“2002 Legend” Lee Chun-soo was also most angry at the fall of Hwang Sun-hong and the fall of Korean soccer.
South Korea’s Olympic soccer team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, lost 2-2 to Indonesia in the final qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympics and the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Qatar Asian Cup at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on the 26th (Korea time).
Korea has ended its record of advancing to the Olympics finals for the ninth consecutive time. The team failed to advance to the Olympics finals for the first time in 10 consecutive years, and is now facing a lonely summer for the first time in 40 years since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Lee Chun-soo, a legendary player at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, was also furious. “I’ve been to the Olympics, but I don’t think this is right. I think the reason why I kept saying that I was worried about him is because it just popped up now,” he said on his personal YouTube channel “Lee Chun-soo.” 스포츠토토
“He kept giving me signals from the beginning. I told him that he should have changed it and cut it beforehand, but he quietly moved on. Eventually, the arrow came to Chairman Chung Mong-gyu again. “Now I have to get hit. I gave him a signal before that. The result came out anyway, and he can’t go to the Olympics where he was competing. I have to go to 10 times in a row as I advanced to the Olympics nine times in a row,” he added.
Lee’s anger continued. “I don’t mean that I don’t have to participate in an Olympic Games once. Korean soccer is bound to go downstairs. Not many ball games will be played in this year’s Olympics. Needless to say, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu must take responsibility.”
He also mentioned Chung Hae-sung, chairman of the power enhancement committee, and Hwang Sun-hong. “Since Chung’s appointment, I have told him not to appoint Hwang Sun-hong (to the A national team) after replacing him with Cleansman, but it was okay,” Lee said, using a double-edged sword. The situation was unconditionally wrong. I told him not to expect such a result,” adding, “Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, Chairman Chung Hae-sung, and Coach Hwang Sun-hong should all take responsibility. Players should also reflect on themselves. We didn’t even lose the penalty shootout at 2-2. We gave Indonesia a chance in terms of performance, opportunity ratio and various aspects…. “Already, we are on the same level. Nevertheless, I find it annoying why we said we would definitely participate in the Olympics without being nervous,” he said.
“Everyone in the technical department must quit. Chairman Chung Mong-gyu’s problem is that he made a mistake in using the wrong person. He must quit unconditionally. He gave several signals. He must resign unconditionally for regressing Korean soccer for more than 10 years. I hope he resigns now. It is Chairman Chung’s fault that he made a mistake in using the wrong person. We need to eliminate and change all soccer players, instead of making seniors who quit somewhere. Only then can we have a future. He has committed too much crime against Korean soccer. If he is incompetent, he must quit.”
