[골닷컴] Reporter Kang Dong-hoon = Former coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), who was fired as the head coach of the Korean national football team, made an excuse for the team’s exit from the semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. , saying, “Discord within the team affected performance.” Former head coach Andreas Herzog (Austria), who helped him right next to him, also blamed the loss on the player.
Former head coach Herzog said in a column he contributed to Austria’s Kronen Zeitung on the 18th (Korea time), “On the eve of the important match against Jordan, a generational conflict arose within us. “No one could have imagined that Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) would fight,” he said. “The very emotional conflict between the two had a negative effect on the atmosphere, and everything that had been carefully built up over several months was ruined.” “It collapsed in a few minutes,” he said.
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Klinsmann previously conceded consecutive goals to Yazan Al-Naimat (Al-Ahly) and Moussa Al-Tamari (Montpellier) in the 8th and 21st minutes of the second half, respectively, in the semi-finals of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in against Jordan held at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 7th At the time of the dedication, they were defeated 0-2. The defeated Klinsmann failed to advance to the finals, and his plans to become the best in Asia for the first time in 64 years were ‘shattered’.
Korean football fans were outraged by the truly ‘shocking’ result, and some fans were speechless. Meanwhile, the Republic of Korea was completely shocked when it was reported that Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in had an argument at the dinner table the day before the Jordan game, which ended in a physical confrontation, including a fist fight.
Specifically, after the report came out, an official from the Korea Football Association (KFA) said, “It is true that we received a report that the players were fighting,” and “There was friction with Son Heung-min while some young players tried to play table tennis, and in this process, there was friction with Son Heung-min. Public opinion became even more excited when he acknowledged the conflict within the team, saying, “Son Heung-min suffered a dislocated finger injury.”
In the end, KFA hastily held a power strengthening committee, where it was agreed to hold former coach Klinsmann accountable for failing to manage the players properly and fired him. The next day, KFA President Chung Mong-gyu finally announced his dismissal. However, former coach Klinsmann left, leaving an ugly image until the end, making an excuse, saying, “There was discord within the team, which affected performance.”
It wasn’t just former coach Klinsmann who was ugly. The same was true of former head coach Herzog, who had been with him for a long time. Former head coach Herzog also attributed the complete loss to Jordan to the clash between Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in. The head coach, who is responsible for assisting the manager next door to him, directing the training tactics and general planning, passed the blame by saying that he failed to fulfill his role and lost due to a collision between Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in.
In addition, former head coach Herzog said, “There was a lot of pressure from the political world on Chairman Chung Mong-gyu. “He always supported us, but in the end he had to give it up,” he said. “Over the last few months, the media has tried to portray us unconditionally in a negative light. “Then I learned that I would find it eventually,” he said, sarcastically about the Republic of Korea.
Former head coach Herzog is closely related to former coach Klinsmann when he was in charge of the US national soccer team for five years starting in 2011. Since then, he has served as a national soccer team coach U-23 of the United States, the coach of the Israeli national football team, the coach of FC Admira Wacker Mödling, and a commentator for Sky Sports in Austria. Last year, he was called by the former coach Klinsmann and became the head coach of the football team Korean national.
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