Bentuho, evaluation match once morest Costa Rica at Goyang Sports Complex on the 23rd
“I like the whole prep process…you’ll play it the way you want”
Coach Paulo Bento, who leads the Korean men’s soccer team, continues to think regarding how to use Lee Kang-in (21, Mallorca).
At a press conference held online on the 22nd, one day before the evaluation match once morest Costa Rica, coach Bento said, “Lee Kang-in will be used when the team needs it. It’s a decision,” he said.
The Korean national team will play a friendly match once morest Costa Rica on the 23rd at 8:00 pm at the Goyang Sports Complex.
Before the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup opens, the only opportunity to test the ‘complete’ including overseas players is this time with Costa Rica and Cameroon (27th), two evaluation matches.
This is an important time for both coach Bento, who has to build the best members, and for the players who need to be in it.
Among them, the biggest concern is whether Lee Kang-in, who returned to the national team following 1 year and 6 months, will surely establish himself in the Bentuho.
However, Bento was wary of focusing all attention on Lee Kang-in.
He said, “I know that the media and fans are very interested in individual players, but from the coach’s point of view, the team is more important.
“You have to think regarding the team, not the individual players,” he said.
Regarding the Costa Rica match, Bento said, “I prepared as I always did.
At the beginning of the week, we paid utmost attention to the recovery of the players.
Some players joined late and needed a little more recovery.
I’m going to have a good game tomorrow so I can get results and play the way I want.”
As previously announced, the national team plans to try ‘change’ in the A match in September.
Bento said, “At the beginning of the call, we said we would try different things, but it’s regarding the tactical system.
I don’t plan on using the same tactical system in both matches.
The overall style will be the same.”
He continued, “We have a play style that we have built for a long time from the beginning, and Heung-Min Son has been using it in various positions such as a winger, a striker, and a striker.
We’ll see how we use it in the next game.
A lot of players can play more than one position, and they try to make the most of it.”
We will also check the defense combination to keep the national team strong through various options.
Bento, who called three of the five full-backs, Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan), Kim Moon-hwan (Jeonbuk), and Yoon Jong-gyu (Seoul), to the right full-back, said, “It’s to look at options rather than worry.
Yoon Jong-gyu was a player who didn’t play much with us, but we selected him to see how he plays.
After comparing the various possibilities, we will consider more carefully before deciding on the World Cup member.”
/yunhap news
