South Korea coach quits after early World Cup exit
Much-maligned South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo resigned on Sunday, reports said, a day after his side’s group-stage exit from the World Cup.
The 57-year-old former captain, in his second stint as coach, oversaw an early World Cup exit for the second time to go with the failure in 2014.
nSouth Korea were expected to get out of a Group A that included co-hosts Mexico plus South Africa and the Czech Republic.
nBut they lost 1-0 to South Africa and Mexico, and finished on three points, their only success a 2-1 win over the Czechs.
nIt left them hoping to squeeze into the knockout rounds as one of the eight best third-placed finishers.
nThat hope was extinguished on Saturday by results elsewhere, with Hong taking responsibility on Sunday and quitting, Yonhap News Agency said.
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