2023-10-09 14:54:42
“We can reduce training, but we won’t skip games.”
“I won’t change it” when criticized for staying abroad for a long time
▲ I’m rooting for you… Friendly match once morest Tunisia on the 13th and Vietnam on the 17th
Captains Son Heung-min (left) and Lee Kang-in (center) of the Korean national soccer team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann are taking a commemorative photo with fans prior to the convocation training for the A match held at the National Football Team Training Center (NFC) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province on the 9th. . Jung Woo-young, the leading scorer of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games men’s soccer championship and the highest scorer, is smiling while holding up his gold medal before training. Yonhap News “There is no rotation.”
Jürgen Klinsmann, coach of the Korean national soccer team, who is ahead of the second consecutive international match in October, said on the 9th, “We will closely monitor the physical condition of the overseas players,” and added, “We may reduce the amount of training, but we will not take them out of the game.”
On this day, Coach Klinsmann, who began training for the international match at the National Football Team Training Center (NFC) in Paju, said, ‘When looking at the physical condition of Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) who are playing in the European league, When asked whether management is necessary, he answered, “Meeting with the national team is the greatest honor a player can enjoy,” and added, “I think players will want to play for all 90 minutes of every game.”
Klinsmann will play a friendly match once morest Tunisia at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 13th. Four days later, at 8 p.m. on the 17th, there will be a friendly match once morest Vietnam at Suwon World Cup Stadium.
‘Captain’ Son Heung-min began training on this day with the ‘Golden Four’ including Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), Hong Hyun-seok (Ghent), and Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), the three consecutive winners of the Asian Games. Other European players, including Kim Min-jae and Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland), who played in the league game last weekend, will all join by the 10th.
Klinsmann said of Jeong Woo-young, the highest scorer (8 goals) in men’s soccer at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, “He has a smile on his face following changing his team this season.” He added, “The good performance he showed with the club at the beginning of the season continued in the Asian Games.” It was highly evaluated. As Jung Woo-young entered the training ground that day, he smiled brightly, showing off his eight fingers and taking out the Asian Games gold medal from his pants pocket.
Regarding Lee Kang-in, who was unable to play in the September A match due to an injury, he said, “It is too early to say that he is a starting resource for every game in his team,” and added, “I want to help him prove his skills and show a better side.”
When pointed out that Coach Klinsmann had a long stay abroad, he said, “A K-League coach must be in Korea, but a national team coach must engage in international activities. “I don’t think my way of working will change in the future,” he emphasized.
Reporter Kim Heon-ju
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