The football association is very slow in action; the national team coach selection has no result yet, causing no matches during three international match windows.

Based on information from related sources, the Chinese Football Association’s process for choosing the national team coach has been slow. Because the new coach has not yet been confirmed, the national team will be without matches in the forthcoming November international window, unable to hold training sessions or friendly games. This results in the national team missing out on three consecutive international windows, with their most recent game being in the East Asian Cup.

From a personal perspective, other national men's teams, even when changing coaches, still have assistants or interim coaches leading training and matches while the new coach is not yet in place. However, for China’s national team, after Ivanković’s departure, it seems all activities have come to a halt. This simply shows the Chinese Football Association’s inefficiency, even amateurishness. For Chinese football, these three international windows should be valuable opportunities for learning, training, and improvement. The national team’s lack of effort during regular times but desire to qualify for the World Cup in the qualifiers is nothing but wishful thinking. The association must have professionals handling professional tasks; the new coach needs to be announced quickly, and the team must seize every international window to properly assemble, train, and play friendlies against suitable opponents to enhance tactical and technical abilities.

The shortcomings of Chinese football are comprehensive. This recent coaching change for the national team highlights a situation rarely seen in other countries, where a men’s national team would have no matches across three international windows. Laziness in governance might be a major problem within the Chinese Football Association. Even if the new coach is delayed, the Chinese coaching staff should still organize training and matches first. The national team’s time must not be wasted, and the association must not become a laughingstock for being “amateurish.” Chinese football must improve its professionalism.