On the evening of April 26, Beijing time, the Korean Football Association issued a letter of apology. I would like to express my deep apologies to all the Korean people for missing the Olympic Games and for the poor performance of the national team recently.
In the apology letter, the Korean Football Association assured: "In the future, we will conduct an in-depth review of the development of players and coaches, the operation system of the national team, and look for ways to improve to ensure that such failures are not repeated." We will properly complete the appointment of the head coach of the national team and do our best to bring joy to the people in the following Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America. ”
In the past three months, the South Korean men's national team and the national Olympic team have suffered Waterloo. In three months, South Korea's national team faced Southeast Asian teams three times and could not win. South Korea was drawn 3-3 by Malaysia in the last game of the group stage of the Asian Cup, which also laid the groundwork for South Korea's final exit in the Asian Cup.
At home of the World Preliminary Tournament in March, the South Korean men's football team led by Son Heung-min was forced to draw 1-1 by Thailand at home. In the Olympic preliminaries, the South Korean Olympic Games were obviously at a disadvantage in the competition, and were finally eliminated by the Indonesian Olympic Games, ending the history of participating in the Olympic Games for 40 consecutive years. Who would have thought that the South Korean men's football team, which is as strong as the South Korean men's football team, is now unable to guarantee a win against Southeast Asian teams.
After the National Olympics missed the Paris Olympics, many South Korean fans left angry messages and denounced: "The unacceptable result is really shameless!" Korean football is coming to an end!": "The Korean football disaster brought about by the Jung Mong-kyu regime!"