In a key match in the 6th round of the round of 18 that ended on the evening of November 19, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football team lost 1-3 to Japan at home. Although the national football team had no choice but to continue the embarrassment of not winning against Japan for 26 years, this defeat can be called "glory despite defeat".
As the coach of the team, Ivankovic has also been widely recognized by Chinese media people. According to Pei Li, who is a member of the Mingji, at the post-match press conference after losing to Japan, Ivan received warm applause from the Chinese reporters on the scene. Obviously, everyone still affirms the remarkable progress of the national football team in the top 18 matches.
What is touching is that just 70 days ago on September 10, the second round of the round of 18 The national football team lost 1-2 at home to Saudi Arabia at the post-match press conference, Ivan was criticized for the controversial substitution that led to the reversal of the national football team by one more person, and was even humiliated by reporters in public to ask "when will class end".
However, in just 70 days, Ivankovic not only successfully led the team to defeat Indonesia and Bahrain, but also scored the Japanese goal, turning his position into a safe place, and even inadvertently helped the national football team quietly complete the renewal. Lin Liangming, Bai Helamu, Xie Wenneng, Hu Hetao, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie and other young generations have been cultivated by Ivan and have gradually become the pillars of the national team.
It's no wonder that well-known mediaXu Jiangdu publicly apologized to Ivan and bluntly said that he left more wealth to the national football team than Lippi. As for the previous command mistakes, he thinks that Ivan can be forgiven for not being familiar with the team when he first arrived.Reporter Xu Zexin also praised Ivan on social media, and through the performance of the last three games, Ivan proved that Chinese can play football well.