At the start of the training session, Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) just got off at Incheon International Airport and returned home, while Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) and others will arrive on Wednesday afternoon.
Players will not likely be able to properly watch their training sessions. Training scheduled for Friday started incomplete, but was closed to the public for 15 minutes, and closed to the public on Wednesday. The third round of the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-Central America World Cup will be held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Tuesday, but according to the regulations, the game will be closed to the public for 15 minutes.
There are many famous figures in the upcoming national team. Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan HD), Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan HD), and Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC) were invited for the first time. As it was the first time to wear the national flag, it was important to know how you feel and what your commitment is.
After the list comes out, it can feel different from the feelings expressed by the team. It is an opportunity to reveal how he feels from his teammates who have seen him outside in practice clothes with the emblem of the Korea Football Association and what he feels different from his team’s training.
However, their thoughts will be difficult to hear until the match against Thailand. If they fail to play in the match against Thailand, they will be able to leave Korea and prepare for the fourth match scheduled in Bangkok, Thailand.
Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City), Kim Moon-hwan (Al Duhail), and Cho Yoo-min (Sarja), who scored a comeback goal in the round of 16 teams against Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, also joined the national team for the first time in a long time. They did not have experience in the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup. However, given their age, they are old enough to play the role of waist. Since they have grown-ups with opinions on what has changed compared to the previous national team, it is also necessary to listen to them.
The Korean team will unveil new uniforms through the upcoming two consecutive games in Thailand, but will not be able to open a venue for public relations. There is no open training for fans. It is true that environmental difficulties come first due to the separation from Paju National Football Center (Paju NFC), but the atmosphere itself seems to be applying the self-reflection mode to all sectors for now.
Until now, the KFA had been hiding sponsors at bad events and exposed them to events that received much attention. At the time of briefing by Jeong Hae-sung, chairman of the Korean national team’s power reinforcement committee, curtains were drawn to cover the background where sponsors were engraved, and Hwang’s inaugural press conference revealed the opposite. It was selective exposure.
“The players are under a lot of pressure (for media interviews). I want to hear everything from them,” Hwang said. “I will hold onto the players first and gradually expose themselves to the outside world when the pressure is reduced.”
Hwang chose to sacrifice himself to save Korean soccer, calling it a crisis. However, it is also true that there are doubts about how much players will show remorse and resolve to a coach who has only conducted for three months on the surface and is not continuous. It remains true that the honor of the national team is the priority, but the national team should be deeply agonized over the fact that a coach with command is not a magician who solves everything.