National team, in charge of 4 matches in A match next month
“Congratulations to Heung-Min Son, the top scorer”
2 days Brazil match, Son Heung-min vs. Neymar goal scorer prospect
Convened by Paju NFC on the 30th
Paulo Bento, coach of the Korean national football team, announces the list of 28 national team players prepared for next month’s match A at the Soccer Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 23rd. Provided by the Korea Football Association
Heung-min Son (30, Tottenham), who became the top scorer in the English Premier League (EPL), will be at the forefront of the Bentuho.
On the 23rd, coach Paulo Bento of the Korean national soccer team, who is going to play four matches in A match next month, announced the list of 28 players, including Heung-Min Son (Wolverhampton) and Ui-Jo Hwang (Bordeaux). Coach Bento selected 28 more than usual as the 4 matches of Match A, which will be held from the 2nd of next month, are a practice test for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Accordingly, the goal-scoring match between Son Heung-min and Brazil’s Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) will be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 2nd of next month. Coach Bento showed expectations by mentioning Heung-Min Son at the non-face-to-face press conference that day. He said, “Son Heung-min’s title as the top scorer is an important result not only for the individual, but also for his team and Korean football. We are all happy thanks to Son Heung-min.”
Following Brazil, the national team will face Chile at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 6th and Paraguay at the Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 10th. On the 14th, the opponent was not confirmed. “We have been playing in a certain way (build-up football) for four years, and we will keep our style,” Bento said. In June, the convening will be longer than before, but I will do my best to prepare well.”
All the main players were included in the call, and Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) with a knee injury, Kim Min-jae (Fenerbahce) with a right ankle injury, and Park Ji-soo (Kim Cheon) with a hamstring injury were excluded. On their behalf, Kim Dong-hyun (Gangwon FC) in the midfield and Jo Yu-min (Daejeon Hana Citizen) in the defensive team wore the Taegeuk mark for the first time in their lives. Coach Bento explained, “Jo Yoo-min is a player who is active in defense and plays technically correctly.”
Coach Bento said, “I wanted to make the best roster, but Kim Min-jae, Park Ji-soo, and Lee Jae-sung, who were consistently included, were unable to join due to an injury. In addition, there are players who played a lot in the K-League following finishing the European League and Asian Football Federation Champions League. We will help them recover as quickly as possible.”
The soccer team will be convened at the national training center (Paju NFC) on the 30th.
Dongsoon Choi reporter dosool@hankookilbo.com
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