ivan was questioned for his two consecutive defeats in the "top 18" and said: it is not up to me whether to be "fired" or not!
2024-09-13
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after the china-saudi arabia match in group c of the world cup asian qualifiers, saudi coach mancini attended the press conference with a relaxed expression. he highly praised the team for being able to win the game despite playing with one less player for a long time, and especially praised hassan who scored twice.
since both goals came from corner kicks, a chinese reporter asked mancini whether he had done any targeted research on the chinese national team's corner kick defense. unexpectedly, mancini said frankly: "there is no targeting at all, it's just the individual performance of the players on the field!"
compared to mancini, who was relieved, ivan looked worried after the game. in fact, when he led the national team players around the field to thank the fans after the game, many fans had already called for ivan to be fired.
at the post-match press conference, ivan said he was sorry for the result of the match, but the players played well and at least got over the psychological trauma of the 7-0 defeat in the first round. however, a reporter raised five tactical questions to ivan in a row, and finally asked him if he would be fired after this match.
ivan suppressed his embarrassment and patiently explained several tactical issues, for example: the fact that the team lost the ball from corner kicks in two consecutive games and had no one marking the front post was not his problem, as he had arranged li lei to be in the front post. however, the saudi team's tactics were too sophisticated and it was not li lei's fault. wu lei's running involved a lot and consumed a lot of energy in the 70 minutes before the game, and fernando was the biggest trouble maker for the saudi team, so he replaced wu lei first and then fernando. xie wenneng was exhausted, so he replaced huang zhengyu, and he made the substitution when the score was 1-1.
however, ivan did not give a clear answer to the question of whether he would be fired or not. "this is not something i can answer. everyone knows that japan, saudi arabia and australia are all very strong opponents, and it is normal even if (the chinese national football team) loses all of them. for us, striving to enter the top 4 and enter the next stage of the qualifiers is an unchanging goal. now we have only played two rounds, everything is possible. in fact, our performance in this game is obviously much better than before in japan!" he said.
text/guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: zhang zhe
guangzhou daily new flower city editor: wu jiali
image source: visual china
