Hong Myung-bo (55), the head coach of the men's national soccer team who emphasized the importance of finding promising players through connection with the national team by age, will visit the U19 (under 19) national team practice game for the first time in Korea since taking office.

The Korea Football Association said on the 30th, "National team coach Hong Myung-bo will observe a practice game between the U19 national team and Ulsan University at Busan World Cup Village on the 31st."

Coach Hong, who was appointed as the national team coach on the 13th, went on a business trip to Europe to meet candidates for foreign coaches and talk with European players from the 15th to the 25th. 토토사이트 순위

Hong, who previously led the A-team, U23 (under 23), and U20 (under 20) teams during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, has decided to head the A-team and vowed to strengthen the link between the A-team and the A-team to lay the foundation for Korean soccer. At the inaugural press conference held at the Korea Football Center in central Seoul on Tuesday, he stressed that he will proactively search for young promising players who will emerge as assets of Korean soccer. In response, Hong chose to attend the U19 national team practice game as his first official schedule in Korea.

The U19 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, will convene in Busan on Tuesday and will train until March 3. The U19 national team is preparing for the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Asian Cup and the 2025 International Football Federation U20 World Cup to be held next year.

The U19 team is set to qualify for the AFC U20 Asian Cup in Kuwait in September. South Korea will compete in Group C along with Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and the North Mariana Islands.