Lee Kang-in is training the national team on the 23rd. Korea Football Association
There is no Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Leipzig), and Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux). However, Lee Kang-in (Valencia) among the European stars of Korean football will play against Japan.
The Korean national soccer team will play an evaluation match against Japan at 7:20 pm on the 25th at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan.
It has already been more than a year since the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has spread around the world, but it is still difficult to hold a normal international sporting event.
Even in this A match with Japan, major players of the Korean national team could not join due to Corona 19. Hwang Hee-chan, due to the strict rules of self-isolation for players who have traveled abroad, was not permitted by his team. Including Hwang Eui-jo, Hwang In-beom (Rubin Kazan), Lee Jae-seong (Holstein Kiel), Kim Min-jae (Beijing Guoan), and Son Jun-ho (Shandong Luneng) refused to select.
Injury was also a variable. Son Heung-min was out of the national team due to a hamstring injury and Yun Bitgaram due to a left calf injury. Sejong Ju (Gamba Osaka) was unable to join due to the corona 19 confirmation.
In particular, the Japanese national team has traditionally been strong in the midfield, but Lee Kang-in’s role has increased in the Korean team’s Joongwon, where In-beom Hwang, Bitgaram Yoon, and Se-Jong Ju are all missing.
Kang-in Lee’s strength is his ability to decompress with his excellent dribbling skills and his ability to pass through admiration.
As the national team is missing all of the key members of the attack and defense, Lee Kang-in must play the role of solving the game with a pass while holding the center of the team as a whole.
Kang-in Lee is recording 4 assists in his team this season. He helped Valencia’s victory by helping the winning goal with an accurate pass in the Primera Liga against Celta Vigo on the 22nd of last month. There are many fans who expect to see such a scene even in Korea and Japan.
On the 25th, it is expected that in front of Korea and Japan Lee Jeong-hyup (Gyeongnam) and Na Sang-ho (Seoul), and Jung Woo-young (Alsad), including Lee Gang-in in Jungwon, will be deployed as the wing as the wing. Won Doo-jae (Ulsan) and Kim Young-kwon (Gamba Osaka) are expected in the central defense, and veterans Park Joo-ho (Suwon FC) and Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan) are expected to be the left and right full-backs. It is expected that Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan) will wear the goalkeeper’s gloves.
Although the Europeans have dropped out a lot, they are expected to show a well-organized play as players who are currently showing a rising condition in the K-League are coming out.
Reporter Eunkyung Lee
