on-the-spot command was questioned! after the chinese national football team lost to saudi arabia, fans shouted "ivan resigned", and ivan responded at the press conference
2024-09-11
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peninsula omnimedia reporter pan lichao
on the evening of september 10, the match between china's national football team and saudi arabia at home in the round of 18 of the world cup qualifiers attracted great attention. despite taking the lead thanks to an own goal by the opponent and having one more player in more than 70 minutes, the chinese men's national football team was still defeated 2-1 by two headers from corner kicks by the saudi team. the on-the-spot command of the national football team's head coach ivankovic was questioned and caused dissatisfaction among the fans. after the game, the fans shouted in unison, "ivan, get out."
china's head coach ivankovic attended the press conference and talked about why there was no one standing in front of the defense for consecutive corner kicks, why fernando could not run anymore but did not leave the field, while wu lei could run but left the field, why huang zhengyu was substituted for xie wenneng instead of positional substitutions, etc. ivan said, "we arranged players in the front point. li lei should be in this position, but not the opponent's first point. we know that saudi arabia is good at corner kicks. we lost the ball because of a series of mistakes in this regard, not li lei's responsibility alone.
wu lei worked very hard and performed very well in this game, but there were many sprints in the game, which consumed a lot of physical energy. zhang yuning was substituted to grab the ball from the opponent's feet, continue to put pressure on the opponent, and prevent the opponent's defender from passing the ball easily. fernando performed well on the field and created many threats. moreover, our first goal was also a corner kick he took. regarding the substitution of xie wenneng, it was because huang zhengyu was able to block the opponent in the middle after he came on the field. li yuanyi was put on the left side because he also played in this position in the club. "
regarding the problem that the chinese team suffered two consecutive defeats and was at the bottom of the group, ivan said, "first of all, the saudi team replaced the forward with a defender. we did not make substitutions because the situation on the field was still good at the time. we made substitutions because of injuries, such as jiang guangtai. xie wenneng and baihelam's running on the field still played a role and helped the team a lot. we must be clear that the situation on the field was still quite complicated at the time. for example, there were some problems with central defender zhu chenjie. we wanted to leave the substitution quota for possible unexpected situations later. therefore, we did not make substitutions. in addition, we analyzed the grouping of this group. after all, it was difficult for us to score points in the first three games against the three strongest opponents, but we were well prepared afterwards and strive to score points in the next game."
regarding the question of whether he will be fired, ivan said: "it's not directed at me. after all, we lost the last game by a large margin. the three hot teams in our group, japan, saudi arabia and australia, are very strong. for us, the goal is to be in the top four in the group and then enter the next stage. we are working hard. there are still 8 games left. this game is better than the last one. we still have great hope."
when ivan finished talking about whether he would be dismissed, although the press conference was not over yet, many reporters had already left the venue early. after the world cup qualifiers, the chinese players will return to the club to prepare for this weekend's chinese super league. the next world cup qualifier will be against australia in adelaide, australia on october 10, and then return to qingdao youth football stadium to face indonesia on october 15. i hope the chinese national team can adjust as soon as possible and get the first point in the world cup qualifiers as soon as possible.
