After losing at home to Saudi Arabia, the national football team started with two consecutive defeats in the round of 18. With only 1 win in 6 games, setting a record for the largest score loss and goal conceded in team history, Ivankovic has become "the worst head coach in the history of the Chinese team".
If it weren't for Thailand's failure to beat Singapore by a big score, the national football team would not even be able to reach the round of 18. However, in the first match of the round of 18 against Japan, a series of problems in the national football team were magnified, including Ivankovic's command and employment.
After coaching the national football team, Ivankovic continued to lose, and against the Japan team, Ivankovic once again let Jiang Shenglong as a midfielder. After conceding two goals in the first half, Ivankovic switched to a back five, a lineup he had never practiced since taking charge of the national team.
After the national football team suffered a heavy defeat to Japan, former international Li Yi publicly advised Ivankovic that "you should learn from Lippi, really you resign." Dong Lu also said, "After losing 100% of the class, it is impossible to let him coach anymore." ”
Former international player Sun Jihai said, "I think the current head coach of the national team is no longer suitable to be the head coach of the Chinese team, he has no help in Chinese football." ”
Ahead of the match against Saudi Arabia, Ivankovic said, "We definitely want the players to play in the positions they are familiar with at the club and show their characteristics, football is not a video game, it takes a long time to run in. ”
Ivankovic may not believe his own words either, taking Japan as an example, Jiang Shenglong played in the back and left central defenders in the three central defenders system in the first and second halves, while at the club, Jiang Shenglong is used to playing the right central defender in the double central defender.
The match against Korea exposed more problems for Ivankovic. First of all, he has not solved the problem of defending set-pieces. Kaddish scored twice from corners, and against Japan, Endo also opened the scoring from corners. At the same time, in the situation of playing one more person, Ivankovic did not make a substitution for a long time, which led to the final defeat of the national football team.
Why didn't Ivankovic make a timely substitution? Media person Zhao Zhen analyzed, "Ivan's substitution idea in this ball is the same as playing Korea and Japan, he didn't consider the Chinese team at all, he considered his own position." It's too selfish for a coach to have no basic professionalism”
"I want to lose less to Japan and don't take responsibility, I want to draw Saudi Arabia and work for two more months." This is really the worst head coach in the history of the Chinese team, and the sad thing is that this result has long been expected. ”
Tactics, stubbornness in the use of personnel, and a mess of on-the-spot command led to Ivankovic's results being quite poor. In the six games in charge of the national football team, Ivankovic has only achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses. With an average of 0.83 points per game in charge of the national football team, Ivankovic set a record for the worst points per game in his coaching career.
At the same time, the national football team conceded goals in 6 games, conceding a total of 14 goals. Not only that, the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan, which set two shameful records of the largest score loss in the main match in the team's history and the single goal conceded in the main match.
The famous journalist Pei Li pointed out, "From the 442 diamond-shaped midfield, to the 442 parallel position, and then to the 532 being blown up, Ivan is constantly self-denying, which is the most terrifying." In addition, the position of the personnel is set too arbitrarily, and the real combat effectiveness of the national football team can be exerted by 6 or 7 percent at most, not to mention the extraordinary performance. The overall feeling is that Mr. Ivan has never entered the role, and the suitcase is still spread out in the living room, and there is a feeling that he is ready to run away at any time. ”
After taking over the national football team, Ivankovic shouted the slogan of entering the World Cup. However, after only playing 6 games, he was "completely exposed", and the price was that the World Cup dream of the national football team was shattered again.