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| On the 25th, the Korean soccer team, who lost 0-3 in the Japan-Korea match held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, greets fans. (Provided by the Korea Football Association) 2021.3.25/News1 |
It is the Bento with no income and only scars due to the humiliating Korean-Japanese war. The contents and results were all lost, and the’significance’ of this evaluation battle also faded.
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (Corona 19) went to Japan and left, leaving opposing public opinion on whether they should take an evaluation match, but left empty-handed and bitterly on their way home.
The 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. He was dragged all the way down, allowing consecutive goals to Yamane Miki (Kawasaki Frontale), Kamada Daichi (Frankfurt), and Ento Wataru (Stuttgart).
I knew it was going to be a difficult game. Hwang Eui-jo (Geelongdin Bordeaux), Lee Jae-seong (Holstein Kiel), Kim Min-jae (Beijing Guoan), and Son Jun-ho (Shandung Luneng) were excluded. It was difficult to start with 100% power due to a misfire.
In Korea’s Best 11, there were only one European member, Lee Kang-in (Valencia), while Japan had eight members, including Minamino Takumi (Southampton) and Osako Yuya (Werder Bremen).
However, the Bento was too helpless. The tactic of deploying Nam Tae-hee (Al Sadd), Dong-Jun Lee (Ulsan Hyundai), and Sang-ho Na (FC Seoul) in the second line while placing Lee Kang-in on the zero top was a’great failure’. There was no tactic of exploiting the attacking resources of a small build at all.
Maya Yoshida (Sampdoria) and Takehiro Domiyas (Bologna) were unable to attack the central defensive wall at all. As the ball was not distributed from the rear, the number of attacks itself was small, and only one effective shot was recorded just before the end.
The build-up that Bento emphasized on the strong general pressure and fighting was not properly unfolded. Passes were cut off frequently, which led to a crisis. In all three conceded situations, the defense misplay was large, but all of them were less concentrated. It was fortunate that goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu (Gashiwa Reisol), who was put in the second half, ended with a three-goal defeat.
Even the Taegeuk Warrior disappeared. The will to win was much stronger in Japan. I played more actively and overpowered Korea. Even in the Sapporo disaster 10 years ago, it was not pushed unilaterally.
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| Republic of Korea coach Paulo Bento looks at the players at the Japan-Korea match held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th. (Provided by the Korea Football Association) 2021.3.25/News1 |
It was the worst battle ever since Bento took office. Even after allowing two goals in the 27th minute of the first half, manager Bento made a’change’ only after the second half began. But even this didn’t work, but it was a complete defeat in the command tower’s resourceful confrontation. Coach Hajime Moriyasu meticulously analyzed the Bento’s tactics and devised a countermeasure strategy while reconsidering the defeat of the 2019 E-1 Championship (1-0 win in Korea).
There are no positive outcomes. There are a lot of things that have been lost, and there are only punches here and there, full of wounds. Bento said, “All responsibility rests with me,” but public opinion is raging.
In the first place, there was no end to the noise ahead of this Korea and Japan. As the second qualifying round for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Asia was postponed to June, a replacement mock test was needed, but the gaze that was not satisfied with being a test target of Japan’to prove the safety holding of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ was dominant.
After a devastating defeat, the negative reaction grew even more, and his gaze toward the Bento became colder. It’s the opposite atmosphere from Japan. Immediately after the game, the excited Japanese reporters first spoke to manager Moriyasu, saying, “I really did a good job in the evaluation match.” Director Moriyas was also pleased with this, saying, “I hoped that (people of the people) thought so and liked it.”
Bento may have wanted to say that too. However, a fierce after-storm broke out, and the leader is responsible for everything without excuses.