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| ▲ The soccer team led by coach Paulo Bento left for Yokohama, Japan on the 22nd. ⒸKorea Football Association |
[스포티비뉴스=서재원 기자] Even though I went to the K-League site like that, there was no communication. This is a story about Paulo Bento coach.
The Japan-Korea War, scheduled for the 25th in Yokohama, Japan, has been controversial from before the start. The Korea Football Association has given it the meaning of a friendly match between rivals Korea and Japan, which will be held in 10 years, but fans criticize it for promoting an unreasonable evaluation match amid the risk of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Director Bento raised the controversy over Korea and Japan by himself. This is because there was no discussion with the K-League managers in the announcement of the convocation list against Japan and Korea. On the 15th, director Bento revealed a list of 24 people who will be going out on the 15th, and it was revealed that no communication with Ulsan Hyundai, which was convened by six (the last seven), had been made.
The story of Bento’s disagreement came from the mouth of Ulsan Hong Myung-bo, who served as the managing director of the association just a few months ago.
At a press conference ahead of the match against Jeju United on the 16th, coach Hong said, “Hong-cheol was in bad condition, so he was selected for the national team.” He complained. In the next game, coach Hong emphasized again that “the problem is not the number of people selected, but not checking the condition of the players.”
The selection of midfielder Ju Sejong (Gamba Osaka), who was belatedly excluded from the list, was also a problem. Sejong Ju was in the process of self-isolation and treatment after being confirmed for Corona 19 earlier this month.
He was excluded from the list after receiving a positive test from the Corona 19 test conducted the night before leaving Japan for Bento, but criticism that he tried to forcefully select a player who tested positive for Corona 19 became inevitable. It was also a problem of communication that Sejong Ju did not properly understand the player’s condition.
Bento’s failure wasn’t a matter of a day or two. In the past, there was no communication with the K-League managers during the selection process for the national team. There was a prevalent atmosphere in which the K-League manager and players could not express the uncomfortable expression of the selection. It was a sensitive issue that can be mentioned as it is about Hong who has both field and practical experience.
FC Seoul coach Park Jin-seop was also able to express his opinion, “I want (Bento) to communicate with the clubs. This is the same idea as Hong.”
Coach Bento and the coaches below, who visited the K-League site every week, were praised for their’diligence’ or’working’ image. However, through this opportunity, it was revealed that there was no communication even though they visited the site every week. ‘Why did you visit the site like that?’
A K-League official also said, “I came to the scene every week, and I didn’t understand the fact that there wasn’t even a consultation about the player’s condition.”
This wasn’t a problem when previous coaches took the baton. Coach Shin Tae-yong (currently the Indonesian soccer team coach) communicated directly with the K-League coaches, and even when he was coach Ulley Stilike, the chief coach or domestic coach was mainly in charge of the task.
Currently, coaches Tae-wook Choi and Young-min Kim were the ones who needed to communicate smoothly with the K-League managers in the Bento, but none of them showed any first communication. There was no specific direction from Bento. In the end, it was overlooked by both the Bento division and the association.
An official from the association said, “Compared to when the Korean coach held the baton in the past, communication with the K-League managers was not smooth in advance. I will try to avoid problems in this area in the future.” I admitted that there was a shortcoming.
Spotify News = Reporter Seo Jae-won
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