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recently, the head coach of the chinese national football team, ivankovic, watched the match between shandong taishan and wuhan three towns on site, which means that ivankovic's retention of the position as the head coach of the chinese national football team has been completely confirmed.

several members of the chinese national football team's coaching team have gone to the chinese super league and the asian champions league to inspect players. among them, chinese coach zheng zhi watched the first round of the first stage of the 2024 asian champions league, shanghai shenhua's home game against south korea's pohang steelers, and shanghai haigang's home game against malaysia's johor bahru. and the national football team's physical coach marko stilinovich also went to adelaide, australia, where the national football team will play against australia in the quarter-finals. this means that the national football team's coaching team has begun to inspect all aspects of the away game venue.

although the chinese football association has not made a public statement on whether ivankovic will remain as the head coach of the national football team, ivankovic suddenly appeared at the match between shandong taishan and wuhan three towns at the jinan olympic sports center on the evening of september 21. this was also the first time that ivankovic appeared in the eyes of chinese fans after the match between the national football team and saudi arabia in the round of 18 of the asian qualifiers for the world cup. this actually also announced that the controversy surrounding the change of coach of the national football team has temporarily died down, and ivankovic has confirmed that he will continue to lead the national football team in the two world cup qualifiers in october.

since the chinese national football team cannot change its head coach, chinese fans naturally hope that fresh blood can join the team. in the 26th round of the chinese super league, shanghai shenhua defeated tianjin jinmen tiger 2-1 at home. yu hanchao came on as a substitute when shanghai shenhua was trailing 0-1. in the 89th and 90th minutes, he helped shanghai shenhua score two goals in a row to reverse the game. this made many chinese fans sigh: is this a 37-year-old player?

at the same time, some media people said that everyone always says that young players in china can't make it. which young player can have these two shots like yu hanchao? the quality of the second shot may be a candidate for the best goal of the 2024 season. which young player in china can kick such a shot? if he only plays for 30 minutes, the 37-year-old yu hanchao is still the best winger in china.

after this game, a very familiar argument emerged among the media and chinese fans, which is that they hope ivankovic will consider yu hanchao and include yu hanchao in the next national team roster, even if he is only allowed to play for 30 minutes.

judging from the performance in this game alone, it seems reasonable to let the 37-year-old yu hanchao return to the national football team. in yu hanchao's two goals, there are both sharp shots in front of the goal and long-distance world waves. yu hanchao seems to have all the qualities necessary to be a striker for the national football team. but the problem is that in the current 442 formation of the national football team, yu hanchao can only play the positions of the first two strikers, because if he is asked to play as a winger in the 4 midfielders, he actually does not have the ability to quickly return to defense. the national football team has a lot of personnel choices for the positions of the first two strikers. the current regular strikers include zhang yuning, wu lei, baihe lamu and two naturalized players fernando and alan. it is equivalent to choosing 2 out of 6. under such circumstances, it is actually difficult for yu hanchao to get a chance in the national football team.

more importantly, in a match like the asian qualifiers for the world cup, the speed, height and technique of the offensive players are all very important. among these three important indicators, yu hanchao actually only has the technique. moreover, yu hanchao's technique is not actually continuously stable. you can't expect the 37-year-old to always shoot and score goals or contribute long-distance world waves in the game, right?

therefore, the strong calls for yu hanchao to return to the national football team actually stem more from the media and chinese fans' dissatisfaction with the current situation of the national football team, and they are very eager for the arrival of a savior. but in fact, the 37-year-old veteran yu hanchao cannot be the savior of the national football team, and the national football team has no savior.