‘I used a majestic expression, but… ‘Hong Myung-bo’s reasonable point, does Bento communicate properly with the K-League?

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Ulsan Hyundai coach Hong Myung-bo shouted’Communication’ to the football national team coach Paulo Bento (left). Choi Seung-seop, Reporter Kim Do-hoon


[스포츠서울 김용일기자] “Rather than convening one-sidedly by the national team, it would be better if there was a place to communicate with the K-League team.”

Ulsan Hyundai coach Hong Myung-bo, who was ahead of the Jeju United game at Ulsan Munsu Stadium on the 16th, said he was desperate. Coach Hong, who was selected for the national football team’Bento’ with six people, said, “We need to help a lot in a big win” because of the possibility that a large number of representatives will occur even during the Pohang Steelers away game just three days ago. Why did he openly respond to the national football team’Bento’ and said, “Let’s communicate”.

Coach Bento announced on the 15th the list of the national team convocation for the A-match evaluation match (Korea-Japan) to be held in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th, and 14 out of 24 were K-Leagers. And six (42%) of them (Hyunwoo Cho, Doojae, Hongcheol, Taehwan Kim, Taehwan, Dongjun, Yunbitgaram) are resources under’Hongmyeong Protection’. The team is competing to win the K-League 1, and as it has star players through full investment, the majority of the selection was already foreseen. However, no one was selected from Jeonbuk Hyundai, which is currently running at the top of the K-League 1 and trying to lose the league for 5 consecutive years. On the other hand, as Ulsan’s main team, from the foremost to the last goalkeeper, was selected at the same time, coach Hong, the coaches and the club front were sensitive. Now, even the Corona 19 variable exists. The players who finished the match between Korea and Japan return to Ulsan after cohort quarantine at Paju NFC for a week. In the 5th round away game against Seongnam FC on the 3rd of next month, it is difficult for the players to be in normal condition.

Director Hong was not sensitive to Bento because of the large-scale borrowing. Coach Bento brought in a large number of domestic players considering the fact that it is not easy to select some European players due to the variable of Corona 19. And the biggest criterion for selection was’recent performance and condition’. At this point, Director Hong put a question mark on the selection of Hong Chul. Hongcheol couldn’t play the game properly after the start of this season due to an injury. In the last game against Pohang, his performance was poor, and he missed the entry in the game against Jeju on this day. However, Bento’s manager called Hong-cheol along with Park Joo-ho to the national team as a full-back agent on the left. Coach Hong said, “I think it’s okay because Hongcheol played several games in the national team, but we know exactly how Hongcheol is. If it had been coordinated or discussed in advance (with the national team), Hongcheol would not have been elected, but it is regrettable that there was no such process.” In fact, several experts point out that Hongcheol is not in the state of being able to go to the national team. Rather, it is a reaction that he is wondering that he did not select Lee Ju-yong (Jeonbuk), who had been convened by the national team.

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Of course, it is the manager’s own authority to select players for the national team. Manager Bento explained that he had no intention of having any other intentions, saying, “This member was the best to get the football we wanted, the game we wanted, and the result we were looking for.” However, it is true that the national team command tower must become a “cooperation relationship” in which they share what they want and build trust through frequent communication with the team command tower and coaches. Manager Bento only selected the representative according to his authority, but from the club’s perspective, he left a number of misunderstandings. Hongcheol alone makes his head tilt his head to see if he was a starter in line with his’recent performance and condition’. Coach Hong served as the commanding tower from youth to national team A, and before joining Ulsan, he took over the administration as executive director of the Korea Football Association (KFA). In other words, when it comes to the national team, he is a footballer who will take the lead than anyone else. However, the reason he pinpointed the lack of communication targeting the Bento is because he thought that there was a problem objectively.

It is also said that the KFA level should increase communication between Bento and each club. In fact, in the past, the foreign command tower met with the K-League manager irregularly. On December 9, 2014, coach Uli Stilike, who was the previous command tower, held a luncheon with the K-League 1 Command Tower, presided over by the then technical chairman Lee Yong-su on December 9, 2014, and asked about the usual training methods and conditions of major players. There was also an effort to transplant it into the national team while understanding the team and player’s own method. However, since Bento took over, he has not officially met with the K-League Command Tower. As long as the national team command tower and the national league command tower are not in a vertical relationship, they must help each other for the development of national football. Even more so if you have a relationship with a big club club with many representative players. In this regard, a precise role for crosslinking of KFA is required. [email protected]

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