{"id":8201,"date":"2017-10-26T01:32:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2017-10-26T01:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T16:32:33","slug":"park-ji-sung-realized-not-coach-watching-hiddink-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2017\/10\/26\/park-ji-sung-realized-not-coach-watching-hiddink-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Ji-sung: I\u00a0realized\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0not\u00a0a\u00a0coach after watching Hiddink\u00a0and\u00a0Ferguson\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Korea international Park Ji-sung has denied the prospect of becoming a coach, but he still desires to work<span id=\"wt_word_m14\" class=\"wt_word\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m15\" class=\"wt_word\">in\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m16\" class=\"wt_word\">football\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m17\" class=\"wt_word\">administration\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m18\" class=\"wt_word\">to\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m19\" class=\"wt_word\">contribute\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m20\" class=\"wt_word\">to\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m21\" class=\"wt_word\">the\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m22\" class=\"wt_word\">development\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m23\" class=\"wt_word\">of\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m24\" class=\"wt_word\">the\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m25\" class=\"wt_word\">game\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m26\" class=\"wt_word\">in\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m27\" class=\"wt_word\">Korea\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m28\" class=\"wt_word\">and\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m29\" class=\"wt_word\">Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/byline\/shinmukoeng\/20171024-00077115\/\">an\u00a0interview\u00a0with\u00a0Yahoo\u00a0Japan<\/a>, Park said:\u00a0&#8220;The\u00a0coaching\u00a0role\u00a0cannot\u00a0run\u00a0from\u00a0stress\u00a0365 days\u00a0a\u00a0year.\u00a0I\u00a0watched\u00a0Hiddink\u00a0and\u00a0Ferguson\u00a0at\u00a0close\u00a0quarters\u00a0and\u00a0I\u00a0realized\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0not\u00a0a\u00a0coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To\u00a0become\u00a0a\u00a0good\u00a0coach,\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0important\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0equipped\u00a0with\u00a0tactics\u00a0and\u00a0strategy,&#8221; the 36-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But\u00a0first\u00a0of\u00a0all,\u00a0you\u00a0need\u00a0to\u00a0have\u00a0strong\u00a0leadership.\u00a0In\u00a0terms\u00a0of\u00a0that,\u00a0I\u00a0cannot\u00a0be\u00a0exactly\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0as\u00a0Hiddink\u00a0or\u00a0Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wt_word_m289\" class=\"wt_word\">Park has\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m290\" class=\"wt_word\">also\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m291\" class=\"wt_word\">been\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m292\" class=\"wt_word\">working\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m293\" class=\"wt_word\">as\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m294\" class=\"wt_word\">an\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m295\" class=\"wt_word\">honorary\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m296\" class=\"wt_word\">ambassador\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m297\" class=\"wt_word\">for\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m298\" class=\"wt_word\">the\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m299\" class=\"wt_word\">2018 Pyeong Chang Winter\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m300\" class=\"wt_word\">Olympics.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"wt_word_m301\" class=\"wt_word\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Korean football legend completed his FIFA Master Course earlier this year. In July, he became the first Korean to be appointed to the advisory panel to the law-making International Football Association Board (IFAB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Korea international Park Ji-sung has denied the prospect of becoming a coach, but he still desires to work\u00a0in\u00a0football\u00a0administration\u00a0to\u00a0contribute\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0development\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0game\u00a0in\u00a0Korea\u00a0and\u00a0Asia. During\u00a0an\u00a0interview\u00a0with\u00a0Yahoo\u00a0Japan, Park said:\u00a0&#8220;The\u00a0coaching\u00a0role\u00a0cannot\u00a0run\u00a0from\u00a0stress\u00a0365 days\u00a0a\u00a0year.\u00a0I\u00a0watched\u00a0Hiddink\u00a0and\u00a0Ferguson\u00a0at\u00a0close\u00a0quarters\u00a0and\u00a0I\u00a0realized\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0not\u00a0a\u00a0coach.&#8221; &#8220;To\u00a0become\u00a0a\u00a0good\u00a0coach,\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0important\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0equipped\u00a0with\u00a0tactics\u00a0and\u00a0strategy,&#8221; the 36-year-old added. &#8220;But\u00a0first\u00a0of\u00a0all,\u00a0you\u00a0need\u00a0to\u00a0have\u00a0strong\u00a0leadership.\u00a0In\u00a0terms\u00a0of\u00a0that,\u00a0I\u00a0cannot\u00a0be\u00a0exactly\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0as\u00a0Hiddink\u00a0or\u00a0Ferguson. Park has\u00a0also\u00a0been\u00a0working\u00a0as\u00a0an\u00a0honorary\u00a0ambassador\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a02018 Pyeong Chang Winter\u00a0Olympics.\u00a0 The Korean football legend completed his FIFA Master Course earlier this year. In July, he became the first Korean to be appointed to the advisory panel to the law-making International Football Association Board (IFAB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":8202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[867],"tags":[727],"class_list":["post-8201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-korea","tag-park-ji-sung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}