Lee Min-sung, head coach of the U-22 national soccer team, will fill a 13-month gap
Lee Min-sung, head coach of the U-22 national soccer team, will fill a 13-month gap
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The Korean men's under-22 national team will play again with new coach Lee Min-sung, who was appointed for the first time in 13 months.
Lee Min-sung will hold his first training session in Wonju on the 2nd of next month.
The Korea Football Association appointed former Daejeon Hana Citizen coach Lee Min-sung as the coach of the U-22 national team, which will lead the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles (LA) Olympics on the 27th.
The U-22 national team coach has been vacant for about 13 months since former coach Hwang Sun-hong stepped down from his position in April last year.
Although he has been working on his schedule under the acting head coach Lee Chang-hyun, his continuity has deteriorated as he is not an official head coach.
The disappointment was doubled because it was the U-22 national team, which emphasized its importance just before the adult representation among representatives by age.
Initially, the Korea Football Association appointed Shin Sang-woo as the coach of the women's national team, which has been vacant since the resignation of former coach Colin Bell, as the new national power reinforcement committee, which was launched with Chairman Choi Young-il in August last year.
However, due to lack of time, the appointment of the men's U-22 national team coach, which was a subordinate task, was not possible.
Another reason for the prolonged vacancy of the U-22 national team coach was the delay in the launch of the new executive branch in January due to the postponement of the presidential election of the Korea Football Association.
The Korea Football Association, which was launched by the 55th executive branch, formed a national power reinforcement committee consisting of a total of seven members, including Hyun Young-min, chairman of the National Power Reinforcement Committee.
In its first meeting on the 7th, the Korea Power Reinforcement Committee reviewed several candidates who met the qualifications for the appointment of a director and then compressed the subjects based on their performance and experience as a leader.
Afterwards, it is said that the final candidates to conduct the interview were selected by checking the game model and how the game was operated through the video of the candidates selected from the first meeting at the second meeting.
Based on the results of the interview, the third meeting was conducted, and each candidate was reviewed and comprehensive evaluation was conducted by discussing various aspects such as soccer philosophy, team operation plan, expertise and leadership for the age, and crisis management ability.
As a result, the new coach Lee was selected as the number one candidate for recommendation, and with the approval of the board of directors' written resolution, he took the helm of the U-22 national team.
The new coach Lee is said to have been highly praised for his experience as a representative by age, including contributing to the gold medal at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championship, and his promotion from K League 2 to K League 1 when he led the match in the past.
As the urgent fire of the appointment of a director has been extinguished, we are now starting to erase the hiatus.
Lee Min-sung will make his debut through the match against Australia in a friendly match for the Australian U-22 national soccer team, which will be held at Mir Stadium in Yongin at 7 p.m. on the 5th of next month. 스포츠토토
As he played his first game at the same time as he was appointed, he was able to quickly grasp the strengths and weaknesses of the team.
The Korea Football Association explained, "For smooth preparation and convocation procedures, this time, the current chairman of the Korea Power Reinforcement Committee discussed with full-time leaders of the association who know the players of that age group well."