Hajime Moriyasu, coach of the Japanese national soccer team, said of former Korean national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo, “I don’t think he’s the worst of all time.” This is to protect Coach Hong, who is being criticized by public opinion for his worst performance card, being eliminated from the group stage of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup. Coach Moriyasu returned home with the players yesterday (2nd) and held a return press conference in Tokyo. When a Japanese media reporter who attended this press conference asked Coach Moriyasu, ‘How do you evaluate the Korean national soccer team?’ Coach Moriyasu replied, “I don’t have much to answer because I don’t know the exact situation in Korea,” but added, “I interact with Coach Hong as a rival and friend, and I don’t think their World Cup performance is the worst of all time.” He then said of Coach Hong, βHe fought without sparing his body for Korean soccer.β Coach Moriyasu went on to explain, βCoach Hong also did his best,β adding, βEvaluation of the World Cup is based on results, so I donβt think everything weβve done so far was wrong.β At the same time, he smiled and said, βI hope you report a lot of good things about Korea.β The Japanese national team, led by coach Moriyasu, advanced to the round of 32 by passing the group stage with 1 win, 2 draws, and 5 points, but lost 1 to 2 against Brazil in the first game. Although the team failed to advance to the round of 16, it is known that the Japan Football Association plans to request that coach Moriyasu remain in office. (Reporting: Kim Min-jeong, Video editing: Lee Da-in, Design: Jeong Yu-min, Production: Digital News Department) #SBS News #News #Real-time #World Cup #Japanese soccer #Hong Myung-bo #Director #Moriyasu #Rivals Copyright βΈ SBS. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI learning are prohibited.
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