Olympics canceled for the first time in 40 years
Hwang Seon-hong’s ‘Return to Korea’ “Operating issues by age group”
If things continue like this, the gap with other countries will increase further.”
There is also insufficient preparation for obstacles in recruiting European players.
Note that “Team A’s forced two-job effort is unreasonable”
Chairman Chung remains silent despite criticism from supporters
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The President of the Korea Football Association, Chung Mong-gyu, who is equally responsible as the head of the Korean football world, visited a women’s football evaluation match held in Icheon on the 5th.
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Korea Football Association President Chung Mong-gyu, who is equally responsible as the head of the Korean football world, visited a women’s football evaluation match held in Icheon on the 5th.
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The blame for Korean men’s soccer’s failure to advance to the Olympic finals for the 10th consecutive time is centered on Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association. Hwang Seon-hong, the coach of the national under-23 team and the culprit behind the ‘Doha disaster’, also admitted that there were problems with the current system.
After entering the country with the players at Incheon International Airport on the 27th, coach Hwang bowed his head to the reporters and said, “The coach is responsible for this result.”
The national team previously failed to progress to the semi-finals by losing 10-11 on penalties after drawing 2-2 after 120 minutes in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup. 2024 against Indonesia, led by coach Shin. Tae-yong, on the 26th. In the tournament which also serves as a qualifying event for the Paris Olympics, Korea was eliminated in the quarter-finals and failed to progress to the finals for the first time in 40 years since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the record for consecutive Olympic appearances has also ended at ‘9’.
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Coach Hwang Seon-hong of the Korean under-23 men’s football team, who failed to achieve his goal of advancing to the Olympics for the 10th time in a row, bows his head during an interview on his way home from Incheon International Airport on the 27th.
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Coach Hwang Seon-hong of the Korean under-23 men’s football team, who failed to achieve his goal of advancing to the Olympics for the 10th time in a row, bows his head during an interview on his way home from Incheon International Airport on the 27th.
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Regarding this, Coach Hwang said, “What I felt after leading the team for about two years is that if the current system is the same, the gap with other countries will widen further,” and “(The Football Association) must have a long period. – term plan.” “The current age-specific team structure and management system does not match,” he stressed. Coach Hwang explains that if a coach’s lifespan is determined by his performance in the Asian Games, he has no choice but to focus only on the Asian Games, and since the preparation period for the Olympics is short, the system needs to be changed. However, some point out that the Asian Games performance is an intermediate evaluation of the coach.
Also, regarding the failure of European teams such as Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), and Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City) to be called up, Coach Hwang said, “I visited the club promised a call up, but my team refused the call up as the battle for positions intensified at the end of the season “I did it,” he said.
A football industry official said on the 28th, “The U-23 Asia Cup is not an A match, so it is not a mandatory selection tournament for FIFA.” He added, “As the proportion of young players playing abroad increases, it will inevitably be difficult to form a national team in the future.” He said, “There was a lack of preparation for Plan B and Plan C in case the European squad failed to join.”
This is not the only turmoil in the world of Korean football. As former coach Jürgen Klinsmann, who was hired unexpectedly, left the team due to a poor performance in the AFC Asian Cup, Coach Hwang took on ‘two jobs’, including taking on the role of interim head coach of the A national team in the two-match North and Central America 2026 World Cup qualifier against Thailand last month. In response to criticism that he was unable to fully focus on his ‘main job’ because of this, Coach Hwang said, “I don’t think it had a big impact,” but told him to ‘kill two birds with one. stone ‘ is an ‘irrational step’ on the part of the Football Association and Chairman Chung. ‘The criticism is on the rise.
The Football Association apologized, saying, “We are well aware that the Football Association bears the overall responsibility,” but Chairman Chung, head of Korean football, remains silent and unaware of the fans’ criticism.
Shin Tae-yong will face ‘tough enemy’ Uzbekistan at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 11pm on the 29th, Korean time, to advance to the finals.
Senior Correspondent Lee Ki-cheol
2024-04-29 Page 23
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