South Korea’s Manager Has The Perfect Tactic For Confusing Opposition Scouts

South Korea’s manager Shin Tae-Yong is a smart man. Recent accusations of a Swedish scout spying on South Korea’s training led the gaffer to explain a very interesting tactic that he uses in training.

This quote from South Korea’s manager in response to Sweden spying on their training is amazing. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/BatRX4oli3

— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) June 18, 2018

South Korea coach Shin Tae-yong has admitted he made players wear the wrong shirt number in a recent friendly, to confuse foreigners who "have trouble distinguishing Asians".

Sweden's manager Janne Andersson said: "I don't know why Kim Jong-Un is getting involved."

— Bob Kostic (@causticbob) June 18, 2018

Not going to lie, it's an interesting and bold tactic from South Korea's manager. We don't think we've heard about anything like this being done before, at least for these reasons. 

Was it effective? Unfortunately not, as the South Koreans tasted defeat to the Swedes in a 1-0 loss on Monday. 

It turns out that one of the Swedish scouts thought it was an open training session, and left when he was told to. We don’t know how true this explanation from Sweden manager Janne Andersson is. You can make up your own mind on that one.