Chinese football is in total chaos, and the culprit is the now-former coach Branko Ivanković! After disastrous results in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, where China lost the crucial match against Indonesia in early June, the Chinese Football Association showed no mercy. Ivanković was fired, and his team finished second to last in their group with seven losses in ten matches! Yes, you read that right – seven losses! The Chinese national team, once full of big ambitions, now sits at 94th place in the FIFA rankings and is sinking deeper into football oblivion.
Branko Ivanković, who has previously coached Dinamo Zagreb and the Iranian national team, failed to lift Chinese football out of the mud. His contract was automatically terminated, and Dejan Đurđević, a coach with 19 years of experience with the Chinese national team, was appointed as the interim coach. But will that be enough to stop the decline? Chinese football has been under fire for years, not only for poor results but also for numerous corruption scandals that cast a dark shadow over the sport in the country.
China has only qualified for the World Cup once, in 2002, and failed to score a single goal or earn a point. Will they ever break out of this vicious cycle? It’s time for big changes, but will they come in time, or will Chinese football continue to sink into oblivion?
If you thought this was the end of the drama, think again! Chinese football is like a slippery soap that keeps slipping through your fingers. What do you think – can Dejan Đurđević save the day, or is this the end of an era? Drop a comment, spark a debate, or just enjoy this football chaos that gives us so much material for laughs!
