National soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo (55) is scheduled to meet with captain Son Heung-min (32) during his European schedule.
News 1 said on the 17th that Hong Myung-bo, the coach of the Korean national soccer team, will soon move to London to meet with Son Heung-min, the captain of the team. This is the first time that Hong Myung-bo has officially met since his official appointment as the head coach.
Coach Hong Myung-bo, who went on a business trip to Europe for the appointment of a foreign coaching staff, did not disclose the exact schedule. However, as Tottenham is scheduled to play preseason games at 3 a.m. on the 18th (Korea time) and 11 p.m. on the 20th (Korea time), respectively, the meeting between the two is expected to take place after the 20th.
Coach Hong Myung-bo was officially appointed as the national team coach as of the 13th following a written resolution by the board of directors of the Korea Football Association after terminating his contract with Ulsan HD on the 11th.
Afterwards, Coach Hong immediately departed on a plane to Europe on June 15 without a press conference for his inauguration. “I didn’t have enough time, so I decided to schedule a business trip to Europe before the inauguration conference. I ask for your understanding,” Coach Hong said. “The key to this business trip is to appoint a foreign coach. I decided to go to Europe after meeting them in person and hearing their philosophy and vision of soccer and understanding of Korean soccer.”
Asked how he will perform in the national team in the future, he added, “I don’t think we can change everything because we don’t have much time. I’m going to change things outside of the game right now. It’s important to create our own culture with rules and rules unique to the Korean national team.” 메이저사이트
This is also in line with the lines of “leadership,” “one team” and “one-sprit” delivered by Lee Im-saeng, director of technical affairs, in the process of appointing the next head coach.
In response, the reason why head coach Hong Myung-bo meets captain Son Heung-min first seems to be “Korea’s own culture, efforts to create an atmosphere in which players enjoy and unite.”
Meanwhile, Hong and Son are already acquainted with each other. Coach Hong Myung-bo served as the coach of the Korean national team from 2013 to 2014.