Ahn Jung-hwan: “There were many people who wanted to be my coach during the 2006 World Cup” Kim Nam-il: “I thought there were two coaches”

Ahn Jung-hwan, a former national soccer player, talks about the behind-the-scenes story of the 2006 Germany World Cup.

As criticism continues over the appointment of the national football team coach by the Korea Football Association (KFA), former national team player Ahn Jung-hwan has also spoken out. Ahn

Jung-hwan recently uploaded a 30-minute video titled “Don’t be upset, Young-gwang. The truth will come out someday and you will all know.” The

video features Kim Nam-il, Cho Won-hee, and Kim Young-gwang, who played alongside Ahn Jung-hwan, and exposes the internal situation of the KFA during the 2006 Germany World Cup, including the K-League.

Kim Young-kwang mentioned Bonfrere 18 years ago when preparing for the World Cup in Germany, saying, “If Joe Bonfrere had been in charge of the national team for longer, I would have been the starting goalkeeper for the World Cup.” Bonfrere,

who is from the Netherlands, led the Korean national team from June 2004 to August of the following year. After recording a record of ‘10 wins, 8 draws, and 8 losses’ (a winning percentage of 41.67%) in A matches for about 1 year and 2 months, he voluntarily resigned due to criticism from domestic soccer fans.

After that, the KFA appointed Dick Advocaat as manager in September 2005, and the national team failed to advance to the round of 16 in the 2006 World Cup, recording 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss in the group stage.

Ahn Jung-hwan said, “I think Coach Bonfrere thought his career was inferior to that of other managers,” and “It’s not a fact, but there were too many people who wanted to somehow get rid of Bonfrere and take the manager’s position.” When asked, “Don’t you all agree?” Kim Nam-il, Cho Won-hee, and Kim Young-kwang agreed. Kim Nam-il also said, “At that time, the players felt like there were two coaches. That’s how it felt.” Ahn Jung-hwan remembered, “(Coach Bonfrere) seemed a bit stubborn,” and “I think he looked back on his old training methods a lot.” Recently, after parting ways with former coach Jurgen Klinsmann, the KFA searched for a new coach for five months and appointed Hong Myung-bo, who was in charge of Ulsan HD in the K League, on the 7th. In the process, there has been criticism that they handed the baton to Coach Hong without any clear reason, ignoring the procedures, even though many foreign coaches wanted the position of national team coach. The controversy grew further when former national soccer team member Park Joo-ho, who participated as a member of the KFA’s Strengthening Committee after the appointment of Coach Hong, revealed that there were problems in the process of appointing Coach Hong. Here, soccer figures who played with Coach Hong, including Lee Young-pyo, Park Ji-sung, Lee Dong-gook, and Lee Chun-soo, also poured out criticism regarding this. 파워볼사이트