Maekyung.com MK Sports Reporter Park Chan-hyung
Chung Mong-gyu (59), the head of the Korea Football Association, disagreed with public opinion that Paulo Bento (52, Portugal) should be responsible for his three-goal defeat against Korea and Japan in 10 years.
On the 25th, coach Bento lost a 0-3 match between Korea and Japan, which was held in an A-match friendly match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. Throughout the first half, midfielder Lee Kang-in (20, Valencia) was tested as a central attacker alone,’Zero Top’.
However, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu said, “It is not right to criticize only the command tower. I will support more actively in the future.” In fact, he reaffirmed Bento. The following is the full text of the official position of the president of the Korea Football Association on the 26th.
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Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, reconfirmed that he would support Bento more actively and dismiss the theory of responsibility for Bento’s three-goal defeat against Korea and Japan in 10 years. Photo = MK Sports DB
As the president of the Football Association, I am very sorry to the football fans, footballers, and the people who were disappointed with the defeat of the Korean and Japanese matches of the national team held yesterday (25th).
The association decided that it was the only opportunity to strengthen the national team’s abilities ahead of the World Cup qualifiers, and despite the burden of Korea and Japan, this match was promoted.
We sincerely apologize for the fact that we did our best to fight against quarantine in difficult situations, but for causing great concern due to insufficient performance.
I don’t think it is fair to blame Bento on this defeat. In particular, the responsibility of the Football Association is even greater for failing to fully support the game in the best possible condition.
We will use this work as a mirror to support you more actively. We will listen more closely to the voices of the field, such as clubs and leaders, and talk.
In the World Cup qualifying round that will start in June, we will do our best to become a national team that gives football fans and people a new and changed national team, joy and hope.
Once again, I sincerely apologize.
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