Live broadcast on August 9th according to a report by the Korean media “central Daily”, Cui Chunhao, the former South Korean International, said frankly in an interview that South Korean football had been surpassed by Japan at least 10 years ago, and the gap even has a tendency to increase.
Cui Chunhao said: “South Korean football was surpassed by Japanese football, which happened as early as more than 10 years ago. Judging from the content and results of the game, South Korea is not as good as Japan.”
Former South Korean Olympic team coach park Chenghua said: “In the national team matches of all ages, South Korea has lost 0-3 in 5 consecutive matches with Japan, this sends a very dangerous signal.”
The central daily newspaper made an inventory of some data: “There are about 116000 players registered in the Korean Football Association, 826000 in Japan, and only 1/8 in Japan. In addition, there are less than 1,000 youth football teams in South Korea, while there are about 15000 in Japan. In contrast, 11 out of 1 million are selected compared with 1 out of 10000, the probability of quality players is definitely higher.”
(Jaden)