[fullmetal]

Pour one out for South Korean football fans, who watched their "Golden Generation" squad lose to a lower-ranked South Africa team while the SK coach benched the SK captain and best SK player ever for the entire first half.  A draw would have seen SK through to the knockout stages, but a loss sent them home.  The coach has since resigned.

The real scuttlebutt is that the former coach currently owns the SK historical record for number of minutes played in World Cup matches, and he did not want the SK captain to eclipse that record.  It is, regrettably, entirely believable on face.

This is the guy who was benched: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Heung-min

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/so...bo-6219981
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260630010700315

[fullmetal]

Pour one out for South Korean football fans, who watched their "Golden Generation" squad lose to a lower-ranked South Africa team while the SK coach benched the SK captain and best SK player ever for the entire first half.  A draw would have seen SK through to the knockout stages, but a loss sent them home.  The coach has since resigned.

The real scuttlebutt is that the former coach currently owns the SK historical record for number of minutes played in World Cup matches, and he did not want the SK captain to eclipse that record.  It is, regrettably, entirely believable on face.

This is the guy who was benched: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Heung-min

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/so...bo-6219981
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260630010700315