What was the result of Hong Myung-bo's inspection of Young-gun and multi-national player check after completing his 'long-term business trip to Europe'?
What was the result of Hong Myung-bo's inspection of Young-gun and multi-national player check after completing his 'long-term business trip to Europe'?
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Korean national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo has completed his European tour. The coaching staff of the national team left Korea on April 14 and visited various parts of Europe before returning to Korea on April 10. Park Geon-ha, Kim Jin-gyu, Kim Dong-jin, Thiago Maia and Joao Arosu were all present as part of the month-long business trip that he played during the Lunar New Year holiday.
The purpose of the 'Hong Myung-bo' coaching staff, who are trying to advance to the World Cup finals for the 12th and 11th consecutive times, was to check all Korean players who are active on the European stage.
The next generation of resources such as Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk), Bae Joon-ho (Stock City), Um Ji-sung (Swansea City), Kim Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord), and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham), as well as existing main players such as Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk), Bae Joon-ho (Stock City), Um Ji-sung (Swansea City), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), and Yang Min-hyuk (Queens Park Rangers, QPR).
Since his inauguration, Hong has been conducting phased replacement of generations to broaden the national team's players and maximize competitiveness in the World Cup finals. Son Heung-min and Lee Jae-seong, the core players of the national team, were born in 1992, and if they are assumed to be on board, they will play at the age of 34 at the 2026 World Cup in North Korea and the U.S. In other words, reshuffling of the national team is inevitable.
Coach Kim Jin-gyu and Coach Hong, who mainly stayed in the U.K. and Germany, had a meeting with the players after watching the match. They occasionally gathered coaching staff from one region to share the results of the inspection of players, and devised plans for the third Asian qualifying round for the World Cup that will begin in March.
He had other duties to deal with. Hong also checked the situation after listing players with multiple nationalities on the check list during his stay in Germany. The target was Jens Kastrov of Nuremberg, a German father and a Korean mother. Kastrov, who is highly valuable as he can play as both a central midfielder, right winger and fullback, has proven his ability to secure early transfer to Bundesliga after the end of this season. Kastrov, who played for Germany's national team by age, has no obstacle to his transfer to Mönchengladbach under FIFA regulations. Attention is focusing on future procedures as it has been found that national team coaches checked players in person in Germany. 바카라사이트
Coach Hong will continue his domestic inspection starting with the official opening match of the K League 1 of the 2025 season between the Pohang Steelers and the Daejeon Hana Citizen at Pohang Steelyard on the 15th.