Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who was replaced after 19 minutes of kick-off, complaining of pain in the left thigh in Arsenal and the’North London Derby’, was listed on the list of the Japan and soccer national team evaluations scheduled on the 25th.
Coach Paulo Bento announced a list of 24 players to compete with the Japanese national soccer team scheduled for the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th at the Seoul Shinmunro Football Center on the 15th.
The Bento, which is convened at Incheon Airport on the 22nd and leaves Korea, will return to Korea on the 26th after having an evaluation match with Japan on the 25th. The players of the national team will move to Paju NFC (National Team Training Center) and continue their training with a cohort quarantine until April 2.
The match between Korea and Japan came to a close at the request of the Japan Football Association as the schedule for the second qualifying round for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Asia was postponed to June in the aftermath of Corona 19.
The match between Korea and Japan, which will be played as a friendly match, has been 10 years since the confrontation between Japan and Sapporo in August 2011 (0-3 loss). Since 2011, they have played four times in the East Asian Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (formerly known as East Asian Cup).
Coach Bento convened a large number of overseas players for practical training in preparation for the second qualifying round of the Asian World Cup, which was postponed until June. However, due to the COVID-19 quarantine measures, he was unable to call Kim Min-jae (Beijing Guoan) and Son Jun-ho (Shandong Luneng), who played on the Chinese stage, as well as “Goalkeeper” Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux), who scored multi-goals early this morning.
In addition, Jae-seong Lee (Holstein Kiel), who started self-isolation due to the outbreak of corona 19 in his team, was also omitted from the list.Hwang Hee-chan (Leipzig) was included in the list, but the quarantine exemption is in the process of being discussed by his team and the state government. If not, it will be excluded.
Bento selected Lee Jeong-hyup (Gyeongnam) and Jo Young-wook (Seoul) as the forefront offensive squads, and selected Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in (Valencia) as midfielder resources.
Son Heung-min was replaced with a hamstring pain during the Premier League game against Arsenal in England. For this reason, coach Bento was once included in the list, but is planning to finally decide whether to convene after watching Son Heung-min’s injured condition.
The second-tier offensive resources included Lee Dong-jun, who is flying after moving to Ulsan this season, as well as Yun Bit Garam (Ulsan), who is the MVP of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League.
Tae-hee Nam and Woo-young Jung (Alsad Lee), who play in the Middle East, and Woo-young Jung (Freiburg), who play in the German Bundesliga, were selected for the first time on the Bento.
As Kim Min-jae couldn’t join the defense, many defenders from Ulsan, including Park Ji-soo (Gyeongnam) and Kim Young-kwon (Gamba Osaka), who returned to the K-League 1 after three years, as well as Won Doo-jae, Hong Chul, and Kim Tae-hwan (Lee Sang Ulsan), have been appointed.
Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), Kim Seung-gyu (Kashiwa Reisol), and Kim Jin-hyun (Cereso Osaka) join the goalkeeper. Jin-Hyun Kim is a call after two years and two months since the Asian Cup in January 2019. However, six Ulsan players were selected while not one of the K-League 1’s strongest Jeonbuk Hyundai players was selected in this convocation list. Also, striker Lee Jeong-hyup is the only member of the K-League 2.
/yunhap news
Kiho Ilbo, KIHOILBO