Why hasn't Korea won the Asian Cup for a long time even though it won the Asian Games three times in
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I'm still learning. Under 24 and adult teams are different again. Korea was very hungry because of the military service problem. National team A is a very different level of competition. So I don't want to compare the Asian Games and the Asian Cup fairly. I want to win the Asian Cup in January.
There is an opinion that the K League should be watched more to find new players.
No. I watched a lot of games, too. It is inevitable that both foreign and domestic players will coexist. It is impossible to say how many percent of domestic players will be selected. Coach Cha Du-ri watched a lot of games. When I was playing for the U.S. national team, I saw many players playing in Europe. During the seven months since his appointment, he saw each player's. I saw what I could do.
Not only this time, but we are looking at who will play in the next World Cup in the mid- to long-term. It is important to develop from the national team by age to the A national team. We need to make a good judgment when we will put up young players. It is a process that continues to develop. Old men should be slowly pushed out and young players should take over. That's the beauty of soccer. Of course, players like Messi play for a long time, but veteran players have to give up their seats when they are 32-33. Raising young players is the reward of the national team coach.
Sometimes luck comes along. I trained at Stanford in 2016 when I was in the U.S. A boy scored through our player's defense. "Did you all see it?" He had already announced his list of players to go to Brazil. So I called the university. The player is Jordan Morris. He played for the Seattle Sounders. If you are lucky, you will have such a player. Six months later, the player signed a million-dollar contract with the U.S. professional team. I did it because I picked it.
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Through this meeting today, I learned what the fans think of me. I hope many fans will support Korea to win the Qatar Asian Cup.