It is rumored that U20 head coach Djurdjevic took over the national football team, and the "script" of the national football team seems to be repeated

The national football team is out of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and it is certain that it will not renew the contract with the original head coach Ivankovic, and the news of his successor continues to be reported, and the latest focus is the national football U20 head coach Djurdjevic. According to domestic media reports, the Chinese Football Association has launched a global recruitment of new coaches, but due to the need to "go through procedures" to terminate the contract and change the coach, the Chinese Football Association will not be able to lock in the new coach in the short term, so it has to use the interim coaching team to lead the team to participate in the final week of the East Asian Championship in South Korea in July.

National U20 head coach Djurdjevic

"Live Broadcast" quoted exclusive news that Djurdjevic, the former coach of the Chinese men's football team U20, will serve as the head coach of the national football team's "firefighting". Djurdjevic previously served as the head coach of the national football team in the Asian Games, leading to the quarterfinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and officially served as the coach of the national football team in January last year. In the U20 Asian Cup in February this year, the national youth team qualified for the group stage one round ahead of schedule under him, and was defeated by Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals.

Djurdjevic led the team to the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games and the U20 Asian Cup

It is pointed out that Djurdjevic once coached the national football echelon, and is familiar with Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong and other active international players, but also knows new stars such as Wang Yudong and Kuai Jiwen; But he was accused of being conservative in his substitutions and unable to respond to the situation on the pitch in a timely manner.

If Djurdjevic becomes the interim head coach, the "script" of the national football team seems to be repeated-Jankovic, also from Serbia, has also served as the coach of the National Olympic team and the Asian Games team since 2021.

The coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, was about to be terminated, and no one sent him to the plane

Together with Croatian veteran coach Ivankovic, Djurdjevic is expected to become the third Eastern European coach in two years. However, "Beijing Youth Daily" said that Djurdjevic is not the only candidate to "fight the fire", and the Chinese Football Association has not yet made a final decision.