Korean Football in Crisis ‘Hong Myung-bo’ to be Raised Again after 10 Years
Football Association, 142 days after Klinsmann’s dismissal Hong Myung-bo appointed as the next national team coach Hong, the first Korean coach in 6 years since Shin Tae-yong to have his term guaranteed until after the 2026 World Cup Briefing on the appointment and acceptance process of the coach today
Hong Myung-bo, the Ulsan coach known as ‘Charisma Hong’, has decided to take charge of the national team again after 10 years to help Korean soccer, which is in crisis.
Ulsan manager Hong Myung-bo (55) will take charge of the national team again to help Korean soccer, which is in crisis. It has been 10 years since the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
The Korea Football Association announced on the 7th that “professional soccer Ulsan manager Hong Myung-bo has been appointed as the next manager of the national team.” It has been 142 days since former manager Jurgen Klinsmann was fired (February 16). The Football Association explained, “After much thought, Manager Hong has accepted the position of national team manager. The reason I used the word ‘appointment’ is because the contract has not been finalized yet. You can consider it as confirmed.” It has been reported that Manager Hong will be guaranteed a term until after the 2026 North and Central American World Cup. It has been 6 years since Manager Shin Tae-yong took charge of the national team as the official.
manager of the national team. In the meantime, Manager Hong has repeatedly stated that he has “no intention of becoming the national team manager.” On the 30th of last month, ahead of the away game against Pohang in the K League 1 professional soccer league, he publicly stated in front of reporters, “If you bring in someone with more experience, career, and achievements than me, my name will naturally not be mentioned.”
However, Coach Hong could not turn away from the repeated persuasion and requests from the Korea Football Association when Korean football was in crisis. Coach Hong had a lot of burden and worries about having to leave his team Ulsan in the middle of the K-League season if he took over as the national team coach. When Coach Hong’s name was mentioned as a candidate for the next national team coach after former coach Klinsmann was fired, Ulsan club supporters released a statement opposing it and even held a truck protest. They opposed it, saying that taking away a professional team coach in the middle of the season would shake the foundation of the K-League.
Coach Hong felt sorry for his team Ulsan and the fans, but he decided to accept the position of national team coach for the sake of Korean football, which was struggling. It is known that several football figures have tried to persuade Coach Hong in recent days. Lee Im-saeng, the general director of the technical headquarters of the Korea Football Association, who was in charge of selecting the national team coach, visited Coach Hong’s house around midnight. It must have been difficult for Coach Hong to just send Director Lee, a junior who had been in the same team for a long time, home late at night. It is said that many thought Coach Hong was the most suitable coach to quickly turn around the national team atmosphere that had been in disarray to the point where his junior Lee Kang-in grabbed captain Son Heung-min by the collar during the Asian Cup.
The Korea Football Association also persuaded Ulsan and asked for their understanding. Ulsan Club CEO Kim Kwang-guk said, “The Korea Football Association went through the process of discussing with our club. Coach Hong has achieved many things for the team and has such a big presence that I am honestly having a hard time selecting a successor. I will try to gain the support of the fans.” Coach
Hong, who led the team to the semifinals of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, is a Korean soccer legend who needs no introduction. Along with former national team coach Cha Bum-geun, he holds the record for the most appearances (136) in the Korean men’s soccer A-match. As a coach, he led the team to the quarterfinals of the 2009 U-20 World Cup. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. It is Korea’s only Olympic medal in soccer. In the 2014 Brazil World Cup, where he took over as a ‘relief pitcher’ when the team was not ready with only one year left until the opening of the competition, the team failed to advance past the group stage. Last year, the team achieved two consecutive league championships for the first time in 40 years since the Ulsan club was founded. On the 8th, the Korea Football Association will brief the team on the selection process for the national team coach and the reasons why they ultimately chose Coach Hong. The Korea Football Association had prioritized foreign coaches and listed dozens of candidates, but the coaches who were considered suitable candidates did not make it to the selection stage due to a large difference in salary. After the dismissal of former coach Klinsmann, the national team played the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the North and Central America World Cup in March and June under the temporary coach system of Hwang Sun-hong and Kim Do-hoon, respectively. 카지노사이트 추천
