2024-04-28 01:03:00
Coach Hwang Seon-hong, lowering his head (Yeongjong-do = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim In-cheol = Coach Hwang Seon-hong of the Korean U-23 men’s national soccer team, who did not failed to achieve its goal of qualifying for the final for the 10th consecutive Olympic Games, I arrived at passenger terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport on the 27th. After returning home, my head was down so as I prepare for the interview. 2024.4.27 yatoya@yna.co.kr/2024-04-27 13:35:42/
Kim Ji-soo was not selected for the Republic of Korea U-23 Olympic team. Photo = Korea Football Federation
One of the reasons for the “disaster” of Hwang Seon-hong, who was unable to participate in the Olympics for the first time in 40 years, is the weakening of power due to the failure of European players to be selected . Indeed, Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic) and Kim Ji-soo (Brentford) all failed to participate in the Asian Confederation Under-23 Asian Cup football (AFC) 2024 due to rejection by their teams.
Previously, coach Hwang Seon-hong included four European players in the final list of 23 players announced before the tournament, but only Kim Min-woo (Düsseldorf) joined them correctly, and the other three were reportedly “not selected” one following. another. Each time a European team selection failed, a replacement player left in Korea had to rush to Qatar, the venue for the final match. Naturally, the full body workout had to be delayed accordingly.
Considering Bae Jun-ho and Yang Hyun-jun’s position on their teams, it was somewhat inevitable that it would be difficult to be selected. In the case of Bae Jun-ho, who currently plays as Stoke City’s ace, following not being selected for the national team, he continued to play a key role in his team and eventually led the team to remain in the second division. Yang Hyun-jun also started the FA Cup semi-finals on the 20th and helped the team advance to the finals, and is also continuing the fierce competition to win the league.
However, the situation of “European central defender” Kim Ji-su is somewhat different from the previous ones. Of course, Kim Ji-soo’s team Brentford are also engaged in a fierce competition for survival, to the point where they were recently confirmed to remain in the English Premier League (EPL), but that’s not all. is because Kim Ji-soo’s position is not as strong as Bae Jun-ho or Yang Hyun-jun.
In fact, Jisoo Kim was not only excluded from the roster for the EPL Round 35 away match once morest Everton held on the 28th, but he has yet to make his debut officials in EPL. Although his name was listed one by one on the substitutes list earlier this month, the fact that he did not get the chance to play also meant that his position in the team was not up for grabs. not strong.
The failure of Kim Ji-soo’s selection will inevitably remain even more disappointing, coupled with the fact that the central defender’s power drain was serious during the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. When the selection of Kim Ji-soo failed, coach Hwang Seon-hong selected a midfielder instead of a replacement central defender. There were only three professional central defenders participating in this tournament: Byun Jun-su (Gwangju FC), Myung-gwan Seo (Bucheon FC) and Lee Jae-won (Cheonan City).
The problem was that Seo Myung-kwan fell off his horse due to injury in the second match of the final group stage, and Byun Jun-soo also received a second yellow card and missed the third match once morest Japan . Coach Hwang’s temporary solution of using defensive midfielder Lee Kang-hee (Gyeongnam FC) and fullback Cho Hyun-taek (Gimcheon Sangmu) as defenders was effective, but he used the same tactics in the quarterfinals. final once morest Indonesia, and finally the defensive organization. collapsed and the team failed. The “disaster” might not be avoided. Hwang Seon-hong had always prepared for the Olympic qualifiers with a 4-back strategy, but he actually used a 3-back strategy for the matches once morest Korea, Japan and Indonesia.
Players of the South Korean Olympic football team are disappointed following failing to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Photo = Korea Football Federation
Korean Football Federation President Chung Mong-gyu attends executive meeting (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = Korea Football Federation President Chung Mong-gyu attends meeting executive session held at the Football Association Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 16th. 2024.2.16 [공동취재] ondol@yna.co.kr/2024-02-16 10:26:04/
Upon returning to Korea via Incheon International Airport on the 27th, coach Hwang Seon-hong said, “I visited the club in person and was promised a call-up (to a European team), but the teams refused the call-up because The battle for the ranking intensified at the end of the season. » He added, “Kim Ji-soo’s replacement.” There is criticism that no central defender has been selected, but there are currently no players in the country who might be. selected as a central defender,” he explained. Ultimately, in a situation of shortage of central defense resources for players under the age of 23, even the recruitment of a European central defender who cannot play for his team failed.
Coach Hwang Seon-hong tried his best to obtain permission by personally traveling to Europe and contacting the club. Even following finishing the training camp at Turkyeye earlier this year, he did not return home immediately but headed straight to Europe to negotiate with each club. The fact that he has personally negotiated with European clubs is something that Coach Hwang has repeatedly emphasized in interviews.
Naturally, as Olympic team coaches, including coach Hwang Seon-hong, strive to recruit European players, criticism is sure to arise over whether the “administrative power” of the Korean Football Federation was sufficiently supported. As a result, unlike Korea, where only one member joined, Australia had 6 Europeans and Japan had 5 Europeans, showing a significant difference in the base proportion of Europeans. The fact that the Japan Football Association is known for sending employees other than national team coaches to obtain permission for clubs to be called up is also an important point of comparison with Korea, where coach Hwang Seon -hong had to act himself. .
Of course, the prevailing opinion was that it wouldn’t be easy for Bae Jun-ho and Yang Hyun-jun to be selected due to the circumstances of their teams. However, it is natural that the fact that Kim Ji-soo, who cannot play for his team, was not even allowed to be recalled, sparked criticism that the Korean Football Federation was not in able to exercise its administrative power as much as it should. . In addition to the problems associated with recruiting European teams, there are also voices saying that the Football Association took participation in the Olympics as a matter of course and did not even have much interest in the U-23 Asian Cup. of the AFC.
Immediately following being eliminated from the Olympics, the Football Association said: “We are fully aware that the Korea Football Federation has the overall responsibility to nurture and support the national football team, so we once once more bow head to apologize,” and added: “We are closely examining the player and management training system and the management of the national team. “We will find ways to improve and ensure that failures like today do not happen once more,” he said. I should have prepared properly a long time ago, but I only made my decision following experiencing the tragedy of not being able to participate in the Olympics for the first time in 40 years.
Reporter Kim Myeong-seok clear@edaily.co.kr
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