https://www.scmp.com/rss/524432/feed The latest news and updates on Dejan Djurdjevic, a Serbian football manager, he has recently been appointed caretaker coach of the Chinese men’s national team. He assumes this interim role following a successful tenure overseeing China’s youth development. Since March 2023, he led the China U-23 team to their first Asian Games quarter-final in 17 years and guided the U-19 side to qualification for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. His extensive coaching career includes managing various clubs and the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Japan set up a final-day East Asian Football Championship title shoot-out with South Korea, after they beat China 2-0 in Seoul on Saturday. In a mirror image of the past two editions, in 2019 and 2022, Hong Kong will fight the Chinese to avoid the ignominy of claiming the tournament’s wooden spoon. And while hopes have been high of a first Hong Kong victory in 40 years, China were more organised, aggressive and ambitious against Japan than in their 3-0 loss to the Koreans five days earlier. Six... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3317996/east-asian-championship-china-lose-japan-face-hong-kong-wooden-spoon-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3317996/east-asian-championship-china-lose-japan-face-hong-kong-wooden-spoon-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:28:04 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara South Korea were missing their A-list stars but they did not need Son Heung-min or Lee Kang-in to sweep aside China 3-0 in their opening East Asian Football Championship game on Monday. The lesser-heralded Lee Dong-gyeong and Joo Min-kyu were more than good enough to exploit an inexperienced opposition’s poor defending, putting their side 2-0 up at half-time at Yongin Mireu Stadium. Centre-back Kim Ju-sung rammed home following a 57th-minute corner, at which point South Korea boss Hong Myung-bo... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3317181/china-boss-djurdjevic-eyes-south-korea-clash-fresh-start-struggling-national-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3317181/china-boss-djurdjevic-eyes-south-korea-clash-fresh-start-struggling-national-team?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 03:09:33 +0000