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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Lee Dong-kyung, who is trying to break through vigorously. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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Coach Branko Ivankovic left China, but he is being re-evaluated by Chinese fans after the defeat against Korea.
China's Sohu Dotcom was won by Ivankovic on the 7th (Korea time). The director is not a fundamental problem,' it reported.
The Chinese national team was completely defeated 0-3 in the first match of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (hereinafter referred to as the East Asian Cup) against the South Korean national soccer A team at Mir Stadium in Yongin on the 7th. China, which lost points to Lee Dong-kyung in the 8th minute of the first half and Joo Min-kyu in the 21st minute of the first half, even allowed Kim Joo-sung to score a net in the 11th minute of the second half. He was in a hurry to continue to defend, and he hardly produced any threatening attack scenes. It was Korea without European teams, but it was no match for China's skills.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Coach Dejan Zhurjevic of the Chinese national team. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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After the game, criticism of China's lack of skills was poured out, and attention was also paid to coach Ivankovic. Coach Ivankovic was recently dismissed for failing the Chinese national team to qualify for the World Cup. According to local media in China, a clause is inserted between the Chinese Football Association and Ivankovic that allows him to terminate the contract without penalty if he fails to pass the third qualifying round. Coach Ivankovic also reported leaving China.
Chinese media reported that Ivankovic boarded a flight to Croatia, but no Chinese officials came to see him off. In this situation, it was all the more regrettable that after taking office in the Chinese national team, he received the least salary among the coaches who recently played for the Chinese national team and did not even ask for a penalty.
However, when the Chinese national team collapsed helplessly against South Korea in the East Asian Cup, coach Ivankovic was re-evaluated.
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Sohu Dotcom was 's same recipe, same taste. This defeat shows one fact. The problem for the Chinese national team is that it is not a coach. You have to stand in line to apologize to Ivankovic. The Chinese national team was completely defeated by the South Korean second team, and the strikers couldn't even find the goalpost. The level of the Chinese national team is not even close to that of the East Asian Cup. If Ivankovic watched the game, he would be able to rest in peace.
Meanwhile, Chinese fans appear to be resigned to the outcome of the match. Chinese fans responded to these results by saying, "For South Korea, it would have been a match we are playing against Myanmar."," he lamented.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
