Jeonbuk Jeonbuk Technical Director Park Ji-sung, a "Korean soccer legend," has spoken out about the controversy surrounding the selection process for the national soccer team's head coach.

Park participated in the cultural event 'MMCA: Junior Futsal' held at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th and said, "It hurts me to think that we have done nothing but this. I think Park Ji-sung has a responsibility for Korean soccer. To say nothing in this situation would be the same as excluding Korean soccer altogether," he said, before taking aim at the Korean Football Association (KFA).

"I don't know the details because I'm not inside, but in the end, the people inside (the association) know the truth, and they need to explain why this is the way it is," Park said of the procedural issues that plagued the KFA's selection of Hong Myung-bo as its next head coach after a five-month-long process. "The saddest thing is that there is no clear answer," he said, adding, "We need to explain why it is inevitable that this is the outcome. After the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Korean soccer changed quite a bit, and there were expectations that it would change in the future, but this is the answer to the question of what has changed. In the end, the event has happened, and there is no turning back, so we need to answer the question of what to do next."

Park Joo-ho, who has been a member of the Power Enhancement Committee for the past five months, took to his YouTube channel after Hong's appointment to expose problems with the federation's coaching selection process. In response, the KFA is considering filing a lawsuit against him for breach of confidentiality, claiming that he has arbitrarily distorted the picture. "I think (Park) must have felt quite helpless during the whole meeting that things were not going according to procedure. The most unfortunate part is that even if you bring in good people, if the administrative process is not transparent and you don't have the right system, you end up not utilizing the good people you brought in and having to use them as sacrifices," Park said in support of the junior.

Park continued, "When a new coach comes in, you start with high expectations, but you don't know if things will go well or not. I don't know if there has ever been 안전놀이터 a situation like this in soccer since the appointment of a coach, and I'm worried about how to overcome it." "It's clear that there is no answer in sight, so someone has to make a decision. If this continues, it could affect the Korean national team and even the youth. I think the crisis was when the foundation of Korean soccer was shaken, and now there is a concern that the foundation could be shaken," he sighed.

"I haven't spoken to the (national team) players, but I can imagine how panicked they are," Park said. During my five-month search, every time there was talk of becoming a domestic coach, there was bad publicity and criticism. I think it's a very embarrassing situation for the players to have a domestic coach, and I don't know if there has ever been a time in the history of Korean soccer when so many foreign managers wanted to coach the Korean national team. The players won't come forward, but the knot must be tied." When asked if he thinks the leadership of the Korean Football Association, led by Chung Mong-kyu, should be changed, he replied, "There is no rule that says the president should come down. I honestly don't know how far external pressure will go." "It's clear that the president has to make his own choice. "You have to think about whether there is an alternative if the president quits. It's not about what to do now, it's about how to re-establish the association in the long term and instill trust."

"In the end, it's up to the federation and Hong Myung-bo to decide whether or not to change the head coach," he said, adding, "I'm still worried about whether or not we can move forward from here."

"The juniors should have been able to show their skills in a better environment, and it's not necessarily someone who has played soccer, but if people who can show some influence had shown good influence, things wouldn't have come to this point, and in a way, it's a shame that we can't support the best players in the history of Korean soccer at this time," he said.