"I can't believe I've been appointed to Jeonbuk," Foye's successor, Chung Jung-yong, the new coach, said

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Chung Jung-yong (56), the new Jeonbuk coach who took over the baton of Gus Foyet (58), who achieved the double of Jeonbuk Hyundai, expressed his strong will to win the championship through an inaugural press conference.

According to News 1, coach Chung Jung-yong said at an inauguration press conference held at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 6th, "I am well aware that there are many concerns. However, if Jeonbuk continues to make further progress by doing what it did well, it can turn concerns into faith, he said. "I will definitely blossom into a championship."

Jeonbuk announced the appointment of coach Chung Jung-yong as the 10th head coach on the 24th of last month. Coach Chung Jung-yong is a proven leader on the domestic stage, including the runner-up at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and putting Kim Cheon-sang in third place in the K League 1 last season.

However, this year's Jeonbuk head coach is under considerable pressure. Former coach Foye, who achieved a double (K League, Korea Cup championship) last season, has raised expectations. Coach Chung Jung-yong has yet to win a championship on the professional stage.

In response, head coach Chung Jung-yong said, "After facing Jeonbuk last season, I had time to talk to coach Foyet. At that time, he said, "If you do this well, the Korean leader who will come after you will be too hard," but now I am holding a press conference here."

Coach Chung Jung-yong then said, "There were a lot of congratulations around me, but I was also worried about 'why are you going there?' There was also an opinion that it would be difficult to go to a team that did not have a better performance," he confessed.

Nevertheless, coach Chung Jung-yong was confident of his choice. Head coach Chung Jung-yong explained, "I accepted the trip to Jeonbuk because I thought and was confident that it would be good to go further from Jeonbuk, which produced results, to put a direction that emphasized the process and complete the system."

In addition, coach Chung Jung-yong said, "I've been confident in teaching others. However, as a manager, it is true that he was vulnerable in other problems such as recruiting players, but he said, "In Jeonbuk, the division of labor is well established." "Because I collaborate with general manager Lee Do-hyun and director Michael Kim, it's better for the best team like Jeonbuk because I just have to do what I'm good at," he stressed.

Even Jeonbuk has left a large number of its main players last season. In the absence of championship players such as Hong Jung-ho, Park Jin-seop, and Kwon Chang-hoon this season, head coach Chung Jung-yong said, "In the military team, players continue to change to enlist and be discharged from the military. "At the same time, we have made a good organizational appearance as a team," he said. "We will continue the elements that Jeonbuk had previously been good at and make it by supplementing detailed tactics." We will make the most of the remaining time and grow further," he said.

Regarding the tactical direction and ambition, coach Chung Jung-yong said, "I will build up the rear with the active activity and intelligent movement of the third line, and play soccer where fullbacks participate in the attack a lot," adding, "I have only been runner-up so far." This time, I want to blossom into a championship in Jeonbuk. We will continue to work hard to achieve both growth and results," he said.

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