(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seok-gon = President Yun Seok-yeol met with former national team coaches Hiddink, Lee Young-pyo, Ahn Jung-hwan, Park Ji-sung, Song Jong-guk and Kim Byeong-ji, before the 2002 World Cup national team dinner held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the followingnoon of the 2nd. Taking a commemorative photo. 2022.6.2 seephoto@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dong-hwan = President Yoon Seok-yeol announced on the 2nd that he would actively promote the 2023 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Asian Cup.
President Yoon said this at a dinner with former Korean national football team coach Guus Hiddink, Korean Football Association President Chung Mong-gyu, and Gangwon FC CEO Lee Young-pyo, before watching the friendly match between Korea and Brazil on the evening of the same day, the presidential office reported in a written briefing.
When Chairman Chung and CEO Lee proposed, “Let’s hold the 2023 Asian Cup, which China abandoned,” President Yoon instructed Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo-gyun, who was present, “to actively promote it.”
CEO Lee said, “Korea has not won or held a championship in 60 years following winning the first Asian Cup in 1956 and the 2nd Asian Cup in 1960. I hope to win this year,” he said.
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