The Korean soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, lost 0-3 in a friendly match against Japan held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th.
From the first step, I was in trouble. From the time of the close of Korea and Japan, public opinion reactions were cold. It was an expedition to Japan, where corona 19 confirmed patients record four digits every day. In addition, the criticism did not subside as the analysis that the Japanese government intends to use the Japan-Korea war in 10 years as a demonstration case for normal operation of the Tokyo Olympics was added.
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| ▲ The last scene before the 80th Korea and Japan was the apology of the Korea Football Association. Ⓒ Korea Football Association |
Nevertheless, the game was forced. There was only one option left. If we had a’result’ of good performance and victory on the pitch, we could have a reason to persuade public opinion. That’s what’s going on. One such thing did not happen. Not implemented.
Korea struggled as expected in Japan, which called for the best of Europeans and J-Leagers. Not only the score, but also the tactics were completely defeated. On this day, coach Bento experimented with Lee Kang-in’s zero-top machine with the 4-2-3-1 formation as the axis. He tried to acquire the significance of the friendly match with an unprecedented hand.
But as a result, this choice was a major failure. The pulse nine position thoroughly suppressed the character Kang-in Lee, whose strength is a pass that pierces behind the foreback line in connection with the ball guard.
It was almost impossible for a player who was only 173cm tall and tended to be a second-line midfielder to win an aerial ball against the opponent’s center back. Sometimes, even if a sharp penetration pass continued forward, Lee Kang-in, whose speed was slow, could not sharpen it.
The worse choice was a replacement. At the beginning of the second half, Kang-in Lee was brought to the bench and the experiment was ended without confirming any other possibilities. He collected his unprecedented numbers in 45 minutes without looking for potential as a competitor with Hwang In-beom (25, Rubin Kazan), whom he moderates, and Ki Sung-yong, who declared the retirement of the national team in 2019, and Ja-cheol Koo, as successors.
Coach Bento had to restart the time of generational change, which was paused due to Corona 19, through a difficult friendly match. However, it is questionable whether the’choice during the match’ was shown that fits the meaning.
The Korean Football Association lowered himself. On the 26th, in the name of Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, an apology was announced regarding the defeat in the Korea-Japan War in 10 years. We apologized for the “Yokohama disaster” and promised to operate the association better in the future. He also expressed his intention to re-trust Bento.
It was Korea-Japan war that started with controversy and ended with an apology.
Spotify News = Reporter Park Dae-Hyun
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