Participated in East Asian Cup mainly in July… As a ‘complete’, two matches in A match in September
Possibility of carrying out a domestic expedition ceremony in November
Bentuho, who discovered several homework assignments during the June A match, continues his preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Korean national football team, led by coach Paulo Bento, defeated Egypt 4-1 at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 14th.
Bentuho, who played 4 matches at home this month ahead of the World Cup finals, recorded 2 wins, 1 draws and 1 loss.
On the 2nd of this month, Korea, which lost 1-5 to Brazil, the world No. 1 in FIFA, defeated Chile 2-0 on the 6th and drew 2-2 with Paraguay on the 10th.
Korea was tied in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana at the Qatar World Cup starting in November.
It is meaningful to have gained experience by playing evaluation matches with South American teams in preparation for the Uruguay match, but the instability of defense and midfield revealed in this evaluation match is a task that Bentuho needs to work on before the World Cup.
After the match once morest Egypt, the national team was disbanded.
While there are not many opportunities for the ‘complete’ to gather before the World Cup, Bentuho will maximize his organizational power through the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup soccer tournament) in July and two A-match evaluation matches in September. Is expected.
The Korean national team will participate in the East Asian Cup to be held in Japan from July 19 to 27 and will face China, Japan and Hong Kong.
However, since this tournament is not held during the official match A period, it is difficult to invite players from Europe such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux), and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton).
The East Asian Cup is a stage where coach Bento intensively tests his domestic strength, as the team is mainly composed of K-League players.
For players, this is an important opportunity to make a splash in order to qualify for the final entry to Qatar.
After that, it is September when all the Bentuho, even overseas groups, gather in one place.
September 19-27 is the match A period, and the Korea Football Association is planning two evaluation matches at this time.
The opponent has not been decided yet, but as the World Cup is just around the corner, they plan to face off once morest the teams that will be in the finals.
An official from the Football Association said, “Europe and Africa are running their own Nations League, so it is not easy to play an evaluation match.
“There is no set opponent for the evaluation match yet,” he explained.
After taking the mock test in September, the Qatar World Cup begins in November.
An official from the association said, “In the case of the K-League, domestic players can be called if the season ends early, but overseas players in the season can be called from November 14. And there is a high possibility that Europeans will join in Qatar.”
He continued, “We are not planning a separate overseas pre-battery training before the World Cup.
There was no discussion regarding the local evaluation game in Qatar,” he added.
Bentuho will play their first group match once morest Uruguay at 10 PM Korean time on November 24th, and will meet Ghana at 10 PM on the 28th of the same month.
At 0 AM on December 3rd, they will play the third game once morest Portugal.
All three of Korea’s group stage matches will be held at Al Rayyan’s Education City Stadium.
/yunhap news
