[엑스포츠뉴스 김희웅 인턴기자] Bento’s first A match this year was one day before.
On the 10th, the Korea Football Association (KFA) agreed with the Japan Football Association to hold a friendly match for the Korea-Japan national team in Yokohama, Japan on March 25 (Thursday). The kick-off time has yet to be confirmed, and the stadium is Yokohama Nissan Stadium”.
It has been 10 years since the friendly match A with Japan was held in Sapporo, Japan (0-3) in August 2011. Since 2011, the EAFF E-1 Championship (formerly known as the East Asian Cup) has been confronted four times, and Korea has recorded 2 wins, 1 draws and 1 loss.
Korea’s overall career record against Japan and Korea was 79 with 42 wins, 23 draws and 14 losses. Even in terms of the game held in Japan, it is also ahead with 16 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses in 30 matches.
The Yokohama Nissan Stadium, where the game is held, is the venue for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup final, where two Korea-Japan matches have been held so far. In their two matchups, the national team lost 1-2 to Japan in the Dynasty Cup in March 1998 and 0-0 in the East Asian Cup in December 2003.
KFA Secretary General Jeon Han-jin said, “It is time to check the performance of the national team ahead of the 4 matches of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asia 2 qualifiers to be held in June and the final qualifiers of the World Cup starting in the second half. Considering such things, I decided to actively utilize the valuable A match period.”
The former secretary-general said, “We have already sent a request letter to the overseas clubs where the players to be called are under discussion. After returning to Korea, K-League players cohort quarantined at Paju NFC for the first 7 days, and for the remaining 7 days, they returned to their teams and discussed with the government so that they could participate in the game. Accordingly, we plan to request cooperation from the K-League club as well.”
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