The Football Association’s Power Strengthening Committee also announced its intention to ‘must attend’ “Important Issue”
Pohang Steelers coach
Pohang Steelers Football Team coach Park Tae-ha is expressing his opinion on the AFC Champions League round of 16 match against Jeonbuk at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 13th.
Coach Park Tae-ha of the K League 1 Pohang Steelers expressed his excitement and anticipation for the ‘return to professional soccer’, which is just one day away.
At a press conference held at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonbuk Province on the 13th, a day before the first leg of the round of 16 of the 2023-2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL), Coach Park said, “I am half excited and half excited about tomorrow’s game. In fact, I am a little more excited.” “It’s big,” he said.
Pohang will play the first leg of the round of 16 against Jeonbuk on the 14th at 7 p.m. and play the second leg at home on the 20th.
Coach Park, who left professional soccer after the 2018 season as head coach of China’s second division Yanbian, took the helm of Pohang as the successor to coach Kim Ki-dong, who left for FC Seoul in December last year.
Pohang is Coach Park’s ‘home team.’
As a player, he played for Pohang for 9 seasons, excluding military service, and scored 46 goals and 37 assists in 261 K-League games.He also served as captain from 1998 to 2000.
Coach Park, who started his coaching career at Pohang in 2005, helped Pohang win the K-League title as a coach in 2007.
Coach Park said, “During training, the players showed passion for what they wanted to do,” and added, “As reported in the media, many players left, but an atmosphere has been created among the existing players that they can do it well.”
However, Coach Park admitted that there was not enough time to bring the football he envisioned to Pohang.
Coach Park said, “Actually, the soccer I think of is dynamic and aggressive soccer. We are adding color little by little, but there is not enough time. As time goes by, the players will understand. I think it will take about six months.”
He added, “I don’t think we’ll be able to play a good game right away,” and added, “We plan to make up for the shortcomings with our team’s own spirit.”
Under coach Kim Ki-dong, Pohang showed an overwhelming advantage over Jeonbuk last year with 4 wins and 1 draw.
Pohang Steelers coach and captain
They also defeated Jeonbuk 4-2 in the Korean Football Association (FA) Cup final, achieving their first championship in 10 years.
Coach Park said, “Good memories affect the players’ performance,” and “the players always say they are confident when they meet Jeonbuk. They seem to have the mindset that they will never lose to Jeonbuk.”
Meanwhile, Coach Park also announced his intention to ‘must attend’ the power strengthening committee that will evaluate Klinsmann’s performance in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup.
The Korea Football Association will hold a power reinforcement committee meeting at the Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 15th.
Michael Müller, Chairman of the Strengthening Committee, Jurgen Klinsmann, the coach of the Korean national soccer team, and seven members of the Strengthening Strengthening Committee will participate to look back on Klinsmann’s performance in the Asian Cup and the preparation process for the competition.However, Director Klinsmann, who is in the United States, attends the meeting via video.
Director Park, a member of the Power Strengthening Committee, said, “(The association) requested attendance offline,” and added, “As it is an important issue, I think I will attend in some way.” 토토사이트