Just four months before the World Cup, "Shock Resignation" and the story of master Korea, who led South Korea, "Daughter's health problems... "Family comes before soccer"

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Myung-jang, who led the Korean national soccer team in the past, reported his sudden resignation just months before the World Cup finals. Dutch coach Dick Advocaat (78, Netherlands) handed down his baton after guiding Quiraso, a small country with a population of 150,000 to its first ever World Cup finals.

The Quiraso Football Association announced on its official social network service (SNS) on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time) that it had appointed Fred Luton (63, Netherlands) as its successor while announcing the voluntary resignation of Advocaat.

On the same day, Reuters reported, "Veteran head coach Advocaat, who led Quiraso to the first World Cup finals ever, stepped down as coach due to his daughter's health problems."

Advocaat said in a statement: "I have always said that family comes before football. Therefore, this resignation is a natural decision," he said. "I will miss Curaçao, the people there, and my colleagues very much. Getting the world's smallest country to the World Cup finals is one of the best highlights of my career. I'm proud of the players, staff, and board members who trusted us," he said.

Advocaat, who has about 40 years of coaching experience, led Quiraso, who has a population of only 150,000 people, to the World Cup finals. He also described it as "the craziest thing I've ever accomplished in my career."

He almost wrote a new history of the World Cup. Advocaat could have set the record of the oldest coach in World Cup history if he had led the team to the stage of this World Cup finals, but he put down the baton of the national team for his family.

"His decision deserves respect," said Zilber Martina Quiraso, president of the Football Association. Advocaat made history with our national team. Curaçao will always thank him."

Luton, who took the helm after Advocaat, was a former Dutch national team member and led prestigious European clubs such as Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven and Schalke 04. "Advocat is an icon of world football," Luton said. "It's an honor to continue his achievements," he said, adding, "I've had enough conversations with Dick and the staff. The team's management stance will remain the same. Curiaso fans can expect my dedication and commitment," he said.

Quiraso, a small country ranked 82nd in FIFA rankings, tied Jamaica 0-0 in the final round of the third round of qualifying in North Korea and China on the 19th to confirm the group's first place and qualify for the World Cup for the first time ever. This is the record for the least populated finals in World Cup history. Quiraso won the ticket to the finals after an unbeaten run during the qualifying period, defeating Jamaica and drawing Trinidad and Tobago.

The newly appointed coach Luton will make his debut through a mini-tournament with Australia and China in March. On its first ever World Cup stage, Quiraso will play its first Group E match against Germany in Houston on June 14.

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