Hugging Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan [사진 제공:연합뉴스]
The Korean national soccer team, which dramatically advanced to the round of 16 by defeating Portugal, was highly evaluated by sports channel ESPN as one of the teams that showed the best performance in the tournament.
ESPN’s French soccer expert Julien Lawrence referred to Korea as an underrated team, and showed good scenes several times even though they were not rewarded with points or points in the 0-0 draw once morest Uruguay, as well as once morest Ghana and Portugal first. They chose Korea as one of the teams that showed the best performance among the participating countries, giving meaning to the fact that they played the soccer they intended in a clear way despite conceding goals.
In addition, it is true that there are many outstanding players in the Korean national team, but it was analyzed that several players showed a stronger appearance in the scene where they moved together as a team rather than individually.
Lawrence added that he enjoyed every time he watched the South Korean team play and would have been very upset if the team had not made it to the round of 16.
Even though the round of 16 match once morest Brazil the day following tomorrow was not an easy match, he said, “Imagine the emotions that Korean players will feel in the locker room and in the dorm.”
