FC Seoul Lingard Pledges to Fight Back After Being Reprimanded by Coach

FC Seoul Lingard Pledges to Fight Back After Being Reprimanded by Coach: “It’s Up to me Now”

Lingard: “It’s true that I need more time, but I will increase the amount of training.”

Coach Kim Ki-dong: “Lingard seemed to feel pressured and impatient… He hugged me.”

Jesse Lingard (Seoul), ‘the most experienced foreign player ever’ in professional soccer K-League 1 history, said he ‘needs time’ and pledged to work hard.

He promised that he would try to better meet the command's demands in response to being publicly criticized by coach Kim Ki-dong for being 'floppy'. 파워볼

Lingard met with reporters at the club's training ground at the GS Champions Park in Guri, Gyeonggi Province on the 23rd and said, "As everyone knows, I haven't played in an official game for almost a year, so it's true that I still need time."

He said, "Still, personally, I think I'm in good shape right now.

Although I'm not playing full-time, I'm playing games.

The coach is also giving me time."

“I think now (the rest) is up to me,” he said emphatically.

When the news of his departure to the K-League first broke, it was an unbelievable situation that raised suspicions that it was ‘fake news’, but Lingard, who had really moved to the Korean stage, was a member of the team at the beginning of the new season.

Lingard, the 'greatest foreign player of all time' who scored 35 goals in 232 official games for Manchester United (England), played in the first, second and third rounds of K-League 1 this season.

But there are no attack points yet.

He has never played full-time, as coach Kim said, ‘his physical condition has not improved.’

Regarding his recent performance, Lingard said, “I think we need to push ourselves more.

“We are planning to increase the amount of training,” he said.

Lingard, who has not yet shown the level of performance expected by fans, also received bitter criticism.

After the home game against Jeju United on the 16th (2-0 win), Coach Kim said, If a player who doesn't play for a few minutes doesn't put up a fight and is lazy and plays worse than a player who plays for 90 minutes, I don't think he's a player.

He took issue with Lingard's attitude, saying, "If you think you're going to play soccer for the sake of the name, don't you just bring in retired players?"

British media also paid attention to Coach Kim's remarks.

The Daily Mail and others said that the country's star had "received a harsh reprimand"

Lingard, took a vacation right after the game against Jeju and spent time with his family, returned to the team and hugged Coach Kim immediately after meeting him “

Some parts of the interview were exaggerated, and you are a special player.

“I told Lingard that I said that because I had to take on the role of a leader,” he said.

“Lingard also said he was aware of that.”

He continued, “I think Jesse Lingard is feeling a lot of pressure.

He seems impatient because he has to quickly show good form and score goals.

“I told him I didn’t care about that at all,” he said.

“He said he was also impatient.”

“We empathized with each other and communicated those stories,” he said.

Regarding this, Lingard said, "It's entirely possible," and added, "I think I should try harder to match the coach's style.

This is a part of soccer, so I think I should accept it and move on."

Lingard said the scene of more than 50,000 spectators filling the Seoul World Cup Stadium before his home debut was still meaningful.

The second round match between Seoul and Incheon United was attended by 51,670 spectators.

This is the K-League record for the highest number of paid spectators since 2018.

He said, "Even now that I think about it, it was a special day.

I heard there were the most in K-League history, so I'm very honored," and said he plans to invite his entire family, including his daughter, to Korea, which welcomed him so warmly this summer.