[골닷컴, 울산] Reporter Kang Dong-hoon = The Colombian national football team, who forgot the professionalism, was actually the ‘worst’. Arriving late at the stadium and failing to carry out his duties properly, that was not enough, and he raised eyebrows by showing foul play and unsportsmanlike behavior on the ground.
The Korean national football team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (58, Germany), drew 2-2 against Colombia at 8:00 pm
As this head-to-head match was the first game for Klinsman, who was just appointed at the end of last month, it received a lot of attention both domestically and internationally. In particular, attention was drawn as it was an A game to be played three months after the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Indeed, the Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium was full of fans that day.
However, problems arose even before kick-off. Klinsmann arrived on schedule and took to the floor 45 minutes before kick-off to warm up. However, the Colombian national soccer team entered the locker room around 7:20 pm, and it wasn’t until the 35th minute that the goalkeepers showed up. Outfielders appeared later than that.
In the end, four months passed. At 7:55, the referee ordered the Colombian soccer team to finish warming up and return to the locker room, but asked to delay the kickoff, saying there was not enough time to warm up. Inevitably, it wasn’t until 8:15 that the whistle blew for the start of the game.
Coach Nestor Lorenzo (57, Argentina) said at the official press conference after the match, “It took 30 to 40 minutes to travel by bus from training yesterday. But today it took 1 hour and 40 minutes due to traffic jams. ” There was not even a situation to use other means of transport.”
This is not the only thing that angered the Colombian national football team Klinsmanho and the Red Devils. On the ground, he committed unsportsmanlike conduct and gross fouls several times, making spectators frown.
Indeed, the Colombian players did not hesitate to take off their uniforms or make a deep tackle in case of injury in defense. He even deliberately pushed down Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham Hotspur) and kicked Cho Kyu-seong (25, Jeonbuk Hyundai) from behind. If it wasn’t for a friendly game, it wouldn’t be strange to have a direct dispatch.
The problem lies in the fact that this is not the first time that Colombia has behaved in a bad manner. When I visited Korea in 2017, I caused controversy with racist gestures. He also removed the uniform of Jin-su Kim (30, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) who fell down and forced him to stand up, and committed a dangerous foul by hitting the shin of Yeom Ki-hoon (39, Suwon Samsung) with a football boot stud – foot Even in a friendly match in 2019, Radamel Falcao (37, Rayo Vallecano) was criticized for his ugly behavior of throwing out a first aid kit.
