The 35-year-old soccer veteran lamented, "Worried about the future of Korean soccer..."You have to give up your self-interest and work in a committed position."
The 35-year-old soccer veteran lamented, "Worried about the future of Korean soccer..."You have to give up your self-interest and work in a committed position."
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Senior Korean soccer players voiced concern over the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association.
Members of the Korea Football Association gathered in front of the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 22nd, expressing concern about the future of Korean soccer and raising their voices that the election for the head of the Korea Football Association, which is struggling due to disruptions, should be held in a fair and bright atmosphere.
It is a separate meeting from the OB Football Association, which is chaired by former national team coach Lee Hoi-taek. It is organized by seniors aged 75 or older, including former national soccer team members, and consists of 35 members. All 35 members attended the announcement of the statement.
The Korea Football Association, which said it does not support any specific candidate, said in a statement that the election for the president of the Korea Football Association has come to the present situation due to overheated competition and mutual distrust, calling for candidates to give up their self-interest.
Kim Ki-bok, a former president of the Korea Football Association who is a member of the Korea Football Association, told reporters, "The Korea Football Association is a group of people aged 75 or older who played soccer. After receiving a call from the CEO today, all of them attended."
"We decided that this incident should not be hosted by the OB Football Association. Since the OB Football Association is an organization that receives help and support from the Korea Football Association, we did not join the OB Football Association because we thought it would be unfair," he said. "The members of the Korea Football Association are members of the OB Football Association, but the statement was made under the name of the representative of the Korea Football Association, not the OB Football Association."
"On the occasion of today's meeting, the three candidates for president of the Korea Football Association will join hands with the Korea Football Association and hope that the presidential election can be held as soon as possible," former chairman Kim said. "There are some senior citizens who have turned 90 years old. Our seniors are appealing for the last time. I hope that Korean soccer can find stability soon."
◆Next is the full statement of the Korea Football Institute meeting
As the 55th Korea Football Association presidential election has not been held as scheduled and has been crippled, our soccer elders, who were in charge of a generation of Korean soccer, are forced to worry about the future of Korean soccer with great disappointment.
The presidential election is an important procedure for selecting a new head who will be responsible for the future of Korean soccer and deserves to be held in a fair and festive atmosphere.
Nevertheless, the election is experiencing an unprecedented situation, with overheated competition among candidates and mutual distrust delaying the original schedule, causing unsavory commotion in which election commissioners resigned along the way, and not even confirming the date of the final vote so far.
Korean soccer has heavier and more important tasks than ever, such as the 2026 FIFA North Korea-China World Cup Asian qualifying round and the establishment of the Cheonan Football Center, and this is why not only our soccer elders but also the whole nation are not paying attention to this election. 메이저사이트
In response, our soccer elders, who have lived with soccer all their lives, will express the following position regarding the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, which has been in limbo and chaos
1. The Korea Football Association should take full measures to ensure that elections are held quickly and fairly by exercising its full capacity with a sense of duty as the headquarters of Korean soccer
2. The latest incident is caused by overheated competition among candidates and mutual distrust. Candidates are strongly urged to abandon their self-interest and engage in elections with the attitude and mindset of committing only to Korean soccer
3. Korean soccer has continued to develop through the endless love of soccer and the hard work of soccer players despite various difficult conditions. Our soccer elders hope that today's crisis will serve as an opportunity for a new leap forward.