Director Park Hang-seo revealed that he is friends with Son Heung-min's father.
On MBC's 'Radio Star' broadcast on the 22nd, Park Hang-seo, Lee Cheon-soo, Heo Jae, and Ha Seung-jin appeared as a special feature on 'One Shot Candle'.
On the broadcast, Ahn Young-mi said, “Vietnam is still suffering from Park Hang-seo.” Park Hang-seo laughed and said, "How can I beat them?" and "I'm only popular in Vietnam." Regarding his victory over BTS in Vietnam's popularity poll, Park Hang-seo said, "I'm only popular in Vietnam."
Park Hang-seo said, "I was in Vietnam for 5 years and 4 months. The average lifespan of a Vietnamese soccer coach was 8 months. I said I would only last one year, but I stayed for 5 years and 4 months." Regarding Southeast Asia's World Cup runner-up performance, “It's disappointing, but I'm grateful for doing my best with the players. “I think we achieved our goal of advancing to the finals,” he said.
Director Park Hang-seo and his wife can use Vietnam Airlines business class for free for life. Kim Gu-ra exclaimed, “The husband can fly business, but the wife can’t fly economy,” and director Park Hang-seo explained, “The important thing is that I have to pay the tax.”
Kim Gura then asked, “Isn’t there a vacant position to coach the World Cup national team?” and Lee Cheon-soo responded, “If there’s a domestic coach, the only one is the coach. It’s image-wise.” However, coach Park Hang-seo said, "The juniors are working hard. I have no intention of joining the national team. I tell you that clearly."
In response, Park Hang-seo said, "Originally, when a match is played, everything is set as to who will take free kicks and corner kicks. The number 1 kicker was Hwang Seon-hong. The number 2 kicker was Lee Eul-yong. The coach gave permission. Since Cheon-soo was not the starter that day, “The reserve players don’t listen carefully to that,” he explained.
Lee Eul-yong then kicked a penalty kick, but unfortunately it failed. Afterwards, Coach Hiddink was angry at Park Hang-seo for 90 minutes because Lee Eul-yong did not score a goal. Park Hang-seo said, "If Eul-yong had scored, it would have ended quietly, but from then on, Coach Hiddink kept coming to me for the entire 90 minutes because he didn't score that goal. We were still losing," and Lee Cheon-soo said, "It's not illegal to catch the ball." “Isn’t that right?” he said, feeling aggrieved.
Park Hang-seo continued, "The next day, I confronted Coach Hiddink. I said, 'It's not my fault, why did Cheon Soo do that to me?' Then the coach said, 'You're my right-hand man, so why can't you say something like that?' “I would have said that, but I was thrilled when he told me he was my right hand man,” he said.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr