On the afternoon of the 8th, at Aehyang Stadium in Jeju City, Jeju Island, the laughter of players wearing blue uniforms, the symbol of Suwon Samsung, cut the air. Field training continued for over a month, and on this day, recreational training with lower intensity was conducted. Director Lee Byeong-geun (50) explained, “I can’t just do physical training every day, so I put fun and interest in it.” 슬롯사이트
Behind the coach, who was giving orders while looking at the players, two unidentified men appeared in front of the playground gate. As it turned out, Seo Jeong-won (53) was the coach of Chengdu Rongcheng (China) and Yoon Jeong-hwan (50) was the former manager of Ulsan Hyundai. While coach Seo returned to Korea after the Chinese Super League season was over and was taking a break, he came down to Jeju with his wife and stopped by Suwon training while enjoying a trip with coach Yoon and his wife.
Director Seo took the lead at Suwon from 2012 to 2018. The depth of his love for his parents is difficult to express in words. When a Suwon official recognized him and greeted him with pleasure, he gave encouragement, saying, “You are doing well in training.” Director Lee, who recognized Director Seo and Director Yoon belatedly, approached and asked for a handshake, saying, “Isn’t it difficult?” It was because we both knew that preparing for the season was not always easy.
Praise poured in for coach Seo, who finished fifth in the Chinese Super League last season. It was more so because he had a result in the first season of promotion in the grade 1 league (2nd division). Kim Min-woo, who played together in Suwon, Felipe Silva, who has experience in the K-League,
Coach Seo said, “After taking a break, I will return to China soon to prepare for the new season. I plan to set up a base camp in Suwon during the A match in March. I am promoting practice matches with Suwon, FC Anyang, and Seongnam FC.” explained.
After training, when the familiar players approached and greeted each other, coach Seo smiled and said, “Are you doing well?” When Kim Bo-kyung, who transferred from Jeonbuk, approached, he recalled, “I tried to recruit like that in the past, but failed. They recruited from Jeonbuk.” Looking at playing coach Yeom Ki-hoon, who extended his active life by one more year, he joked with coach Lee and Bo-kyung Kim, saying, “You’ve seen a lot (exercise) in the past.” Yeom Ki-hoon received, “Even if you can’t see it, you’re secretly exercising somewhere.”
The interesting scene came at the very end. It was the appearance of Seo Dong-han, the youngest son of director Seo. As a native of Suwon Youth, he is a side striker like the coach. To Seo Dong-han, who came out of the field and took off his soccer boots for maintenance, someone shouted, “(Seo) Dong-han, come quickly. Your parents are here to observe.”
When Seo Dong-han, who had been silent and quiet, approached, director Seo only patted him on the back instead of chatting. His son looked nervous and worried about where to look. With such a son, the coach thought of the entire team. If their conversation gets longer, the departure from the accommodation will be delayed and the sweat will cool down, so they were considerate of the athletes by telling them to quickly get on the bus and return to their accommodation.