BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) — According to the news of “football China” on the official public platform of China Football Association, on March 1, China’s national men’s football team concentrated in Haikou, yankovic, who just became the head coach of the national team, attended the media meeting and delivered an inaugural speech. He said: “After nearly five years of good communication and cooperation with the Chinese Football Association, I am very happy, it is also a great honor to gain trust. Today is not only the first meeting with the media, but also the beginning of the new training of the national team.”
The training of the Chinese national men’s football team was from March 1 to March 27. A total of 24 athletes were selected.
Yankovic said that in the past four and a half years, he has served as the head coach of the national men’s football team and the national men’s football Asian Games team from U-20 to U-23. As the head coach of the youth team, he not only inspected the age-appropriate players, we also pay close attention to the competitions of the Chinese Super League, the middle a and some middle B, and have mastered all the information of Chinese players. During the training of the national team, Jankovic considered the criteria for selecting players. The 24 players selected were also completely in accordance with his conception of forming the national team and the criteria for selecting players. Next, he will evaluate the status of each team member through observation and monitoring during training.
In response to the use of naturalized players, Jankovic said that his selection criteria and all requirements for naturalized players and other players were no different. Regardless of the technical and tactical requirements, the national team needs more players who are willing to pay for the team, willing to sacrifice for the team and willing to work hard for the team. “I don’t know who will play for this team in the future, but I already know how our team is going to play, and I will try my best to integrate the players currently called into my system.”
Referring to the goal of this national team, Jankovic said: “As the Chinese Football Association and I must set a clear goal-to fully impact the 2026 World Cup. Of course, in the process of hitting the World Cup, we still have to fight hard in the Asian Cup. It is connected to the whole World Cup. We should start from the starting point of each event, that is, from the group match, one fight.”
Finally, Jankovic reiterated that being able to lead the national team is an honor and an opportunity for him. At present, the national team is in a new stage and has opened a new chapter, he can’t wait to lead the national team to start training and go all out to impact the 2026 World Cup.
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