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the chinese team after the match on september 10. on the same day, in the second round of the group c match of the 2026 fifa world cup asian qualifiers held in dalian, the chinese team lost 1-2 to the saudi team at home. photo by xinhua news agency reporter li gang

on the evening of september 10, after losing 1-2 to saudi arabia, the chinese players, led by captain wu lei, slowly walked towards the home team fans at the barracuda bay stadium to thank the fans. (previous report → 11 vs. 10, the chinese national team still lost!)

during the players' exit, the fans who had been cheering for 90 minutes were still shouting "ivan, get out!" the topic of "ivan, get out" also topped the weibo hot search list for a long time.

two consecutive defeats have put the chinese team in an unfavorable situation of being at the bottom of the group in the round of 18. although the chinese team fought hard in this game, doubts about "improper use of troops" still put ivankovic into a crisis of confidence.

in the post-match press conference, ivan was asked whether he would be fired. he said, "this is not a question i can answer." he then mentioned one more thing: "the chinese team performed better in this game than in the first game."

【media comments】 the chinese national football team keeps losing. is it because they can’t find a good coach?

beijing daily published a comment on the 11th:

one more player, but was defeated! 1:2, the chinese men's football team lost again!

but to be honest, the players played hard in the match on the evening of the 10th, and the scene was much more exciting than the previous one. but the coach's slow response wasted a good situation, which made the fans feel unhappy. some fans joked that they were not afraid of the worst this time, but they were afraid of "ivan". at the press conference after the game, a reporter even asked ivankovic bluntly whether he would choose to resign.

to be fair, it is absolutely unfair to put all the problems of the chinese national football team on the head coach. after all, the team is limited in strength and will have a hard time facing any opponent in the top 18.for a coach, if he cannot fully utilize the team's limited strength and respond well on the court, he is obviously unqualified.

failure, reflection, failure, reflection again, this time it’s the turn of the old topic “why can’t we find a good coach?” according to statistics,since milu resigned after the 2002 world cup, the chinese national football team has had 14 head coaches in more than 20 years, and the longest tenure of any of them has not exceeded three years.from the "duo" of forlan and dujkovic, to gao hongbo's "first entry" high start and low end, from the unworthy camacho and the unknown perrin, to gao hongbo's "second entry" to put out the fire but failed, from the world cup champion coach lippi's disappointment, to li tie's mess... when the "local coach" can't do it, invite the "foreign coach"; when the "foreign coach" doesn't work, replace the "local coach". the worse the results are, the more frequent the coaching changes. but the coaching styles of each head coach are different, and the cycle is short, the chinese national football team can only be in a cycle of starting over and over again. with the foundation of the chinese national football team, can it withstand such a toss?

coaches are hired and fired on an assembly line basis, and the level of the chinese national football team is getting worse and worse.looking at asia, when vietnam, thailand and other former "weak teams" have gradually formed their own styles, the chinese national football team still lacks a distinctive tactical system. unclear positioning and lack of long-term adherence to practices and styles have wasted the youth of generations of players.

what's even more depressing is that after all these years of hard work, i have spent a lot of money.especially on the "foreign coaches", we spent a lot of money and became "suckers". in 2019, when lippi resigned angrily, he said bluntly, "my annual salary is very high, i don't want to rob money."

obviously, it is not easy to choose or be the head coach of the chinese national football team.the strength of the chinese national football team is there. we don’t expect a coach who can “turn stone into gold”, we expect a coach who is suitable for chinese football.for example, before hiring, famous coaches from the world's advanced football systems should conduct thorough research and sufficient communication to make these issues clear.

"one step forward, two steps back", "one step east, one step west", over the years, chinese football has been confused, stumbling, and bruised. from the league structure to the youth training ideas, from short-term results to long-term goals, from team style to coach selection concepts, everything is floating, there is no consensus, and no determination. it is in such a noisy chaos that the most critical competitiveness - the technical and tactical ability of the players has shown a spiral decline from generation to generation. looking back now, the staged goal planning along the way has long been a mirage, adding to the ridicule.

"learn from whoever is stronger" is a phrase often used by the outside world to criticize the lack of planning in chinese football. earlier this year, the chinese football association quietly appointed two japanese coaches as the head coaches of the chinese u16 and u15 national men's football teams, which was seen as a signal to learn from japan.

there is nothing wrong in learning from the strong, the key is whether you can persevere.the current football association leadership stated at the beginning of its term that "we will also seek development in stability, not to change it again and again, but to become more reasonable."it is not enough to "say it", but to "do it". i hope that chinese football can truly clarify its direction, unify its thoughts, calm down, find the right people who can walk with us, and walk the current path and the future path well.

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(source: beijing youth daily)

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