Surprised by the media's 'natural enemy' Park Hang-seo's Appointment

China's "Sohoo" warned on the 1st that "Park Hang-seo will be appointed to the Singapore national team," adding, "He has given us nightmares in the past as a Southeast Asian and a natural enemy of the Chinese national soccer team. This could put us in trouble."

Coach Park Hang-seo led the Vietnamese national team from 2017 to January this year. Having made numerous achievements, Park gained huge recognition by being called "Sal-Dink" in Vietnam. As he led the heyday of the Vietnamese national team, he made a strong impression on the entire Southeast Asian soccer team.

Several Southeast Asian teams are sending love calls to coach Park Hang-seo, who has such a brilliant career. In particular, if there is a vacancy in the Southeast Asian national team, Park Hang-seo's name is unconditionally mentioned as the first candidate for replacement.

In fact, the Thai national team, which had several showdowns with Vietnam, also reportedly considered appointing coach Park Hang-seo. After losing to China 1-2 at home in the first round of the World Cup qualifying round, Thailand replaced Aleksandro Paul King before recruiting Ishii Masitada.

Although Masitada, a technical advisor to the Thai Football Association, was finally appointed, coach Park Hang-seo was also mentioned as a leading candidate. Considering the connection between Thai and Japanese soccer, the fact that Korean national coach Park Hang-seo was mentioned as a leading candidate showed his position.

Singapore, which belongs to Group C of the second qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup North Korea-China Asian region following Thailand, is also considering appointing Coach Park Hang-seo. Group C includes South Korea two wins, Thailand-China one win and one loss, and Singapore two losses. In the March A match, South Korea and Thailand, China and Singapore will play two consecutive home matches, respectively.

Singapore also faced a major change as it collapsed in the match against Thailand 1-3, following an away defeat against Korea 0-5 loss. As Takayuki Nishitani said in an interview shortly after the defeat against Thailand that he did not know his future, some changes are expected.

At this point, the most likely candidate is Coach Park Hang-seo. In fact, Coach Park plans to receive love calls from many Southeast Asian countries and carefully choose his future course of action. There are many rumors that he is going to Indonesia on behalf of Coach Shin Tae-yong or taking the post in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

If Singapore appoints Park Hang-seo, its main target will be two games against China in March. During the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying round, Park Hang-seo led Vietnam to a 3-1 victory over the Chinese New Year, giving a nightmare. China has also been unable to forget this fact.

"Singapore has a bet against China. In the past, Coach Park Hang-seo elevated his FIFA ranking from 130th to 90th in Vietnam," Sohu said, expressing his fear, "He won numerous medals in Vietnam and gave nightmares to the Chinese national team in the past."

The media outlet said, "The Singaporean Football Association has accurately contacted Coach Park Hang-seo. If Coach Park goes, Singapore will be a completely different opponent in the A-match in March. He should be seen as a natural enemy of the Chinese national team. He made the Chinese team laugh with his new and brilliant tactics in the last qualifying round."

"If Singapore appoints Park Hang-seo, it will make a clear decision targeting the Chinese national team. And if this is hampered, it will be uncertain whether China will advance to the third round of the qualifying round. If this happens, Thailand can rise to the second place." 토토사이트