After a 10-year break, I went to Europe for the first time in 10 years, and coach Park Dong-hyuk's passion for soccer, which I felt again

Apr 08, 2025

After a 10-year break, I went to Europe for the first time in 10 years, and coach Park Dong-hyuk's passion for soccer, which I felt again
Photo provided by Director Park Dong-hyuk



After a 10-year break, I went to Europe for the first time in 10 years, and coach Park Dong-hyuk's passion for soccer, which I felt again
Photo provided by Director Park Dong-hyuk
"I'm having a good experience and building up ideas after a long time."

It was the smile of former Gyeongnam coach Park Dong-hyuk. Coach Park boarded a flight to England on the 4th. He, who is active as a technical committee member (TSG) of the Korea Professional Football League, asked for his understanding and left for England. It was to watch the English Premier League game in person.

It was the first outing in 10 years. Coach Park, who was a national defender, transformed into a leader immediately after retiring from active duty in 2014. Starting as a coach in Ulsan in 2016, he served as a head coach in Asan in 2017, and then became a coach in 2018. Coach Park, who has been to Asan, Chungnam Asan and Gyeongnam as the youngest coach, has had a tireless decade.




Coach Park, who became a wild man, planned to go to England this year. Director Park said "I've been at the scene for 10 years. There was always a thirst for advanced soccer. There was also a need for new ideas"I prepared to go to Europe for the first time since I went to Germany training in 2015. I originally planned to go in January, but it was postponed due to family circumstances and TSG appointment."

Although it is a short period of more than 15 days, coach Park has set as many games as possible. I've already watched the Crystal Palace-Brighton match and the Manchester derby of Manchester City. The ticket to the Manchester Derby, which is known to be hard to get, was helped by Park Ji-sung. Coach Park laughed, saying, `I said 99.9% of the time I couldn't get it, but I was lucky.'

After a 10-year break, I went to Europe for the first time in 10 years, and coach Park Dong-hyuk's passion for soccer, which I felt again
'Manchester Derby' was the key point of this European training session. The main purpose was to see firsthand how Manchester City uses the three-back, not to mention Manchester City, which plays the most trendy football around Pep Guardiola. Coach Park ended up with a 0-0 draw, but I enjoyed it. The transition is fast, so the speed is incredible. I thought English soccer would be wide, but when I came here, the gap was quite narrow, and above all, the positioning was good. He said he has good ball management skills, but he has good positioning, so he noticed parts that preoccupy the position to receive the ball.




It was not a tactic that woke coach Park up. He said "Over 70,000 spectators excited the atmosphere of the stadium for 90 minutes, and it was my first time feeling it. I booed after one session, cheered after one session, and felt the passion for soccer once again.

Coach Park plans to watch Tottenham and Frankfurt's Europa League and Liverpool-West Ham in turn. Coach Park said, `I've wanted to see Liverpool play before. I was thinking that the method of using exceptional strikers was similar to the K-League, where foreign strikers set up strikers. Looking at Liverpool's attack operation, I intend to add ideas." Coach Park plans to steadily visit Europe and focus on studying tactics before returning to the field. He is 46 years old now.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.