Chinanews.com, March 1st. On the 1st, at the media meeting of the new coach of the national football team, Jankovic said that the goal of the national football team is to hit the 2026 World Cup.
Jankovic, the new head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, waves to the media.
Photo by Luo Yunfei
Referring to the goal of taking charge of the national football team, Jankovic said: "Actually, I can avoid the question of the goal in many ways. But as the head coach, I think we must set a clear goal. Our goal is to reach the goal by 2026. The Chinese team must strive to participate in the World Cup. Of course, there are many small goals in this process, which requires us to fulfill all requirements and training plans, and all work will start tomorrow morning."
As for his criteria for selecting players, Jankovic revealed, "To represent the values of the Chinese people, the players on this team must have the spirit of sacrifice, unity and be good at learning. My team needs to be willing to pay for the team, willing to Players who work hard for the team and are willing to run as hard as they can. I don't know who will play for the team, but I know who will be chosen."
Jankovic revealed that after more than four years of coaching in China, he not only pays attention to the Chinese Super League, but also pays attention to the Chinese League A and Chinese League Two.
In the past 30 months, he has spent 28 months in China paying attention to and inspecting players, and has a very clear understanding of the current situation of Chinese football and Chinese players.
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