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jimu news reporter deng pengwei

on september 10, the chinese men's football team "capsized" in the second round of the asian qualifiers for the world cup when they were in a good situation. they lost to saudi arabia 1:2 and suffered two consecutive defeats. after the game, the calls for the dismissal of head coach ivankovic reached a peak, but a week later, ivan is still in the position of head coach of the national football team.

chinese men's football coach ivankovic (photo source: xinhua news agency)

judging from the current situation, it is highly likely that ivan will still lead the national football team in the third and fourth games.

ivan's use of players, deployment of troops and on-the-spot command have all been criticized, making the media and fans quite dissatisfied. his dismissal seems inevitable. why did the plot take such a turn?

first of all, there is the issue of the contract. previously, the media analyzed the contract signed by ivan and the national football team. there are two versions, one requiring compensation and the other not. judging from the current media disclosures, the most likely version is the one that requires compensation. in other words, if the chinese football association wants to fire him, it will have to pay money. the 9-month salary is 8.83 million yuan, which is a huge sum for the football association, which is currently crying poor everywhere. of course, you can "despise" ivan's "slippery", but football coaches all over the world act according to contracts, and ivan has done nothing wrong.

if the football association unilaterally terminates the contract, it will face accountability from fifa and the international court of arbitration, a responsibility that the chinese football association obviously cannot bear.

furthermore, if we need to change the coach, who should we change?

ivan was chosen because he was cost-effective. at this stage, the football association really can't find a suitable candidate to replace ivan. some people analyzed that antonio, the head coach of the u21 national football team, was asked to "put out the fire" temporarily, but he had never led an adult national team before. even as a transitional head coach, it is not so reassuring, and there is no guarantee that he will be better than ivan; some people think that domestic coaches are also good, but the past failures of gao hongbo, li xiaopeng and others have made the chinese football association seem to "look down on" domestic coaches...

in fact, the most crucial issue is that the football association does not seem to have the courage to make the final decision on the issue of coaching change: the chinese national football team has changed coaches 12 times in 15 years and still has achieved nothing, which has left a bad impression on senior leaders. therefore, even if a coaching change plan is reported, it may not be approved.

the issue of changing coaches has been kicked to the football association, but the current football association does not have a good solution. on the one hand, there is pressure from fans and public opinion, and on the other hand, there are contracts and personnel selection, which are both very daunting.

well, even if ivan can coach until the third or fourth round, what will the football association do if the chinese team loses to indonesia in the fourth round?

it has always been said that there is not much time left for the chinese team, and now there is not much time left for the chinese football association. if it does not quickly consider a contingency plan, the football association will face a serious "public relations crisis". this is definitely not sensational.

(source: jimu news)