CHINESE WAY

China reached the finals of the World Cup for the first time in 2002 under another Serbian coach, Bora Milutinovic.

Dujkovic, who has also been in charge of Rwanda, Venezuela and Myanmar, was appointed to lead the Olympic squad last October and said he had quickly adjusted to the Chinese way of doing things.

"I have no problem coaching in China because I know I can't change anything but have to adapt to it," he said.

"You know, I coached in different countries and that's part of my job."

The 61-year-old said media calls for his under-23 side to go to July's Asian Cup finals instead of the senior team were impractical.

"Even if we got the call, we wouldn't be able to do it because the Asian Cup wouldn't fit our schedule," he said.

"We've arranged an Italian tour in July.

"You shouldn't make a big fuss about the results of friendlies. It doesn't mean much. They could still do well at the Asian Cup."

Zhu was without players from two of the country's top clubs -- champions Shandong Luneng and Shanghai Shenhua -- for the U.S. tour.

Sympathy, however, has been in short supply for the 57-year-old after a run of poor results culminated in a first defeat to Thailand in 17 years last month.

1

2