🇰🇷 Before the 2018 World Cup, South Korea’s players deliberately swapped shirt numbers during friendly matches ahead of the World Cup to confuse opposition scouts… 🫣
Manager Shin Tae Yong later explained:
🗣️: “We switched them around because we didn’t want to show everything and to try and confuse them. They might know a few of our players, but it is very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians and that’s why we did it.”
This happened after Sweden allegedly sent out scouts to watch the South Korean national team 😅
🇰🇷 Before the 2018 World Cup, South Korea’s players deliberately swapped shirt numbers during friendly matches ahead of the World Cup to confuse opposition scouts… 🫣
Manager Shin Tae Yong later explained:
🗣️: “We switched them around because we didn’t want to show everything and to try and confuse them. They might know a few of our players, but it is very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians and that’s why we did it.”
This happened after Sweden allegedly sent out scouts to watch the South Korean national team 😅
