Thailand targets Korean coach to counter coach Park?

After the success of Coach Park Hang-seo with Vietnamese football, the Indonesian Football Federation is also determined to invite Mr. Shin Tae-yong to lead the team. Korean coach Shin Tae-yong is a close friend of Mr. Park Hang-seo and has a coaching record that is not inferior. Meanwhile, Thailand is also aiming for the head coach position for another Korean.

Thai media said that the relationship between FAT and Mr. Nishino has come to an end. Photo: VnExpress

After the failure in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, coach Nishino returned to Japan without a word from the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), so the FAT had no choice but to appoint Thai coach Anurak Srikerd to temporarily lead the team.

Although Mr. Nishino has said that he will fly to Bangkok on July 20, 2021 to meet with representatives of FAT, he still wants to continue leading Thailand and has the ambition to bring the Golden Temple team to the 2026 World Cup. However, the achievements of the Thai team under his leadership at the AFF Cup 2019, SEA Games 2020 and most recently the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup have made the Thai people lose patience. Not to mention that during the process of taking charge of the team, the lack of sharing with Thailand's difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the relationship between the two sides to be in a state of "not good rice, not sweet soup". Thai media believes that the relationship between FAT and Mr. Nishino has come to an end.

It is not difficult to see that FAT is still determined to use a foreign coach to quickly bring the national team back to the number 1 position in Southeast Asia. More precisely, to find someone strong enough to defeat the Vietnamese team. In fact, Mr. Nishino's ability is not bad, if not to say that he is still the coach with the best achievements in Asia. However, the cultural gap and understanding of Southeast Asian football has made the Japanese coach unsuccessful.

Currently, FAT is aiming to invite coach Chung Hae-seong to lead the national team. Mr. Chung Hae-seong is no stranger to Vietnamese football.

In terms of ability and achievements, this coach, along with Park Hang-seo, worked as an assistant to Guus Hiddink, which is considered the most successful period for Korean football up to this point. In addition to coach Chung Hae-seong understanding Mr. Park very well, this coach also understands, even understands too well, Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong and the members of the Vietnamese national team.

Coach Chung Hae-seong understands Mr. Park very well. Photo: VFF

The long time working as Technical Director for HAGL and coaching at Ho Chi Minh City Club has helped Coach Chung Hae-seong understand in detail each player playing in V.League. At this time, if you want to find someone to counter Mr. Park and the Vietnam team, there is no one better than Mr. Chung. In fact, when coaching Ho Chi Minh City Team, Mr. Chung Hae-seong has shown himself to be a highly skilled professional, with a diverse playing style and modern training methods. If the club bosses are not too impatient to rush the process, Mr. Chung Hae-seong will have a much better ending than the runner-up position.

Currently, coach Chung Hae-seong is still resting in his home country and has not made any comments. But Thai media believes that if FAT is determined, people will have the opportunity to see the 3 top Korean coaches face each other, which is very interesting.