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(Asiad) Myanmar women's football coach Bell says holds soft spot for ex-team S. Korea

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Colin Bell may have stopped coaching the Sou...

(Asiad) Myanmar women's football coach Bell says holds soft spot for ex-team S. Korea

Colin Bell, the coach of Myanmar's women's football team, is fond of his former team, South Korea. Despite having stopped coaching the South Korean national team two years ago, he still resides in South Korea. During the Asian Games in Japan on Monday, Bell faced his former team in a match that began the games at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, located about 140 kilometers west of Nagoya.

South Korea defeated Bell's team 5-0 in the opening match of the Asian Games. Bell, who had coached South Korea's "Taegeuk Ladies" from 2019 to 2024 before taking over Myanmar, acknowledged that his team was no match for his former squad. He expressed his belief that his South Korean players gave their best effort during the training sessions.

However, he admitted that the quality of the South Korean team was significantly higher, hence the result.

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