Coach Bento bid farewell to Korea after losing to Brazil

"Our journey is over, and now it's time to think about the future. I'll stop leading the Korean national team. I'll take a break and then see what I do. I just informed the members. players and the President of the Federation," Bento said after the game.

According to the Portuguese coach, he decided to do this from September, and only announced it after finishing the match with Korea at the 2022 World Cup.

Bento also affirmed that he could not be more proud to lead the Korean team for the past four years. The 53-year-old leader also considers this to be one of the best teams he has ever led, if not the best.

On the 4-1 loss to Brazil, Bento said: "I'm sad for the result, but very proud of what the players have accomplished over the last four years."

Bento holds the Korean team from August 2018 under a limited contract until the end of December 2022. In January 2019, at the Asian Championship, he and the team lost to Qatar - the team that later won the championship - with a score of 0-1 in the quarterfinals. 11 months later, Bento led the team to the fifth East Asian Championship.

In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, excluding the host country Qatar, South Korea is the second Asian team to win tickets, after Iran. In the ongoing final round, Bento's teachers and students passed the group stage with a 0-0 draw with Uruguay, a 2-3 loss to Ghana and a 2-1 win over Portugal. Korea entered the 1/8 round thanks to more than Uruguay in the number of goals scored.

Meeting Brazil on the 974 field yesterday, Korea conceded four goals after just 36 minutes. The players who scored for the South American representative included Vinicius, Neymar, Richarlison and Paqueta. The team under Bento could only remove one goal thanks to Paik Seung-ho's long shot in the 76th minute.

This 1-4 result made Korea stop the game in the 2022 World Cup, but reflects the difference in class between the two teams. In the last encounter, a friendly match in Seoul in June, Bento's teachers and students also lost to Brazil 1-5.

Bento used to lead Sporting Lisbon club and Portugal team. At the 2014 World Cup, he and Portugal had to leave immediately after the group stage.