Looking back, it seems Kim Min-jae's retirement commotion was the starting point.

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March 2023: Retirement commotion
There was some internal friction within the team. That happened during the Klinsmann era.
February 2024
Then an incident occurred during the Asian Cup, Klinsmann was fired,
July 2024
And then Hong Myung-bo arrived.
It seems like a diagnosis was made within the KFA that a generational shift was necessary before Hong Myung-bo arrived (which isn't strange in itself),
And it feels like he was brought in for that purpose.
Just as Sun Dong-yeol made Lee Jong-beom and Yang Jun-hyuk retire,
In the end, the entire '90s line was cut out,
They kept testing the waters, saying things like removing Son Heung-min as captain,
And eventually, they failed due to poor performance and got fired.
That's the failure that remains.
Once Son Heung-min and Lee Jae-sung retire, will the mission be complete...?