‘Wolcle’ down schedule… Klinsmann attends UEFA meeting and meets former Chancellor Merkel
Korean national football team coach Jurgen Klinsmann lives up to his name and has a busy schedule in Europe.
Coach Klinsman is leaving for Europe to directly check the performance of overseas players such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Kim Min-jae (Napoli) and have an interview.
Coach Klinsmann, who has already watched the match between Son Heung-min and Oh Hyun-kyu (Celtic), moved to Italy on the 19th (hereinafter Korean time) to watch the second leg of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarterfinal between Napoli and AC Milan (Italy). I plan to have time to watch the game and have an honest conversation with Kim Min-jae, who is unable to play in this game due to accumulated warnings.토토사이트
Afterwards, he moved to Germany to watch the Bundesliga matches between Mainz and Bayern Munich on the 22nd and Freiburg and Schalke 04 on the 23rd, meeting Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) and Jung Woo-young (Freiburg).
Director Klinsman also digests various other schedules. An official from the Korea Football Association (KFA) told ‘News 1’, “Coach Klinsmann will spend some time with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her schedule in Germany.”
Klinsmann, a German football hero, has a close relationship with former Chancellor Merkel. So former Chancellor Merkel invited coach Klinsmann as an honored guest to receive his country’s medal.
Former Chancellor Merkel also showed off her friendship with then-German coach Klinsmann during the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
In addition, coach Klinsmann was appointed as a member of the European Football Federation (UEFA) football advisory committee and will also attend the UEFA meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland on the 25th.
Even after completing his busy schedule in Europe, there are many places where Klinsman is sought. He was appointed as a TSG member for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar World Cup Post Coaching Forum, leading the TSG meeting on May 7 and 8 in Doha, Qatar.
Coach Klinsman will watch the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup draw in Doha and conduct a preliminary field trip to the base camp in preparation for the Asian Cup.