Ivankovic became the official coach and said that he led them to the World Cup
Due to the national football team's elimination in the group stage of the Asian Cup, 2 draws, 1 loss and 0 goals set the worst record in history, Jankovic was criticized by everyone, and fans are looking forward to his dismissal. Earlier, the Football Association officially announced Jankovic's resignation, and the new head coach of the national football team, as fans expected, is Ivankovic, a foreign coach with rich coaching experience in Asia, and the salary price is not high, all of which meet the Football Association's coach selection standards. After Ivankovic became the coach of the national football team, some details about his successful selection were also revealed.
According to authoritative journalist Ma Dexing, the biggest reason why Ivankovic was selected was that it was cheap. Of course, this cheap is also a horizontal comparison with other candidates, the selection criteria for the national football team is a foreign coach with Asian coaching experience, there are many people who meet this requirement, but there are not many who meet the psychological expectations of the Football Association in terms of price. Choi Kang-hee, Scolari, Olaroyo, these coaches are either coaching in the Chinese Super League, or have coached, and they have not led many teams, but their asking price is unaffordable for the Football Association.
And Ivankovic's requirements for the price are very low, before this, he was the coach of Oman, with an annual salary of less than 600,000 euros, and this time he came to China to coach, counting his coaching team, the total salary is also a small part more than Jankovic's team. Of course, this is not to say that Ivankovic is not capable, and the excellent results of coaching in Oman, Iran and other teams have shown his ability. It can only be said that on the whole, he did "stand out" among others because he was cheap.
In addition, Ma Dexing also said that Ivankovic's agent made it clear to the Chinese Football Association that he was confident that he could lead China to the World Cup. It should be clear that although the outside world is constantly singing and declining, in fact, the possibility of the national football team wanting to enter the top 18 is still very high. However, the performance of the Asian Cup is really too poor, which makes many people worry about what kind of results this team can play in the subsequent world preliminaries.
But it is precisely this that Ivankovic deserves the most praise, he led Oman to the round of 12 in the World Preliminary Tournament in 2022, and he has beaten Japan and the national football team in the World Preliminary Tournament. In addition, Ivankovic also led Iran to the 2006 World Cup, which was very crucial. No one thinks that Ivankovic is the best, but at the moment, he is indeed the most suitable, and that is enough.
Previously, in addition to the poor performance, another reason why Jankovic was out of class was because he arranged too much physical and physical training, which caused the players to stiffen and was resisted by the players. In addition, Jankovic was also criticized in terms of selection, and he brought four goalkeepers in the Asian Cup, which was questioned by the outside world. After Ivankovic took office, the first thing he had to do was to do a good job of selecting people, and there was really no need to bring some veterans, and naturalized players Alain, Exxon, and Ferrando would have hoped to return to the national football team if they were in good shape.
In the end, I still hope that Ivankovic can lead the national football team to make a difference, instead of changing the soup and not changing the medicine.