In his first public statement since stepping down, the former Korea manager took full responsibility for the team’s group-stage elimination and said he would testify at a National Assembly hearing on July 22
JOONGANG ILBO Hong Myung-bo, Korea's former national football team manager, apologized on Thursday for the team's group-stage elimination from the World Cup and pledged to attend a parliamentary hearing later this month, saying he would "avoid no questions." Hong made the remarks through a statement released via the Hong Myung-bo Scholarship Foundation, titled "A Message to the People." He opened the statement by sa…