South Korea World Cup team.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Both Japan and South Korea broke into the top 16 of the 2022 World Cup, creating an Asian miracle. However, South Korea's coach recently admitted that South Korea still has a big gap with Japan.

The assistant coach of the South Korean team, Choi Due-wook, recently criticized the South Korean football development system on his YouTube channel, which was described by the Korean media as "bad advice".

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Cui Duixu mentioned that Europe’s evaluation of 12-15-year-old players in South Korea is generally good, but South Korea only pays attention to grades in order to go to school, and the standard for judging a coach is whether he can let players enter the university, not his leadership. Philosophy and Tactics.

Cui Duixu pointed out that if the foundation was not well established when young, it is not easy to reinforce it as an adult. Players who graduated from college often have insufficient foundation. Father Sun Xiongzheng also mentioned that winning or losing should not be taken too seriously in high school. "I think the Football Association should change in terms of going to higher education." Cui Duixu suggested so.

In addition, Cui Duixu also believes that South Korea is far behind Japan in terms of infrastructure construction. "Japan has 15,000 youth teams, while South Korea has only 800. The emergence of excellent players in South Korea is due to good DNA, rather than benefiting from the development system. South Korea can It is a miracle to catch up with Japan.”

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