Full of confidence in Thailand national football coach Jankovic in the first game of the World Cup preliminaries – Sports – China Engineering Network

Original title: In the first game of the World Cup preliminaries, Thailand national football coach Jankovic is full of confidence

Xinhua News Agency, Bangkok, November 15th (Reporters Wei Hua and Lin Hao) The Chinese men’s football team will challenge the Thai team away from home in the first round of Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the Asian top 36. The team’s head coach Jankovic When attending the pre-match press conference on the 15th, he said that he was very happy to lead the players to open a new page and that he was full of confidence in the future World Cup journey.

This world preliminaries is the most important event that the Chinese team has participated in since Jankovic officially took office at the beginning of this year. On the 16th, at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, the Chinese men’s football team will begin their journey to the World Cup for the 13th time. Jankovic said: “This eight-month competition is about to begin. The Chinese team is ready and all the players are excited and motivated.”

“Our goals are high and clear. Everyone wants to win. Everyone wants to move towards the World Cup. This is perhaps the biggest challenge in football. I am very happy to have such an experience with the players.” He explain.

In this round of 36, the Chinese team is in the same group as South Korea, Thailand and Singapore, and the top two in each group advance to the top 18. The Chinese team’s first opponent, the Thai team, has left painful memories for the Chinese team several times in recent years. Regarding the view of many Thai football insiders that the Chinese team’s strength has declined, Jankovic said that he does not care, and the team is still You need to be yourself.

He said: “I repeat, each of us is motivated and ready to face a new chapter. I will not comment on other people’s comments. We can do anything, play well and live up to the whole country. expectations.”

In this trip to Thailand, the number of naturalized players in the Chinese team has decreased compared with the previous cycle. When a Thai reporter asked about this, Jankovic said that whether they are naturalized players or not, they all represent the Chinese team and they are honored to be here, so there is no difference.

International footballer Wu Xi, who also attended the press conference, said: “We have entered another cycle. The team has just arrived in Thailand from Shenzhen training camp. For the players, they are very much looking forward to tomorrow’s game and hope that through the efforts of all players, The fans gave a great game.”