Asian team’s shock defeat to Bafana Bafana resulted in an early flight home and coach’s resignation

Lee Jae Myung lays into coach Hong Myung-bo in length social media rant after country’s team failed to get out of the group stage.

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo resigned Sunday after the team’s quick elimination from the World Cup drew a harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach…

The 57-year-old former captain, in his second stint as coach, oversaw an early World Cup exit for the second time to go with the failure in 2014.

Hong Myung-bo made the announcement at the team's training camp in Guadalajara after results on Saturday meant the Koreans would not advance to the last 32 as one of the eight…

June 28 : Hong Myung-bo resigned as head coach of South Korea on Sunday following the country's group-stage exit from the World Cup.Hong made the announcement at the team's…

Hong Myung-bo resigned as South Korea's head coach after a 2026 World Cup group-stage exit, prompting a government investigation into the KFA.

Hong Myung-bo dimitió tras la decepcionante actuación de su equipo luego de un inicio de torneo prometedor

President Lee Jae Myung lashed out and apologised to the nation after Hong’s decision to drop Son Heung-min against South Africa backfired

Hong Myung-bo's resignation drew harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach “incapable.”

Hong Myung-bo's re-appointment as national team manager in 2024 had already led to backlash, with many accusing the South Korean FA of favouritism. | Football News

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo resigned after a World Cup group-stage exit as President Lee Jae Myung ordered a government investigation into the KFA.

South Korea's dismal World Cup first-round exit has sparked fury at home and calls for a complete overhaul at the top have not been silenced by coach Hong Myung-bo's resignation.

For South Korean soccer fans, the pain of an early World Cup exit rarely ends with the final whistle. Instead, disappointment spills into days of public anger,

South Korea's World Cup exit after the group stage prompted the coach to quit, with the president calling for a probe.

Hong Myung-bo resigned on Sunday as South Korea's head coach, a day after his side's group-stage exit from the World Cup and after condemnation from the country's president. …

The Red Devils, Korea's official football supporters' group, demanded head coach Hong Myung-bo's exit from the Korean football community following...

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Hong failed to guide South Korea beyond the group stage and has been lambasted in his homeland

From the president to K-pop stars, South Koreans demand an overhaul of the country’s football establishment and punishment for the failure.

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