In the early morning of April 26, the U23 Asian Cup was held in the quarterfinals, and the South Korean U23 men's football team unfortunately fell to the penalty shootout, losing to Indonesia U23 with a total score of 12-13, unfortunately missing the top 4 and the Olympic Games.
Coincidentally, the head coach of the Indonesian national Olympic team is the South Korean coach Shin Tae-ryong, who personally eliminated his national team and blocked the opportunity for the South Korean men's football team to participate in the Olympic Games for 10 consecutive times. After the game, head coach Shin Tae-ryong said frankly: I am naturally happy to be able to advance to the semi-finals, but I feel painful to eliminate the Korean team...... Then Director Shen changed his words and praised his work: The game always has to be won and lost, and as the head coach of the Indonesian team, I must go all out!
Before the game, the Indonesian Football Association announced that it had renewed its contract with Shen Tailong until 2027. In the Asian Cup at the beginning of this year, Shen Tailong led Indonesia to the top 16 of the Asian Cup for the first time in team history. Visibility is outstanding.
In fact, Shin Tae-ryong served as the head coach of the South Korean team, leading the team to defeat Germany in the 2018 World Cup, but eliminated in the group stage. At that time, the South Korean coach and players returned to Incheon Airport in China and were thrown eggs by fans.
This time he eliminated the South Korean team to advance to the semi-finals of the U23 Asian Cup, and Shin Tae-ryong said: I don't know if I can say that now, but my final dream is to return to South Korea, play for the Korean national team, and I will do my best.
Talking about the winner of the next match between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, Director Shen said: No matter who I meet in the semi-finals, I must first prepare and recover my physical fitness, and I will watch the game of the two teams before making specific arrangements. It can be seen that Shin Tae-long's speech after the game is a bit scary, and he has a clear plan, and he has an ultimate goal: to return to South Korea to coach.
South Korea's U23 head coach Hwang Sun-hong did not attend the press conference after the game, but let the assistant coach replace him, obviously he was a little helpless! Assistant coach Ming spoke after the game, congratulating Indonesia on the victory, we once 10 people should fight, but everyone did not give up. A late equaliser and a penalty shoot-out were lacking in some luck. In addition, the South Korean assistant coach believes that some players in Europe have not been able to participate, but they have actually been recruited, but they have not been able to make the trip for various reasons.
Fan comparison: Shen Tailong is much stronger than Huang Shanhong as a coach, and South Korea is about to be out of the line in the 18 World Preliminaries, and Shen Tailong temporarily put out the fire.