[인터풋볼] Reporter Daesik Kim = Jeonbuk Hyundai coach Kim Sang-sik and Kim Jin-soo vowed to win once morest Yokohama Marinos.
Jeonbuk will face Yokohama Marinos at the Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on the 19th at 11 pm (Korean time), the second leg of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) Group H qualifier for the 2022 season. After a draw in the first leg, Jeonbuk are aiming for three points.
Last season’s K League 1 winning team, Jeonbuk, and J League 1 runners-up Yokohama, played a mini-Korea-Japan match. When it took on the meaning of the Korean-Japanese war, Jeollabuk-do burned the will to victory.
First of all, coach Kim Sang-sik said, “Unfortunately, we did not win the match once morest Sydney FC in the first round of the group stage. Therefore, this match once morest Yokohama became more important than ever to pass the group stage. The match between Korea’s Jeonbuk and Japan’s Yokohama “I think it’s worth more than one game. I didn’t win once morest Yokohama in the ACL in 2020, but to make up for that game, I’ll do my best to win by mentally arming myself well.”
Jeonbuk showed a rather poor performance in the first match once morest Sydney, and it was difficult to draw. After the game, coach Kim Sang-sik pointed out the physical part of the players. When asked how much the improvement was, he said, “The last match once morest Sydney was the first game I played shortly following I arrived in Vietnam. After entering Vietnam, training was canceled due to the weather, and some players went through self-quarantine. It seems that the players have adapted a bit to the local environment, including the weather. So I think it will be better than the first game. However, all teams are in a similar situation. So I think the result will be decided mentally.” did.
Kim Jin-soo, who represented Jeonbuk, said, “The first match was difficult as the coach said, but I think that all the players did their best in the hot weather. As we adjusted to the local environment during the first match, the Yokohama match was better than the Sydney match. I think I’ll be able to show my performance. I’ll try to show myself better on the field than any other words,” he said, expressing his dedication to victory.
The reason Kim Jin-soo was even more eager to win was because he didn’t win when he met Yokohama in 2020. He said, “I played once morest Yokohama three years ago, and I do my best, but I remember losing. I’ll show you,” he said.
Yokohama showed both strengths and weaknesses in set pieces in the first game. For Jeonbuk to aim for victory, set-piece analysis became very important. Manager Kim Sang-sik also said, “Not only in the ACL, but also in the league, emphasizing the importance of set-pieces to the squad, and training a lot. Yokohama’s goals and conceded goals in the first game all came out of set-piece situations, so we plan to analyze the video with an analyst. We plan to consider regional defense according to the situation, and through today’s meeting and training, we will prepare well what we need to attack and what we need to block.”
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