Waves brought by K-League 'Eunghansi' Klinsmann

Park Yong-woo's slump may have been foreseen in a way.

South Korea's Asian Cup journey to challenge for the first time in 64 years has come to an end. Starting with "captain" Son Heung-min, he was fully prepared by including Hwang Hee-chan, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in in the list of European soccer's center, but he continued his unstable performance from the beginning and eventually ended the tournament by being held back by Jordan in the semifinals.

The arrow of criticism was directed primarily at the players. Notably, Park, who showed disappointing performance throughout the entire tournament including the match against Jordan, was heavily criticized. Some communities are continuing to criticize him intensely, saying that he is not a national team player and that they do not want to see him in the national team again.

Of course, it is clear that Park's performance at this year's event was not good enough. However, was it entirely his fault? Not at all. Manager Jurgen Klinsmann, who appointed Park without considering his characteristics, is also clearly responsible.

Let's recall Park Yong-woo from Ulsan. Hong Myung-bo mostly used the 4-2-3-1 formation and placed Park in the third-term midfield area. And he seemed to offset his shortcomings by deploying Lee Gyu-sung, who is active, and Lee Chung-yong, who is capable of depressing, next to Park, who is vulnerable to depressing. This dispersed the pressure on Park, and Ulsan achieved its second consecutive league title thanks to his performance.

However, Klinsmann did not seem to be able to grasp these characteristics at all. Although he used a 4-4-2 formation to attach a partner to his side, Hwang In-beom, who has a strong tendency to be an offensive midfielder, has been in charge of this role. As a result, Park Yong-woo was intensively pressured by his opponent in the build-up situation, and in the counterattack situation, he had no choice but to follow the opponent's fast-footed attacker.

This is not the first time that Klinsmann has appointed Ahn without considering player characteristics at all. The same was true when Ahn was hired in June. Ahn is the type of side defender who uses high speed to make straight movements. He actually has a level of attack capability that is safe to regard as a side striker. However, Klinsmann appeared to have Ahn refrain from attacking and involved in the build-up to the rear. He also placed him at the back, who played as a wing-back for most of the games under Nam Ki-il.

In the end, what he had struggled with broke out. Even if these characteristics were not taken into account, it is a big mistake not to put him on the bench, which had been sluggish since the group stage. It is no exaggeration to say that Klinsmann's "indifference" drove a player to his death.
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