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"The league starts in a week, the KFA ignores its own league," "The end of the puppet administration is the return of the K League manager," "Firefighter Hong Myung-bo is not a public good, only when needed," and so on. On the 23rd, small trucks with these phrases alternately displayed on billboards arrived at the front and back gates of the Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the KFA's offices are located, one day before the second meeting of the KFA's Power Enhancement Committee, which is responsible for selecting the national soccer team's coach.

The truck was sent by the 'Churyong Warriors,' a support group for professional soccer's K League Ulsan HD. They sent the truck to protest the prospect of replacing Ulsan HD coach Hong Myung-bo as the national team's head coach. "We wanted to put a stop to the unilateral administration of the association that ignores the K League," said Kim Ki-won, chairman of the Churyong Warriors. "It was not only to protect our coach Hong Myung-bo, but also to protect the K League."

After its first meeting on March 21, the committee said it is discussing the appointment of a domestic coach as the official head coach in March. The candidates include K League managers Hong Myung-bo (55), Kim Ki-dong (52) of FC Seoul and Kim Hak-beom (64) of Jeju United.

The problem is that the K League kickoff is just a week away. Ulsan has already started the new season under Hong Myung-bo, having already played the round of 16 of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League on Nov. 21. Kim Ki-dong and Kim Hak-beom are the new coaches this season. They haven't even made their official debuts yet. The two teams were preparing to set 스포츠토토 sail after winter training under their new captains, but the KFA's announcement has caused confusion. "The league is about to start, and the national team (managerial issue) has taken over all the talk," said an official from the KFA, adding, "We're going to lose our star manager, so I'm frustrated with the attitude of the association." Fans are also reacting, saying, "Does the association have any respect for the K League?"

In the past, Jeonbuk Hyundai has been in hot water for giving the national team a coach. In 2011, the KFA fired national team coach Cho Kwang-rae (70) and brought in Choi Kang-hee (65) to take over as head coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai. The defending champions have since gone through three acting coaches (Lee Heung-sil, Fabio, and Shin Hong-ki) and have slipped to third place behind the runners-up. Choi returned in 2014 to lead the team to back-to-back titles.

It's not as if the federation is in a bind. The two Asian qualifying matches for the FIFA Confederations Cup North America in March against Thailand will be played under an interim coach, and then the search for a new coach will have to be done carefully until the next A-match period in June. Commentator Hwang Deok-yeon said, "How can the K League survive if this type of managerial change is repeated? "It's not like clubs can send their carefully selected managers to the national team and get some kind of reward," said Hwang. "It's appropriate to have the currently unemployed coach as the interim head coach in March and then search for a manager until June.

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