<Reporter Kim Young-seong>



Coach Bento, who is the first Korean footballer to lead the team for four years, has a stubborn and cold image on the outside.

He built trust with his warm leadership who was attentive to his players.

Together, we are challenging the new history of the first-ever away quarterfinals.



This is reporter Ha Seong-ryong's report.



<Reporter Ha Seong-ryong>



He has a cold image of kicking a water bottle during the game, showing a dissatisfied expression, and showing a somewhat nervous appearance when asked questions about player selection or tactics, but Bento is infinitely warm towards the players.



Coach Bento called coffee trucks to the Paju training ground ahead of the final evaluation game last month and



[Kim Young-kwon: Did you buy this coffee truck with your

own



money ?]



It released the tension.



[Director Bento: (Kim) Jinsu~ Don't drink too much coffee, then you won't be able to sleep at night.]



[Jinsu Kim: That's misu powder.]



[National team training center staff: I'm so impressed.

I think it will really remain in my memory~] I



approach the players who were first selected for the national team in a friendly way.



[Bento Director: Oh~Hyeon-gyu.

I'll call you Hyungyu from now on.

(Hyeon-gyu) Oh Hyun-gyu, no no, I’ll just call you ‘Oh’, ‘Oh’.]



This is why the Taegeuk Warriors trusted and followed coach Bento even when there was criticism from the outside that they only picked players or insisted on build-up soccer.



[Heung-Min Son/Captain of the soccer team (Last September): If the coach had changed or something like that, it would have definitely been a more difficult World Cup, but the coach judges the players really well and the players follow the coach very well...

.]



Coach Bento made one team with all the coaches because he had to know the coach's intentions when holding a press conference.



As the journey of four years together has been proven as a result at the World Cup, Bento's leadership is becoming a hot topic.



As soon as the last whistle sounded at the end of the game against Ghana, the scene of him sprinting towards the players protesting against the referee spread among the fans as a story of Bento's dedication to being sent off instead of a player, and that Bento, who was sent off, led the victory against Portugal. Tributes followed.



[Heung-Min Son/Captain of the soccer team: I am so grateful to be able to play the coach's last game on the bench.]



Now, not only the players but also the fans are enthusiastic about Bento, and Bento's Korean signature in the early broadcast of his inauguration is a hot topic again. also became.



In 2002, coach Bento, who started to receive as much love as coach Hiddink, is now challenging a new history by advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time in history.



(Video coverage: Park Seung-won · Lee Byung-ju, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Lee Jun-ho · Kim Jeong-eun)