comment by
Thomas Hahn
The adventure of German ex-world champion Jürgen Klinsmann as South Korean national coach began with the usual bumps. 2-2 v Colombia, 1-2 v Uruguay. Half as wild. In the first friendlies, knowledge is more important than victories. Nevertheless, Klinsmann has retained one serious concern from the assignments, even one that requires all his competence as a player understander and connoisseur of the football zeitgeist. Because in the middle of the post-analysis rush to the Uruguay game, defender Kim Min-jae from Italian club SSC Napoli said that he was “mentally exhausted” and “just exhausted at the moment”. He would rather concentrate on his work at the club than on the national team.