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As a first-class team in Asia in the past, the Chinese team's performance in this Asian Cup was miserable, which also made Jankovic the biggest scapegoat. Now, the more important World Preliminary Tournament is coming, in order to help the men's football team realize its dream of the World Cup, the Football Association will also select a famous coach at all costs, Song Kai said that money is not a problem.
In fact, there are many high-quality coaches in China, such as Gao Hongbo and Zheng Zhi, who are capable of taking over the position of coach of the national football team, but the Football Association trusts European coaches with rich experience more, after all, Lippi gave the national football team the hope of qualifying for the World Cup. Especially when Song Kai took office as a new official and the Football Association had abundant funds, everyone was eager to gamble on the World Cup, so spending money to dig up top coaches was the fastest way. However, whether it is Mourinho or Queiroz, these two former Real Madrid coaches have rejected the invitation of the national football team.
As a result, the Football Association can only retreat and set its sights on the 69-year-old Ivankovic. When it comes to Ivankovic, in addition to his glamorous resume in Croatia, Iran, Oman and other national teams, more fans still remember his coaching experience in Shandong Taishan in the Chinese Super League. In the 2010 season, it was Ivankovic who led the not optimistic Shandong Taishan to lift the first heavy Chinese Super League championship trophy in team history, and this experience also made him extremely extra points when the Football Association inspected him.
Moreover, compared to managers such as Mourinho, Ivankovic is the most cost-effective option. It is reported that his annual salary is only 3 million euros, which is equivalent to 24 million yuan, which is compared with the total annual salary of Lippi's team of 200 million, which is simply a huge amount of money for the Football Association. Coupled with his successful experience in coaching the Chinese Super League and the Asian national team, Ivankovic is quite perfect in the hearts of fans, you must know that in the last World Preliminaries, it was Oman led by Ivankovic who defeated the national football team 2-0 and created the history of Omani football.
Now, Ivankovic can officially debut as the coach of the national football team as soon as early March, and three weeks later, Ivankovic will lead the national football team to the world preliminary tournament with Singapore, which can be described as a heavy task. After the Asian Cup fiasco, it was revealed that the Football Association manipulated the selection of international players, resulting in Jankovic becoming a veritable puppet coach. I don't know if this phenomenon will be reduced after the arrival of a big name like Ivankovic, otherwise once the Football Association intervenes, it will be difficult for Chinese football to have a real future.