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.
South Korea were expected to get out of a Group A that included co-hosts Mexico plus South Africa and the Czech Republic.
But they lost 1-0 to South Africa and Mexico, and finished on three points, their only success a 2-1 win over the Czechs.
It left them hoping to squeeze into the knockout rounds as one of the eight best third-placed finishers.
That hope was extinguished on Saturday by results elsewhere, with Hong taking responsibility on Sunday and quitting, Yonhap News Agency said.
