"There is no more replacement." Why did Vietnamese hero Kim Sang-sik eat "one shot" from Lee Dong-guk?
"There is no more replacement." Why did Vietnamese hero Kim Sang-sik eat "one shot" from Lee Dong-guk?
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It was a prank that could come out because they were close.
The Vietnamese national team, led by head coach Kim Sang-sik (48), defeated Thailand 3-2 in the second leg of the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship (Mitsubishi Cup), the biggest soccer festival in Southeast Asia, on the 5th (Korea time). Vietnam, which won 2-1 in the first round, beat Thailand with a combined score of 5-3 in the first and second rounds to win its third career championship.
Kim became a national hero of Vietnam with such meaningful results, but success was not the only success throughout his leadership career. In 2023, Kim broke up with the club after a disappointing performance in the K League 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai.
Jeonbuk means a unique team to him. After joining Jeonbuk in 2009, when he was a player, Kim immediately became an iconic player of the team by achieving various achievements including the first K-League 1 title in the club's history.
Even after he announced his retirement from Jeonbuk in 2013, he was with Jeonbuk. In his role as coach until 2020, he has contributed to many victories. He was named the official coach of Jeonbuk in 2021, and took the helm.
Since taking the helm, Kim has won the K League 1 title in the 2021 season and the Hana Bank FA Cup (currently the Korea Cup) in the 2022 season. However, his performance was not as good as it used to be, and Jeonbuk fans strongly criticized him. Then, Jeonbuk plunged to the bottom half of the 2023 season. Eventually, Kim parted ways with Jeonbuk.
Jeonbuk has been a team that has experienced joy, sorrow, and pleasure for such a long time. Therefore, Jeonbuk could not be left out from an interview commemorating the victory in Vietnam.
After the Vietnam talk, Kim sighed and expressed regret over his time in Jeonbuk. "We won the championship in Jeonbuk, but we had to actively change generations. However, we couldn't do that because we were so touched by the players who won the championship together," Kim said, stressing his regret.
Even after the breakup, Kim constantly watched Jeonbuk. Regarding the worst crisis that the team experienced last season, he bowed his head, saying, "I feel like my responsibility is very big. I made my mistake at Jeonbuk." After the breakup with Kim, Jeonbuk appointed Dan Petrescu and Kim Doo-hyun one after another, but it ended in failure. Notably, the team struggled to stay in the K League 1 last season after going down to the promotion and playoff. 먹튀검증
In response, he took responsibility for Jeonbuk's fall and acknowledged its mistakes at the time. He also learned this from Vietnam. "I tried not to repeat mistakes in Jeonbuk, and I think such judgment made a good result," Kim said, hinting that his experience in Jeonbuk helped him win the title in Vietnam.
Kim shared his deep regrets about his time in Jeonbuk. Then, when talking about Lee Dong-gook came up, he looked bright. Lee and Kim have been playing for a long time together for the Korean national team. Their relationship lasted for a long time, and Lee and Kim are now "best friends."
When Lee Dong-gook's name came out, Kim's face was suddenly filled with laughter. Looking at the camera, he said, "(Lee Dong-gook, take a good look. Lee Dong-gook) visited Hanoi (Vietnam) last year and presented a book he wrote. But there was something strange written on the first page of the book. "Oh, no more replacement," he said, turning the interview room into a sea of laughter. It was Lee Dong-gook's playful and painful joke not to repeat the mistakes of his time in Jeonbuk.
Expressing unfairness, Kim said, "That's not why I was sacked in North Jeolla Province. I took off my clothes. I took off my clothes and came out." He refuted the situation. The interview room was full of laughter once again. It was Lee Dong-gook's "one shot" and Kim's rebuttal that could have been made since they were so close.