Lee Im-saeng, technical director of the Korea Football Association, and Choi Young-il, vice chairman of the Korea Football Association, reportedly attended the meeting with Hong Myung-bo the Korean national soccer team in July.

“Vice Chairman Choi Young-il was not involved in the interview,” Newsis said on the 27th, quoting an official from the Korea Football Association.

Director Hong Myung-bo and director Lee Im-saeng attended the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee as witnesses on the 24th. When asked by Cho Gye-won of the Democratic Party of Korea, “Who accompanied the national head coach during the meeting process,” director Lee Im-saeng replied, “The interview was done by me and director Hong Myung-bo.” He also said, “We met and talked from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. because it is a bakery that director Hong Myung-bo often visits.”

At a briefing on the appointment of the national team coach in July, Lee Im-saeng said, “I met with Hong Myung-bo alone at night and asked him to serve as the coach.” After meeting with two foreign coaches in Europe, he said, “I met with Hong Myung-bo as soon as I returned home with his will and decision,” adding, “I conducted the entire process of appointing the coach alone.”

However, suspicions of perjury were raised. It was reported that Vice Chairman Choi Young-il accompanied the coach when he met with Hong Myung-bo. 토토사이트 추천
The KFA also refuted the claim. According to the Newsis, the KFA said, “It is true that Vice Chairman Choi Young-il went to see Director Lee Im-saeng and Coach Hong Myung-bo. However, he was not involved in the meeting.” “Chairman Lee Im-saeng went to meet Coach Hong Myung-bo first, but it was not successful, and Vice Chairman Choi Young-il went to help.”

When he was managing director of the Korea Football Association from 2017 to 2020, Hong worked with Vice Chairman Choi Young-il. When he was a player, he also participated in the 1994 U.S. World Cup and the 1998 France World Cup.