‘Paris Olympics canceled’ Hwang Seon-hong returns to Korea
Hwang Seon-hong, who was aiming to advance to the Olympic finals for the 10th time in a row, returned home empty-handed and lonely.
The main base of the U-23 national soccer team, including coach Hwang Seon-hong, returned to Korea through Incheon International Airport around noon on the 27th.
The expressions on the faces of the athletes who failed to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics were dark. Coach Hwang, standing in front of reporters with a sad expression, said, “I feel sorry and sorry to everyone and our players. I think the responsibility lies entirely with me, the director. “I fully feel responsibility,” he said.
However, he said, “Our players need to grow a lot in the future, and I think they did their best in difficult times. “I hope there will be more encouragement rather than criticism,” he added.
Seon-Hong Hwang aimed for a ticket to the Paris Olympics finals through the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup held in Qatar.
In this competition, which also serves as the Olympic Asian qualifier, you must place in the top three to qualify for the finals. The 4th place team must play off against Guinea in Africa.
Korea advanced to the quarterfinals by passing the group stage as first place in Group B with all three wins, but in the match against Indonesia led by coach Shin Tae-yong, they drew 2–2 after 120 minutes of extra time due to the negative news of Lee Young-jun (Gimcheon) sending off, and lost in a penalty shoot-out. We lost 10–11. They suffered a shocking defeat and did not even have a chance at the playoffs. It has been 40 years since the 1984 Los Angeles Games that Korean soccer failed to advance to the Olympic finals. The world’s record for the most consecutive Olympic qualifications, spanning from the 1988 Seoul Olympics to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, stopped at 9. The Korea Football Association said the previous day, “We would like to offer our deepest apologies to soccer fans, soccer players, and the public for the failure to advance to the finals of the Paris Olympics,” and bowed its head in apology once again, knowing full well that the association has overall responsibility. “I will tell you,” he said. He continued by repeatedly apologizing, saying, “In the future, we will closely review the player and leader development and national team management systems and find ways to improve them so that failures like today are no longer repeated.” Meanwhile, four players, Tae-seok Lee (Seoul), Si-young Jang (Ulsan), Myeong-gwan Seo (Bucheon), and Yun-sang Hong (Pohang), are scheduled to return to Korea late this afternoon. Overseas players Kim Min-woo (Dusseldorf) and Jeong Sang-bin (Minnesota) returned to their teams immediately from Qatar. 고스톱사이트
