Former Indonesian team manager Shin Tae -yong is looking at the ground in the North Central America World Cup Saudi Arabia last November. AFP Yonhap News
‘Defending Champion’ Ulsan HD is not unusual.
As Ulsan was defeated by Kim Pan -gon’s farewell war, Shin Tae -yong’s shoulders, which were being mentioned as ‘firefighters’, became heavy.
Ulsan defeated 2-3 in the K-League 1 Suwon FC and home games held at the Munsu Stadium in Ulsan on the 2nd. Ulsan, who announced the termination of the contract with Kim on the first day, was defeated by Kim’s last game, and fell into a swamp of 11 consecutive games (3 draws and 8 losses).
Ulsan is a champion who has won the championship cup for three consecutive years since 2022. This year, he expressed his willingness to build a kingdom beyond the dynasty, but he was pushed to seventh place in 24 games. The competition with Jeonbuk Hyundai (54 points) is already over. On the contrary, Ulsan has narrowed the 10th place in Suwon FC and the victory point to 3 points, leading to the possibility of relegation of the second division.
In the process of changing, Ulsan revealed the process and the target before he notified Kim of hardness. In the end, this responsibility is to retire to the CEO of Kim Kwang -guk, and the administrative gap should be prepared.
Known to catch Ulsan baton instead of Kim is Shin, who has been taking a break for a while after leaving the Indonesian soccer team.
Shin has transformed into an administrator, including the emergency worker of the K -League 2 (Part 2) Seongnam FC, and the vice chairman of the Korean Football Association. At the scene of the soccer, he was at least not returned to the ground by the end of this year, but he was in trouble after receiving a sudden request from Ulsan. Shin postponed the response to Ulsan in meeting with the media, but it is known that the decision has already been made.
Shin is famous for his talent to save the shaking team. He has a history of firefighting every time Korean football is in crisis. In the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he won the quarter-finals on behalf of Lee Kwang-jong, who fell down due to acute leukemia, and in the following year, he was in charge of the U-20 World Cup, who was suddenly vacant. In the 2018 Russia World Cup, which was in danger of entering the finals, he failed to advance to the round of 16, but in the final match of the group stage, he defeated Germany, the world’s strongest, to 2-0. If Shin saves Ulsan in the crisis, the image of a firefighter will be stronger.
Reporter Hwang Min -guk stylelomo@kyeonghyang.com
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