Lee Cheon-soo “‘Park Joo-ho’s exposure’ is because the seniors can’t stand up… ‘The next Lee Chun-soo’｜Dong-A Ilbo

Regarding former national football player Lee Chun-soo’s revelation that Park Joo-ho, a junior who participated as a member of the Korea Football Association’s power strengthening committee, had problems in the national team coach selection process, he said, “I” I fought alone. “The performance of the seniors was not good,” he pointed out.

On the 10th, Lee Chun-soo posted a video on his YouTube channel “Lee Chun-soo” and said, “Football players need to age gracefully, but how frustrating is it for juniors like Jooho to stand up? “I really feel bad for Jooho,” he said, “This kind of work should be done by seniors because juniors are doing it.” “How bad are the seniors?”

He went on to say, “My junior brother even reported the whistleblower, so it will be difficult for Jooho. “I will be the next Lee Chun-su,” he said, “If something happens, I will be asked to speak out again and I will not be able to settle down in the football world.” Do you want to be the second Lee Chun-su? “It would be better if you could discuss it with me.” He said regretfully.

Lee Chun-su said in a YouTube broadcast last month, “If it’s (Hong) Myung-bo or (Shin) Tae-yong (as the national soccer coach), I’ll make the call. He once said, “If they become domestic coaches, they’ll receive less criticism than others.” Subsequently, some netizens questioned whether Lee Chun-su might have known in advance about Hong Myung-bo’s appointment as coach.

In response, Lee Cheon-soo said, “Why is my relationship with the association so bad?” “I am now an outcast in the football world, who will talk to me?” He explained, “The situation and feeling at the time was that domestic coaches would come.”

“If a foreign coach cannot be appointed, a domestic coach should be appointed as soon as possible,” he said. “If this had been done before the fans’ expectations were raised, the situation would not have been so serious,” he said. “Is football a joke?” If you don’t have the ability, you should quit, but you can’t do that, you appointed that person and it goes on like this. “When the junior tries to say something, he still ignores it,” he claimed.

Regarding the disappointment among fans that current Ulsan HD head coach Hong Myung-bo left the team due to his appointment as the national team head coach, Lee Chun-su said, “I am cautious about talking about Ulsan. It is a mistake in itself to contact a manager who has performed well in the association. Although it is necessary, it is seen as a taunt. “I think their thinking is, ‘We are better than Ulsan,'” he said. “Myung-bo brother told the fans when he was preparing that he would never go, and I think he didn’t want to go at the time. . “I just sighed,” he said.

Dong-A Net reporter Choi Jae-ho cjh1225@donga.com