adminJürgen Klinsmann’s (58) future in South Korea may come down to personal will.
The Klinsmann era, which began in February, is faltering. Klinsmann won two draws and two defeats in four matches in the March and June A matches since his arrival. Klinsmann is the first foreign coach to fail to win his first four matches. It was expected that he would go through a period of trial and error, but the fans’ dissatisfaction and distrust of Klinsmann grew as he failed to win a single game.
Sensing the bad atmosphere, Klinsmann held an unusual press conference with the coaching staff after the June A match. “There were some positives from the four games,” Klinsmann said. We didn’t win, but we will improve the team and do well at the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar next January,” he promised.
The ‘Korean residency’ issue also loomed large.
When Klinsmann coached the German national team in the past, he stayed with his family in California instead of in Germany. It was called “working from home. This created a “hackneyed system” in which the coach did not stay in the country where he was coaching, but instead lived in the familiarity of the United States. The German media had harshly criticized Klinsmann’s remote command at the time.
Klinsmann made his position clear at his inaugural press conference in March. “I will live in Korea because I am the head coach of the Korean national team. I’ve lived in the U.S., Italy, and other countries, so I’m used to living abroad,” he said. “The coaches will observe the foreign waves in Europe and come to Korea if there is a match in Korea.”
In April, he signed a contract to move home. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said at the time, “Coach Klinsmann has found a house. His wife and daughter will also move in with him, so we decided that Seoul is better.” Up until this point, it seemed like the beginning of a full-fledged ‘Korean life’.
Five months later, however, Klinsmann’s actual residence was still in the United States.
Klinsmann traveled to the United States in April after the March A match. After traveling abroad to check on players in Europe, he arrived in South Korea on the 26th of that month. Klinsmann traveled to Qatar for the Asian Cup group stage draw on May 7, and again flew to the United States instead of Korea.
After arriving on June 2 for the A match, Klinsmann completed his evaluations and spent the rest of the month in the U.S. until mid-July. The departures continued. Klinsmann flew back to the U.S. on June 1 to be with his family.
In his five months as head coach, Klinsmann has spent just over 50 days in South Korea. This raises questions about what Klinsmann means when he says he’s in Korea.
The problem is compounded by the fact that Mr. Klinsmann is still free to travel to and from the United States. There are no controls in place. It’s “out of control.
According to a source at the Korean Football Association, Klinsmann’s contract does not specify a “specific period of time” for his residency in South Korea. In other words, it was only agreed to ‘reside’ and the decision on how long was left entirely up to Klinsmann.온라인카지노
If things continue as they are now, Klinsmann’s residency statement at his inaugural press conference is not a promise, but an ‘eye-opener’. And the Korean Football Association is not immune from the ‘management’ aspect.
It is clear that the ‘residency’ expected by Korean soccer fans is not a temporary stay for an A-match, but a ‘life’ of working for Korean soccer here. And right now, Klinsmann is not living up to expectations. He doesn’t look like a Korean national team coach.