In the recent Asian Cup, the South Korean team, one of the favorites to win the championship, was eliminated by Jordan 2-0 in the semi-finals and missed the chance to compete for the final championship. This outcome was unacceptable to the Koreans. Korean team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was the first to be blamed, and calls for him to be sacked continued one after another.
But recently, the media suddenly broke out: It turns out that there is another important reason for the Korean team's elimination-their team is having internal strife again!
Son Heung-min’s paternalistic management ultimately angered the Rookie King! Son Heung-min suffered a broken finger during the conflict:
After the news of the internal strife in the Korean team broke out, the Korean Football Association admitted it very quickly, making it difficult to guess their motives. However, with the endorsement of the Football Association, the Korean media dared to dig boldly and reproduce the details of this conflict in many aspects:
The time was before the Asian Cup semi-finals and during the dinner after the Korean team had finished training.
Several young players finished their meal early and played table tennis on the side. This includes Xue Yingyou, Zheng Youyong and protagonist Li Gangren .
On the other side, the old team members, including 's other protagonist Son Heung-min, , are only now starting to eat .
The table tennis activities of the young players were so joyful that their laughter disturbed the senior players.
As the captain of the South Korean team, Son Heung-min "thinks this is not okay" and stood up to advise Li Gangren and others to take a rest early. After all, the war is coming, and they should stop being distracted by playing table tennis. But I didn’t expect that the young team members didn’t listen!
Son Heung-min was angry and grabbed Li Gangren’s collar. Something even more unexpected happened: Li Gangren actually punched Son Heung-min!
Although Son Heung-min escaped, when other players came to stop their conflict from escalating, Son Heung-min unfortunately injured his finger and dislocated it. After
, the big guys in the Korean team, including Son Heung-min, asked coach Klinsmann to exclude Lee Gang-in from the semi-finals against Jordan! The reason is that he disrupted the team's unity atmosphere!
But the 23-year-old Li Gangren is a popular player. He only joined Paris this season as a "substitute" for Messi and Neymar! He has also made many achievements in previous national team competitions. How could Klinsmann be willing to remove Son Heung-min and other veteran players just to save his face?
So in the end, Son Heung-min played in the semifinals with a bandage on his hand; while Lee Gang-in still started and only passed the ball to Son Heung-min 3 times in the entire game.
This is not the first time that the Korean team has had internal strife. Son Heung-min has been involved both times. His paternalistic management may not work in the Korean team:
Son Heung-min’s finger injury has not fully recovered after he returned to England and played a Premier League game. It is said that Also remind the other person to pay attention when shaking hands.
This injury originated from the conflict with Li Gangren in the national team. When trying to persuade Li Gangren and the others to stop playing table tennis, Son Heung-min said, "The next day is the semi-finals, so you should take a break." In fact, isn't it also a break for others to relax after eating and playing?
The real reason should be that South Korea still retains a deep tradition of "respecting elders", especially in the national team. Leaving the table early before the "seniors" have finished eating will be regarded as "disrespecting the seniors". What's more, Li Gangren and the others are playing table tennis and having fun on the side, which affects the senior team members' meal? Son Heung-min, who grew up under the strict education of his father, is also quite traditional and adheres to the "older and younger" principle, which is of course unacceptable.
But just like the "post-00s rectification of the workplace" that is being circulated everywhere on the Internet, do post-00s like Li Gangren still follow the same tactics as your predecessors?
Back to the beginning, why is it said that the Korean team is in internal strife "again"? Because they had such an event last year: one of the protagonists at that time was also a popular young player - Kim Min-jae who later went to Bayern; and the other protagonist was Son Heung-min.
Is it because the captain Son Heung-min is incompetent and cannot manage the Korean national team well? Or is his management method simply outdated?
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