"I'm going as planned" Coach Kim Ki-dong and FC Seoul are not swayed..."I keep my promise to win"
"I'm going as planned" Coach Kim Ki-dong and FC Seoul are not swayed..."I keep my promise to win"
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FC Seoul head coach Kim Ki-dong has always been a highly anticipated leader.
And Kim always lived up to that expectation by riding the waves under pressure.
With his outstanding leadership in his second year at the helm of the Pohang Steelers, he led Pohang to the third place in the league and the semifinals of the FA Cup (currently the Korea Cup), becoming the first coach of the year to become the third-ranked team in the same year. In his third year, he was the runner-up at the AFC Champions League (ACL), and in his fourth year, he ranked third in the league, lifted the Korea Cup trophy in his fifth year, enjoying the joy of winning his first championship in his leadership career.
The 2024 season, when head coach Kim Ki-dong moved to Seoul, was a season where he was both concerned and expected, but head coach Kim dispelled all concerns by proving his ability again by advancing to Final A in five years.
With the 2025 season just around the corner, concerns have disappeared and only expectations remain. As Kim Ki-dong's second year of Kim Ki-dong was successful last year, expectations are even higher than last year.
The word "winning" is circulating at all. Winning is no longer unfamiliar to coach Kim, who has won the trophy in 2023, but it is likely to be a burden to be nominated for the championship even before the opening whistle.
Unlike his expectations, however, Kim Ki-dong's voice at Kagoshima, a training site in Seoul, showed strength. Rather, he straightened his shoulders, saying, "I promised to win within three years, but I am confident that I will win within that time."
Coach Kim Ki-dong, who said at the time of his appointment in Seoul, "I wouldn't have chosen Seoul if I didn't have the confidence to win," said confidently but carefully.
"I don't know if it will be this year or next year, but it's good that people around me tell me good things. Don't you think it makes sense? I don't think it's bad (to be mentioned as a candidate)," Kim said. "It's better than saying that Seoul will likely be demoted this time. If you say good things, I will get good energy."
Then, with a serious look on his face, he said, "I'm going well as planned. It wasn't good at the beginning of last year, but I went as far as I wanted at the end anyway," and added, "I have to go up step by step as planned. The faster you go up, the more it hurts. If you go up too fast, the higher your expectations go up. It's not easy to go as planned. People around me say that people who live a long life step by step are strong."
Kim Ki-dong was definitely not unaware of the weight of the word "winning." Kim gained experience through adversity that existed behind his success in Pohang and was well aware of how difficult it is to "do as planned" because he is still reflecting on the experience. As a result, Kim was not swayed by fans around him.
Head coach Kim Ki-dong and Seoul have to play the 2025 season under sharp checks by other K-League clubs. 온라인바카라
On the 5th, when he met Kim Ki-dong, a media day was held in Korea, where four K-League teams participating in the ACL will gather. Kim Pan-gon, defending champion Ulsan HD, Park Tae-ha, who is leading Pohang after Kim Ki-dong, and Lee Jung-hyo, a strategist representing the K-League along with Kim, both picked Seoul as the favorite.
Except for Jeonbuk Hyundai's new coach Gus Foyet, who did not talk much, everyone classified Seoul as the winning team.