Guardiola's 'Korean Guy' Hwang Hee-chan "I Like Being Able to Promote Korea"
In response to Manchester City coach Guardiola's remarks, "He's the best coach... I'm honored and confident."
The secret to his recent performance is 'adaptation'... “I trust Coach Klinsmann 100%.”
National soccer team striker Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) said, "It was good to be able to promote Korea," in response to Manchester City (England) coach Pep Guardiola's 'Korean guy' remark. 토토사이트
Hwang Hee-chan could not suppress his laughter when asked about coach Guardiola's remarks at a press conference held before the national soccer team's training at the Paju National Team Training Center (NFC) on the afternoon of the 10th.
Hwang Hee-chan said, "I think that word has 'Korea' in it.
I thought it was positive because it helped promote our country," and added, "It was nice to have such a fun nickname as our team was showing good results."
At a press conference held a day before the match against Wolverhampton in the 7th round of the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) in the 2023-2024 season, Coach Guardiola referred to Hwang Hee-chan as 'Korean Guy' as if he did not remember his name.
Hwang Hee-chan led the team to a 2-1 victory against Manchester City the next day, on the 1st, by scoring the winning goal so that coach Guardiola would not forget his name.
Hwang Hee-chan looked back and said that Coach Guardiola's expressions led to motivation.
He said, “You may not have remembered the name for a moment.
However, in some ways, I thought it was an honor that the coach, who has been the best in the world for a long time, mentioned me in terms of my skills,” he said, adding, “I gained confidence.”
In fact, Hwang Hee-chan has been flying high with his team recently.
I scored a goal in the 8th minute of the EPL 8th round home game against Aston Villa, and it is already my 6th goal of the season.
This season's regular league goals (5 goals) are tied for 4th overall with Muhammad Salah (Liverpool) and Jared Bowen (West Ham).
Above Hwang Hee-chan, there are only Erling Holland (8 goals, Manchester City), Son Heung-min (Tottenham), and Alexander Isaac (Newcastle, 6 goals).
Hwang Hee-chan, who has now competed with Son Heung-min in scoring, said, "It is difficult to say that Heung-min and I are competing.
I think I am becoming a person who can be helpful to Heung-min while doing my job."
Heung-min also said, "Heung-min is doing his best.
“I will try my best to score the most goals, but I will also try to score the most goals in my career,” he said.
He pointed out that the secret to the recent upward trend is ‘adaptation’.
Hwang Hee-chan smiled, saying, "This is my third season in England.
Now is the time to adapt and show a good performance.
I have confidence that I can show a good performance if I continue to play without getting sick, and the results are good because I play like that."
Now, Hwang Hee-chan is responsible for the front line of the Klinsmann.
The national team, led by Coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will play a friendly match with Tunisia at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 13th and then face Vietnam at Suwon World Cup Stadium four days later at 8 p.m. on the 17th.
Hwang Hee-chan said, "This is my fourth call with coach (Klinsmann).
I want to perform well this time," and added, "I have to show a better performance as time goes by.
I think I can do that."
At the same time, he added, "I have 100% faith in our coach Ini (Klinsmann).
The Asian Cup is just around the corner, so if we keep believing, we will get good results."