petkovic is currently out of work, including the Algerian Football Federation which is also making offers to his team. What is certain is that the coach's salary will not be low, the Football Association has been exposed to be shy, and can only pay an annual salary of two million US dollars at most to hire a new coach, so some big-name coaches will not be able to take the helm of the national football team because of salary problems. For example, world-class coach Scolari, such as Olaroyo, and Queiroz, the salary of these coaches will exceed 3 million US dollars, and this annual salary level is also unacceptable to the Football Association. In addition, Cui Kangxi and Jodi, who play in the Chinese Super League, will also miss the helm of the national football team due to factors such as coaching experience and price.
Considering that the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will start in March, there is not much time left for the new coach of the national football team to prepare, so the Football Association needs to officially announce the appointment of the new coach as soon as possible, and arrange for him to inspect the league and select his national team training squad. Therefore, in a period of more than a month, the Football Association may also consider asking the Chinese coaching staff to help the new coaching team complete the temporary transition. In other words, after Jankovic leaves class, Zheng Zhi and other assistant coaches will stay on the Chinese coaching staff, and they will assist the new coach to play this qualifier this time, and then make a decision on whether to stay. In addition, in March, the national football team played at home against the Singapore men's football team, and the Football Association finally announced that it was officially announced at Tianjin TEDA Football Stadium, and the game time was 20 o'clock on March 26.
It is worth mentioning that in recent days, Wu Lei, the main striker of the national football team, and his national team teammates appeared at the Xu Genbao youth training base, Xu Genbao asked the international players to summarize the Qatar Asian Cup, Wu Lei confessed: His strength is still not enough, and his skills are not as good as others. He also thinks that Coach Jankovic's overall skills and tactics are still very good, which is very suitable for his style of play, and he has enough playing time and some opportunities. Wu Lei's implication is very obvious, the national football performance has declined, the world ranking has dropped to 88th, and Asia has fallen to 13th, the reason is not the problem of the coach alone, but the entire football environment needs to be changed.
In the face of media reporters, Wu Lei also bluntly said: Chinese football has disappointed the fans, and I hope we can work hard to improve the level and make the fans happier in the future. There is no doubt that although Wu Lei's performance in this Asian Cup is very bad, he will still be one of the absolute main forces in the World Cup qualifiers in March, Wu Lei said that the national football team has no advantage in Asia, but he will not lose confidence, no matter what kind of opponent he encounters, we will still go all out and try to play well in this World Preliminary Tournament. Wu Lei also said that at present, the national team is slowly completing the task of replacing the old and the new, so as a veteran player, he will also set an example for young players on and off the field.