President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea issued a statement on Sunday apologizing to the public after the nation’s soccer team failed to qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup.

Lee, of the far-left Democratic Party, described feeling “bewilderment” at the team’s poor performance.

The president took direct aim at the team’s now-former head coach, Hong Myung-bo, who has become so unpopular in the country that various small businesses have placed signs on their doors explicitly banning him from entry.

“When you put an incompetent person in charge by prioritizing any personal connections over their abilities, then it’s easy to predict…

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