Furious South Korea president wants government to probe early World Cup exit as coach quits: ‘Utterly baffled’

South Korea’s president is not taking their World Cup elimination lightly. The team was widely expected to emerge from a group including Mexico, Czechia and South Africa, but suffered a surprise defeat to the latter on Wednesday and missed out on being one of the top eight third-place teams to advance to the Round of 32. On Sunday, the country’s president, Lee Jae Myung, said he was “utterly baffled” by the team’s performance and blasted head coach Hong Myung-bo as “incompetent” as he called for the government to investigate the early exit.