REASON malaysian national team coach, Kim Pan-gon, fired Shin Tae-yong The end of the 2018 World Cup will be discussed in this article. Just to note, when Shin Tae-yong served as coach of the South Korean national team from September 2017 to July 2018, Kim Pan-gon was the boss of the 51-year-old tactician.
At that time, Kim Pan-gon held the position of the South Korean Football Federation (KFA) Coach Selection Committee. The position was held by Kim Pan-gon from December 2017 until he was elected as the coach of the Malaysian national team on Friday, January 21, 2022.
So, what was Kim Pan-gon’s job at that time? Kim Pan-gon is in charge of determining who will be the coach of the South Korean national team and the U-23 team.
He is also the one who evaluates the coach’s performance and determines the roadmap for the Taeguk Warriors squad – the nickname of the South Korean national team. Therefore, Kim Pan-gon who decided Shin Tae-yong’s fate, deserves a contract extension as the South Korean national team coach or not.
There was one tournament that Shin Tae-yong underwent with the South Korean national team in 2018, namely the 2018 World Cup. Unfortunately, Shin Tae-yong failed to meet public expectations.
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The South Korean national team failed to qualify for the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup after only collecting three points from three Group F matches. True, Shin Tae-yong brought South Korea to a 2-0 win over Germany on the final matchday of Group F of the 2018 World Cup. However, that result considered insufficient. When he returned to South Korea, Shin Tae-yong and his team were pelted with eggs by a local football lover.
