Hong Myung-bo opens up on controversy over unfair appointment
“Bento is not an attractive candidate, but verification”
“The national team coaches are the highest level leaders, whether domestic or foreign, so asking for a presentation (about tactics) is ridiculous.”
Professional soccer K-League 1 Ulsan coach Kim Pang-gon (pictured) said this at a press conference after the game against Daejeon on the 27th in relation to the unfair controversy surrounding the selection process of national team coach Hong Myung-bo. Some soccer players and fans are criticizing Coach Hong for taking the helm without going through a detailed evaluation, unlike foreign coaches who were candidates for the national team command post and presented their tactics during the interview process.
Coach Kim served as chairman of the Korea Football Association’s national team strength strengthening committee from December 2017 to January 2022. He is the person who selected former national team coach Paulo Bento, who led Korea to the round of 16 at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. In August 2018, Coach Kim announced the background of the appointment of Coach Bento and said, “I received data on training and team management from Coach Bento and verified his expertise.” Fans are pointing out that the verification process carried out by the Football Association at the time was not applied to Coach Hong.
Coach Kim said, “At the time, Coach Bento had experienced failure in the Chinese and Brazilian leagues, so I wasn’t sure (whether I could hire him). “We requested data for verification because he was not the attractive candidate we wanted,” he said. He added, “I think there is a misunderstanding that we need to verify all coaches like we did when I appointed Coach Bento.” When coach Bento was appointed, there was considerable opposition from soccer fans.
Director Kim explained that even at the time, other foreign candidates whose leadership skills had already been proven were approached with the concept of scouting. He said, “I asked coach Herve Renard, who won the African Cup of Nations twice, ‘I want to go to the ends of the earth to meet him’ and ‘please take charge of Korea.’” He added, “I can’t ask such coaches to explain tactical management.” did it
Coach Kim diagnosed that the problem was that the Football Association was unable to clearly determine the direction of ‘which leader to select’ in the process of selecting the next head coach. He said, “If you listen to what officials at the Football Association said after the Asian Cup, it seemed like they were looking for a leader who could quickly turn the ragtag team into ‘one team.’” Director Kim said, “I don’t know why even within the Power Strengthening Committee, some people said to select a Korean leader and others said to select a foreigner, but no direction was set.” “If it had been explained well to the media, the current situation would not have occurred,” he said.
Reporter Jeong Yun-cheol [email protected]
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2024-10-01 00:23:41