China part with Petrovic

China have not renewed coach Vladimir Petrovic's contract after their failure in 2010 World Cup qualifying, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said yesterday. "Elimination from the World Cup left me very sad but I have had many (positive) emotions...

China have not renewed coach Vladimir Petrovic's contract after their failure in 2010 World Cup qualifying, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said yesterday.

"Elimination from the World Cup left me very sad but I have had many (positive) emotions which I appreciate," the Serb was quoted as saying on the AFC website.

"The time I have had here was too short to change anything and maybe I could have done better if I had enough time."

China, who reached the 2002 World Cup finals, were dumped out at the third round stage one game early after securing just three points and scoring only two goals in their first five matches.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.