Former Portuguese player and current manager of South Korea’s national team, Paulo Bento. He was a defensive midfielder who spent 11 seasons playing in the Primeira Liga, appearing in 284 matches and scoring 16 goals for two of the top three teams in his country.
His tackling and work ethic were his two greatest assets. He competed for Portugal in the Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.
Beginning in 2005, Bento successfully managed Sporting CP for four years and four months while leading the national team to two important championships.
Will the South Korean manager miss the match against Portugal after being fired by Paulo Bento?
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Paulo Bento won’t be in the team dugout for South Korea’s last group game against Portugal on December 2.
After South Korea’s 3-2 loss to Ghana on Monday in a FIFA World Cup 2022 Group H encounter, referee Anthony Taylor awarded head coach Bento a red card for using profanity.
There were reasons for hope despite South Korea’s defeat since there were 10 extra minutes left in the second half.
South Korea, the side one goal down, was awarded a corner in the last seconds of the second half’s extra time.
The South Korean team thought they would have one more chance to level the game, but Taylor called full-time after the ball was thrown out for a corner, infuriating the South Korean players and Support staff.
Taylor was not pleased when Bento approached him right away to express his disapproval of the decision. Taylor then gave Bento a straight red card as a warning.
In South Korea’s opening match against Uruguay, Bento was also issued a warning and a yellow card.
FIFA World Cup 2022 was a provision in Bento’s contract with South Korea
On August 17, 2018, Bento was chosen to lead the South Korean national team, and his contract covered the 2022 World Cup.
In the quarterfinals of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the squad was defeated 1-0 by eventual champions Qatar.
Bento led his team to the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship after their 1-0 victory against Japan. This was their second consecutive win against those opponents and their third overall victory in the competition.
On February 1, 2022, the Taegeuk Warriors under the leadership of Bento defeated Syria 2-0 to earn a spot in the country’s eleventh consecutive World Cup.
On November 23, during the group round of the finals in Qatar, which finished in a scoreless draw, he was given a booking for dissent against Uruguay.
In the following match, a 3-2 loss to Ghana, the native of Portugal received a red card for arguing with the referee Anthony Taylor after the final whistle.
Before taking over as manager of South Korea
On September 20, 2010, Bento was named Portugal’s manager in Queiroz’s stead after the coach was let go owing to a rocky start to the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
He beat Denmark 3-1 in his first game in command on October 8 in Porto.
On November 17, 2010, Portugal humiliated the World Cup champions Spain 4-0, handing its Iberian neighbors their worst loss since June 13, 1963.
He led his country’s team to the Euro 2012 semifinals in Poland and Ukraine, where they were defeated by eventual champion Spain on penalties.
Bento led Portugal to a 4-2 aggregate victory against Sweden in the playoffs after finishing second in the 2014 World Cup qualification, securing a spot in the Brazil World Cup.
On April 9, he extended his agreement till after Euro 2016. Nevertheless, because of the goal differential, the United States advanced to the World Cup’s knockout stages despite beating Ghana 2-1 in the decisive match.
Bento was sacked by the Portuguese Football Federation on September 11, 2014, following a 0-1 home loss to Albania to open the Euro 2016 qualifying round.
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