Korea Football Association President Chung Mong-gyu: "National Team Coach: The Ability to Create a 'One Team' Is Important"
"There will be time to explain the seniority process later"
The president of the Korea Football Association, Chung Mong-gyu, chose the “ability to unite the players as one team” as the essential ability for the new national team coach, who is going through a chaotic selection process.
On the 5th, at the Korea Football Center in Cheonan, after the “One Heart Football Tournament” hosted by the association, Chung met with reporters and said, “Ultimately, (the national team coach) is most important in terms of the ability to create one team.
He stated, “I think they (the coaching staff) will take care of the tactical part.” 카지노사이트 추천
He added, “I told the (national team) strengthening committee not to talk to me about ‘this person will do it’ or ‘who will do it.’
Isn’t it important to first decide what we want and then align the procedural legitimacy?”
He explained, “It seems really difficult to define what we need.”
The official position of the national team's head coach has been vacant since former coach Jurgen Klinsmann was fired in February.
The power reinforcement committee launched under the leadership of Chairman Jeong Hae-seong has reviewed over 100 candidates, but has yet to find a suitable coach.
Recently, Chairman Jeong suddenly resigned, and Technical Director Lee Im-saeng left for Europe to meet with foreign coaches who are on the final list of candidates for the next coach.
Regarding the appointment of the national team coach, Chairman Jeong said, "I haven't received any reports yet.
I believe things will go well.
I heard that Director Lee Im-saeng is working hard."
He continued, "Regardless of who we elect, public opinion will likely be split 45% to 55%.
No matter who we elect, there is a high probability that 55% will oppose whoever it is," adding, "I don't think there will be a case where a manager receives 50% support.
Even (Alex) Ferguson (Manchester United) will not have an easy time."
His point is that as soccer fever has recently increased, the standards for national team managers who receive nationwide attention have also become stricter.
The soccer competition that day was held for the Korea Football Association, construction company Dongbu Construction, Cheonan City Hall employees, and the press corps as the groundwork for the soccer complex scheduled to open in June next year has progressed to a certain extent and some of the grounds have been completed.
Chairman Chung, who was born in 1962 and is 62 years old, also wore the uniform of the Korean national team and participated in the competition as a player belonging to the Korea Football Association and ran around the ground with his employees.
Chairman Chung said at the opening ceremony, “There have been a lot of articles about the national team coach these days, so I think I will have time to explain the process and procedures in detail when (the coach) is selected later.”
The soccer complex, which has a total area of 478,000㎡ (approximately 145,000 pyeong), is divided into areas managed by Cheonan City (363,000㎡, approximately 110,000 pyeong) and the Korea Football Association (115,000㎡, approximately 35,000 pyeong).
Some of the artificial grass grounds included in Cheonan City’s area have already been completed and opened.
On the other hand, the stadium and training grounds, which are the domain of the Football Association, are still under construction.