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on the morning of september 20th, beijing time, a piece of news came about australia, the opponent in the same group of the chinese national football team in the top 18 match. the australian football association officially announced that the head coach of the australian men's national football team, arnold, had resigned. the decision has been approved by the australian football association. in fact, this news still surprised the media and chinese fans to some extent, because arnold is the head coach with the longest tenure in the australian national team in the history of australian football.

the australian football association wrote in an official announcement: "graham arnold, the longest-serving coach in australian football history, has resigned as head coach with immediate effect. earlier this week, arnold submitted his resignation decision to the australian football association, which has been approved by the football association. the australian football association's current focus is on appointing a new head coach before the world cup qualifiers in october."

regarding his resignation, former australian head coach arnold, who just resigned, said: "after the match with indonesia (0-0), i said i had some decisions to make. after careful consideration, my intuition told me that it was time to make a change, both for myself and for the team. my decision to resign is based on what is best for the country, the players and australian football. i have given my all to this role and i am extremely proud of my achievements during my tenure."

arnold has coached the australian men's football team since september 2018. this is his second time coaching the team since his brief coaching in 2006-2007. he is the longest-serving head coach in australian history. during arnold's coaching, he led australia to the top 16 in the 2022 qatar world cup and won 11 consecutive victories in the world cup qualifiers.

unlike the chinese national football team, which frequently changes coaches, arnold has been the head coach of the australian national team for more than 6 years. when arnold coached australia, the head coach of the chinese national football team was still italian lippi. during the 6 years that arnold coached australia, the chinese national football team changed 5 coaches in total, including lippi, li tie, li xiaopeng, jankovic and now ivankovic.

however, australia, which is in the same group as the chinese national football team, had two world cup qualifiers in september this year, with one draw and one loss. they first lost 0-1 to bahrain and then drew 0-0 with indonesia. from the results, the results of these two games are not completely unacceptable, especially the draw between australia and indonesia. after all, the indonesian team has many naturalized players and its strength is no longer what it used to be. a draw with the australian team is a completely normal result. but arnold still chose to resign as the head coach of australia, which fully demonstrated his sense of responsibility as a local head coach.

arnold has coached the australian team for many years and is very familiar with the situation of various asian teams. if it weren't for the fact that australia, where arnold is, is in the same group as the chinese national team, the chinese football association could have invited him to coach the national team after arnold left.

australia's next round of 18 match will be against china at home in october. it is still unknown whether arnold's departure is good or bad for china. some domestic media said that after arnold's departure, australia was leaderless, and china's chances of scoring against australia became greater. but some chinese fans believe that changing the coach is like changing the knife, and australia is very likely to rebound against china after changing the head coach.

it is worth mentioning that the oman national team also announced a coaching change recently. ivankovic's successor, head coach hilhawi, who has been in office for only 7 months, has left. hilhawi, 62, took over as head coach of the oman national team on february 1, 2024. he led the team in 6 games, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. in the first two rounds of the top 18, oman lost 0-1 to iraq and 1-3 to south korea. at present, only two rounds of the top 18 of the asian qualifiers for the world cup have been played, and the head coaches of two teams have been dismissed. the chinese football association still did not take any action after the national football team lost two games in a row.