Suwon Ihara Coach Seo has been arrested...The story of his sweat is
Jul 29, 2025
|
Coach Ihara introduced an anecdote at the time in a column published on Sports Nippon on the 29th. The story he revealed was the incident during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when he was a coach for the U-23 national team. Coach Ihara said, `There was an unforgettable incident. Instead of sitting on the bench at the time, he was in charge of analyzing the next opponent team. I visited Nigeria's training ground, which was my opponent in the second game. There were no special sanctions, and the video was taken after receiving an answer that there was no problem with filming. However, he was arrested by Chinese police. He then confessed, "'I went alone and called a person who could speak Chinese to ask for an explanation, but all the filming equipment was confiscated.' It was fortunate that it did not become a big problem, but I sweated a cold sweat thinking that it was not an easy country.'
A leading Japanese defender when he was active, he retired from the Urawa Reds in 2002 and worked as a TV commentator for a while. After training as a leader, he obtained a Japanese S-level (Korean P-level) leadership certificate in 2006 and joined the Japanese U-23 national team led by manager Yasuharu Sorimachi at the time. After the Beijing Olympics, he has been a J-League leader for a long time, starting with head coach Kashiwa Reysol, and joined Suwon Samsung coach last month to challenge in the K-League.
Coach Ihara said in his column that `Sorimachi was strict, uncompromising, and sought detail. At that time, it was very helpful to learn the importance of role division and analysis,' he recalled. I was also pleased that Shinji Kagawa, Atsuto Uchida, Keisuke Honda, Maya Yoshida, and Shinji Okazaki, who played in the Olympics at the time, played in the 2010 South Africa World Cup (the round of 16).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
