The KFA has forgotten about the 2002 World Cup. It ignores the fact that it has advanced to the semi-finals. Portugal, Italy, Spain, and the incredible soccer history of beating out powerful teams that just sounds scary have been buried underground for the first time in 20 years. They might ask, "What are you talking about out of the blue?"
These include none other than Chung Mong-kyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, Hong Myung-bo, former executive director, and Kim Pan-gon, former chairman of the national team's senior committee. The move is aimed at making the round of 16 strongest teams in Qatar a "success." They boasted greatly, saying, "We created a new process for selecting a coach and selected a "capable coach" named Paulo Bento. Therefore, he was obsessed with the obsession to make Bento a successful person.
Bento's failure was their downfall. To survive, they had to create an illusion that "they made 'World Cup Round of 16 history' with their outstanding administrative ability." They had to let the people be deluded. However, as long as the 'World Cup semifinal myth' is holding out, it is impossible. We had to crush it.
His reckless attitude turned into extreme arrogance and stubbornness, banking on some public opinions. This is why he has not budged despite the strong public opinion calling for his resignation as chairman and representative director.
■Qatar Round of 16 failed
How did the round of 16 become a success? Korea advanced to the semifinals 20 years ago. The whole country is very excited. Now, Korean soccer needs to move forward to win." Coach Guus Hiddink said, "He changed the whole soccer system and culture," dreaming of a bright future.
The semi-finals are the standard of Korean soccer. Another goal. All evaluations of Korean soccer should be made according to the standard. If you say it is too high, you are denying yourself the "myth of semifinals." If you don't have such a goal, you are giving up your progress.
The Qatar World Cup is a failure. Needless to say, the team needs to show better performance to succeed as it has already advanced to the semifinals. It would be more than satisfactory if it reaches the quarterfinals at least. If it is the first round of 16 teams in 20 years since the Seoul World Cup, it would not be disappointing, but it would be a shame.
However, they already made it to the round of 16 in South Africa in 2010. Qatar's round of 16 is less than an average year. What have they done in the 20 years since 2002? What have they done in the 12 years since the World Cup in South Africa? Korean soccer has not even stopped being consistent. They have taken a step backward. When it comes to a successful round of 16 teams, they are neglecting their achievements in the round of 4 teams in 2002. They are nothing short of belittling their achievements by saying, "We have to forget about it now that we have made it to the round of 4 teams somehow."
How can a coach who only made it to the round of 16 be a "capable coach"? There is no comparison with Hiddink. The team was even inferior to Huh Jung-moo at the South African World Cup.
The number is the same, but the difference is the round of 16. Korea led by Huh Jung-moo advanced to the round of 16 best teams, one win, one draw and one loss, ahead of Greece, but lost to Uruguay 2-1. It was the first round of 16 best teams at an away World Cup in the history of Korean soccer. Korea also had one win, one draw and one loss in Qatar. However, it only advanced to the round of 16 best teams due to difference in goal difference, as it shared four points with Uruguay. It lost to Brazil four to one, failing to advance to the round of 16. Heo made it to the round of 16 best teams much more stably than Bento. Despite that, he received criticism for failing to advance to the round of eight teams.
■Director Bentu also failed
Bento's team made it to the round of 16 with difficulty, but earned the second highest salary among the coaches of six Asian countries. Japanese coach Hajime Moriyasu was the fifth. However, Japan of Moriyasu came from behind to win 2-1 over Germany and Spain, respectively. He surprised the world. 스포츠토토
The French newspaper and the Italian media placed Moriyasu in second place and third in the World Cup coaching list. The International Federation of Football History Statistics selected Moriyasu in fifth place, the highest ever in Asia, in the category of national best coach per year. In other words, the world recognized him. His performance is incomparable to that of Bento.
The KFA paid him 350 million won (350 million U.S. dollars) more in annual salary than the Moriyasu. The annual budget of the KFA is less than half of the budget of the Japan Football Association…. "The professional world needs to show better performances and get better reviews if we earn more. Bento was not a successful coach. He was just Sarim who left a shameful record. The appointment of the coach at the Korea Football Association was a failure. We should never be proud of ourselves for having made proper procedures.
Chung Mong-kyu and Hong Myung-bo should have acknowledged their failures and apologized to the public. Those who should have taken responsibility for their failures are seeking a fourth term as chairman in return for their success. He took over as CEO again. It is nonsense. If he had made it to the quarterfinals, he might have become a lifetime chairman and a lifetime CEO.