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Captain Son Heung-min has apologized for South Korea’s first World Cup exit and sought encouragement rather than criticism, saying he would “run to death” for the country’s football fans.
South Korea won their first game in Mexico but lost their next two matches to finish third in Group A.
A draw in their final group game was enough to qualify but they lost 1–0 to South Africa and finished out of the eight best third place teams.
The former Tottenham Hotspur forward, who joined MLS side LA FC last August, was left out of the starting line-up for that game.
The 33-year-old South Korean talisman was brought on in the second half but his 2026 World Cup drought continued as he failed to add to his 56 international goals.
head coach Hong Myung-bo then resigned Sunday and President Lee Jae-myung called for an investigation into the team’s performance.
“I don’t know where to start,” the boy wrote Tuesday’s Instagram post., outsider “I can’t pretend (nothing happened), and I don’t want to run away from reality.
“First of all, I want to say sorry to all the Korean people and soccer loving fans.”
Boy holds the record for appearances for the men’s team (147) and has played in four World Cups.
