National soccer team midfielder Lee Jae-sung returns to Germany…

South Korea’s national soccer midfielder Lee Jae-sung has headed to Germany to prepare for the upcoming season with his club Mainz in the Bundesliga.

Lee boarded a flight to Frankfurt, Germany, at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 on Thursday morning.

Lee returned home from the 2023-2024 season on May 27 and spent seven weeks in Korea before rejoining Mainz.

Lee’s club, Mainz, had a difficult time throughout the 2023-2024 season, battling relegation.

After starting the season with three draws and six defeats, they barely won a game in 10 matches before picking up two hard-fought wins in the 22nd round.

The shadow of relegation loomed over them, but they miraculously went unbeaten in their final nine games, winning five and drawing four.

With six goals and four assists in the 2023-2024 season, Lee has amassed double-digit offensive points for the second consecutive season after the previous one (seven goals and four assists), and he will be looking to continue his success in the upcoming campaign.

Mainz will play two exhibition matches against teams from Germany’s lower leagues before kicking off the new season in earnest with a final friendly against Montpellier (France) on August 10th.

Mainz’s first match of the 2024-2025 season will be away to Wesen Wiesbaden (3rd Division) on August 17 in the first round of the DFB Pokal.

The 2024-2025 Bundesliga season kicks off on August 24 with a match between Mönchengladbach and defending champions Leverkusen. Mainz’s first-round home game will be against Union Berlin.

The national team’s key midfielder Lee Jae-sung is expected to have a busy schedule in the new season.

With the third Asian qualifying round for the FIFA Confederations Cup North America 2026 starting in September, Lee will be traveling back and forth between his club and national team.

Lee Jae-sung has often expressed his opinions on current events in Korean soccer whenever he meets with the media, including at immigration.

However, on this particular day, he was uncomfortable with the topic of the national team’s head coach, so he declined the interview in advance and quietly left the country.

After Jürgen Klinsmann was sacked in February, the baton was handed to Hong Myung-bo, who previously coached K League 1 side Ulsan HD, following a five-month search for a new national team coach.

Amid the controversy, former national fullback Park Joo-ho, who, like Lee Jae-sung, played for German teams such as Mainz, caused a stir when he pointed out problems with the KFA’s National Power Enhancement Committee and claimed that Hong’s appointment lacked procedural legitimacy.

Other “senior” footballers with experience in European soccer, such as commentator Lee Young-pyo and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors technical director Park Ji-sung, also criticized the KFA. 바카라사이트

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