In other words, half of the 26-man roster for the East Asian Cup, i.e., 16 players, have appeared on international competition days in June, which is almost equivalent to the South Korean national team
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Half of the lineup.
Chinese Super League (CSL) Shandong Taishan's Son Junho has been a part of the South Korean team since last September when he helped them win the 2022 World Cup.
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After qualifying, it took 10 long months to return to the national team again. However, due to an injury sustained in a match against Dalian Ren, Son Jungho's prospects for participation in the East Asian Cup are now in doubt.
At present, the player himself also deeply regretted that the East Asian Cup would have been one of his few impacts on the
World Cup
List opportunities.
The South Korean team has attached great importance to this East Asian Cup, with the K-League even adjusting its schedule, and Head Coach Bento expects to use this opportunity to take an in-depth look at his fringe squad while strengthening his technical and tactical bonding.
"Regardless of the team we are playing against, regardless of the strength of our opponents, our participation in this tournament is for Qatar
World Cup
Make preparations. We plan to pay special attention to the physical recovery of the players as the team will complete three matches in eight days in a hot climate." Overage player Tan Long has been selected.
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face challenges
Compared to South Korea's quasi-starter lineup, the
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The main dispatch this time was
Nationals.
Originally, Head Coach Yankovic planned to bring five overage players to the tournament, so the strength of the mixed team was still guaranteed.
However, in the last two rounds of the league, three overage players - Zhang Yuning, Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng - have all been injured, leaving only striker Tan Long and naturalized central defender Jiang Guangtai as overage players.
Yang Kovic had no choice but to add Su Shihao, Huang Zihao and Liu Ruo vanadium three age players, which makes the original and Japan and South Korea strength gap has the
national soccer team
It looks even thinner.
Can you hit the ground running?
According to the schedule, China and South Korea will be the first round of the first round of the group stage on July 20 direct dialogue, with the current staff configuration of the two teams, the prospects of the Chinese team is not optimistic.
July 24
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Will face the second round of the group stage with the hosts of Japan - not to be Japan and South Korea "flowers" may become a more realistic goal.
Subsequently, on July 27th.
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It will be a must-win game against Hong Kong, China.
notwithstanding the fact that
For the main force, but the East Asian Cup is still an official FIFA tournament, which is related to the Chinese team's FIFA ranking. However, with the average age and strength of the team, it will not be easy to beat Hong Kong, China.
