Leading up to this fateful match against Saudi Arabia, Klinsmann was constantly in the news.

“If you don’t like it, find someone else”, “It’s not my job to watch the K-League”. Following these interviews, criticism came from within the Football Association.안전놀이터

[Han Jun-hee/Vice President of the Korea Football Association: I wish he would have shown a little more sincerity, let alone direction. My heart rattles every time the interview comes out]

On top of that, there were local reports that Klinsmann went to the Nottingham game to see Hwang Ui-jo, but Hwang Ui-jo wasn’t even in the team because he had transferred the day before.