{"id":478381,"date":"2024-02-16T08:40:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478381"},"modified":"2024-02-16T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:40:10","slug":"south-korea-dismisses-klinsmann-after-a-1-year-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/south-korea-dismisses-klinsmann-after-a-1-year-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea dismisses Klinsmann after a 1-year in charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired as manager of South Korea after a year after the team was eliminated in the \u00bd finals of the Asian Cup despite being the favorite.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">South Korea have sacked national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann after their semi-final exit at the Asian Cup \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s exit from the tournament following a 2-0 loss to Jordan in the semi-finals this month extended their 64-year wait for a third title \ud83c\udf0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhAWgypPJX\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NhAWgypPJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1758403552609698047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen (59) was hired 12 months ago and had a deal until the end of the World Cup in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan had defeated South Korea in the Asian Cup 10 days ago, prolonging the Koreans\u2019 64-year wait for a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The KFA criticized the German head coach&#8217;s leadership and claimed a change &#8220;is necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Supporters, politicians, and the media in the country had called for Jurgen to be dismissed after their \u00bd final elimination in Qatar, and there were also reports of in-fighting between top footballers during the championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers of Asia captain Son Heung-min injured his finger after a fight with teammates during dinner hours before Jordan beat them and eliminated them from the Asian Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen refused to resign after the disappointing tournament, but the Korea Football Association dismissed him for elevating the competitiveness of South Korea\u2019s national men\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his first public presser in years, KFA president Chung Mong-gyu announces with his head down to read a prepared statement throughout the whole time to announce the dismissal of Jurgen Klinsmann as Korea manager, saying \u201che couldn\u2019t do what we expected from a Korea manager.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJQKN2IIcc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/tJQKN2IIcc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhpHKY1hn0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LhpHKY1hn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Han \u2022 \ud55c\ub9cc\uc131 (@realstevescores) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realstevescores\/status\/1758371344176042220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired as manager of South Korea after a year after the team was eliminated in the \u00bd finals of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":478382,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17800,22091],"news_category":[14236,14235,14084],"gn_keywords":[22633,22092],"acf":{"announce":"The Asian country sacked the German head 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