After the failure of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup, expectations for Korean football to start anew were high, but the team's overall quality declined. There are various reasons, but some point out that the new coach had absolutely not enough time to solidify the team, especially since the intervals between four matches were short and actual training time was even more limited. Frequent overnight stays played a part; the team allowed players one day off after each match, The team call-up period that began on the 21st of last month lasted 16 days, including the Chuseok holiday, but excluding match days, they actually worked together only on the 9th. In a situation where time was tight just to identify the players, they had to apply new tactics, but it was difficult to keep Coach Moreno's promise to "build a team based on effort, honesty, and respect to play good football." Coach Moreno also said that ahead of this call-up, the Korea Football Association and It is said that he questioned this issue in meetings, and found it difficult to understand the situation where the team had to be sent out overnight for every match, not just once. This was not the first time the national team had stayed overnight, and even though they had previously given about a day off during the A-match call-up period, the actual training days were not too short because the match schedule was more relaxed. The problem arose because the schedule became tighter with four matches like this, and the intervals between matches were so short , they had to prepare immediately after the overnight stay, making it difficult to conduct sufficiently intense training. Coach Moreno said, "You have to adapt to the given environment. I won't make excuses," but also admitted, "It wasn't an ideal (training) environment."
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