Bora sees brighter future for China

Former Chinese national team coach Bora Milutinovic told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that China needs to learn from the failure of its pursuit of a berth at the this year's World Cup finals.

Milutinovic, who led China's only participation in the joint South Korea - Japan World Cup in 2002, was hired as a youth training consultant by the Chinese Football Association(CFA) last week.

The Serbian coach said he is excited to get back to Chinese soccer, where people called him an "old friend."