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PARK RETURN?

Former South Korean international Park Ji sung has said that he has no chance of being in the World Cup 2014 despite rumours that he could be persuaded by the South Korean manager to come out of retirement.

Park Ji sung has been one of the best players for the national team for the last decade, but he has recently been on the decline. After leaving Manchester United a few years ago, he has now returned to Dutch football after a poor spell at QPR. He is now back at club PSV Eindhoven where he made his name.

Former South Korean international Park Ji sung has said that he has no chance of being in the World Cup 2014 despite rumours that he could be persuaded by the South Korean manager to come out of retirement.

Park Ji sung has been one of the best players for the national team for the last decade, but he has recently been on the decline. After leaving Manchester United a few years ago, he has now returned to Dutch football after a poor spell at QPR. He is now back at club PSV Eindhoven where he made his name.

South Korea have qualified for the World Cup and will be hoping to do well at this tournament. Their national team manager, Hong Myung-Bo has been saying that he will try and persuade Park out of retirement since he will be a major addition to the squad in terms of experience. Myung-Bo said that the national team was devoid of experienced players and it is time to introduce some of them to balance the team. Park, though, has confirmed that there is a 0% chance of featuring for the national team again.

South Korea have a good chance of reaching the knockout stages since they face a relatively easy group that is devoid of the big teams like Spain and Italy. Only Belgium are regarded as the favourites to win the group

“There has been no possibility for me to come back to the national team. I can definitely say it’s 0%. I’m glad and thankful that the national team coach wants me back three years after retirement. But I cannot even imagine taking a place instead of a player who did his best for World Cup qualification. I want the [South] Korea national team to focus on the World Cup and I don’t want to have any influence on that,” said Park.

TOUGH RUN

South Korea have been going under a tough run of form, which has raised questions about the manager Choi Kang-hee. Korea have qualified for the World Cup in the last seven consecutive occasions.

However, they are in danger of failing to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil due to a bad run of form, which has seen them go without a victory in the last four matches. Even though two of them have been friendly matches against Australia and Croatia, there has been a lot of scepticism about the quality of the team.

South Korea have been going under a tough run of form, which has raised questions about the manager Choi Kang-hee. Korea have qualified for the World Cup in the last seven consecutive occasions.

However, they are in danger of failing to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil due to a bad run of form, which has seen them go without a victory in the last four matches. Even though two of them have been friendly matches against Australia and Croatia, there has been a lot of scepticism about the quality of the team.

The recent 4-0 defeat at the hands of Croatia is the main reason for the worry amongst the Korean fans. The country are currently second in the qualification rounds. The recent 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan has meant that they were unable to lead the table.

In the last two rounds of the FIFA World Cup, South Korea have managed to qualify with games to spare. However, there is feeling amongst the Korean fans that it will not be the case this time around. The team will be playing against Qatar in March in a World Cup qualifying match, which will be key to the future of the team at the World Cup.

“It was a clear defeat. But I am not going to over-react after just one game. We will build on our experience from today’s match and earlier games to try and develop more cohesion. Our upcoming opponents will play more defensive games than Croatia and we have to find our offensive combination. This is an important problem with four games left in qualification. It is something that we have to keep working on in order to get right and we will do that,” said a

K-LEAGUE IS CHANGING

South Korea’s K-League will be undergoing massive changes over the next few months in order to strengthen the quality of the league, which has been facing an alarming drop over the last few years.

South Korea’s K-League once used to be the strongest league in Asia, but it was recently overtaken by the Japanese J-League. One of the reasons attributed towards this drop-in strength has been the lack of promotion and relegation within the division. As a result, it has not only lowered the quality of the players, but has also introduced match fixing within the players and referees as well.

South Korea’s K-League will be undergoing massive changes over the next few months in order to strengthen the quality of the league, which has been facing an alarming drop over the last few years.

South Korea’s K-League once used to be the strongest league in Asia, but it was recently overtaken by the Japanese J-League. One of the reasons attributed towards this drop-in strength has been the lack of promotion and relegation within the division. As a result, it has not only lowered the quality of the players, but has also introduced match fixing within the players and referees as well.

One of the most famous match fixing scandal broke out only a few years ago, and it was largely due to the lack of relegation and promotion. Hence, the South Korean football Association has come to the decision that promotion and relegation will now be part of the K-League. The division will be entering its 30th season from next year, and the football Association plans to introduce systems that are very much in tune with the European standards from 2012. North American leagues and South American leagues are some of the areas where relegation and promotion are not present, but they have not faced severe problems like the South Korea’s K-League.

“It is time. The match-fixing problem is a part of it but we want to take the league and the football system as a whole to the next level,” the K-League’s deputy general manager Kwon Sung-jin said. “If fans love the club then they will follow it whatever happens and the same can be true of sponsors too. In Korea however, with many clubs backed by one company, the owners could lose interest if a club is relegated,” said the Korean head coach of J-League club Sagan Tosu, Yoon Jung-hwan.