The Croatian Branko Ivankovic has been removed From his post to the Chinese coach, after the Asian team was again not in the next World Cup, among the strong criticism.
The Chinese Football Association reported Friday in a statement that made the decision after a consultation by a group of experts.
The agency also explained that Serbian Leave Djurdjevic, who exercise as a sub-20 coach of the Asian giant team, will do thisIn charge of Chinese selection provision.
China is this month outside the contest for a place in the 2026 World Cup after Lose 1-0 in IndonesiaA defeat that gained a wave of criticism by Chinese experts and fans, who saw again how their country stayed outside of an event in the World Cup.
Removal is a new setback for Chinese football, which has not managed to return to a final stage of the World Cup from Your only participation in 2002It was occasion when he did not have to deal with the strongest options in the region, South Korea and Japan, as it was the contestants and automatically classified.
At this time, the removal was more offensive, given the 2026 World Cup, held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, had expanded 48 options: “In higher expectations, greater failure,” said the analyst back then Sha Yuansen, the paper from the local newspaper.
Ivankovic, That he was criticized for his choice of players and his approach to key matches in the classification stage, failed to improve the performance of a team that, according to some, did not have enough resources to compete around the world.
Lack of a stable infrastructure, an appropriate youth training system and a quality professional league limited the development of players who are capable of competing at the highest level, Sha, who said that the successful example of Asian selections such as Uzbekistan, has been classified for the World Cup, “Show” the Chinese group.
World Cup’s classification stage is played in a context of many Chinese football corruption scandalsthat further discredited him.
Recent scandals, such as sentences up to 20 years in prison by the former selector and Local legend li t for bribe Or many judges and officials of the leading bodies wrapped in corruption cases, are more likely to ruin the system.
Source: La Verdad
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