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[스포탈코리아] Reporter Kim Seong-jin = The K-League 1 match, which resumes after the Korea-Japan match, will be held without any schedule changes. Teams with players selected for national team A were forced to meet a burdensome schedule.
Team A, led by coach Paulo Bento, will play their first A match this year against Japan at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th. A total of 14 K-League 1 players were summoned for this match.
Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), Kim Young-bin (Gangwon), Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan), Park Ju-ho (Suwon FC), Park Ji-soo (Suwon FC), Won Doo-jae (Ulsan), Yoon Jong-gyu (Seoul), Hong Chul (Ulsan), Na Sang-ho (Seoul), Um Won-sang (Gwangju), Yun Bitgaram (Ulsan), Dongjun Lee (Ulsan), Jeonghyup Lee (Gyeongnam), and Youngwook Cho (Seoul). By team, there were 6 in Ulsan, 1 in Gangwon, 2 in Suwon FC, 3 in Seoul, 1 in Gwangju, and 1 in Gyeongnam.
The Korea Football Association stays in Paju NFC for a week after returning to Korea with the cooperation of the government and quarantine authorities to’cohort quarantine’. Manager Bento will train with 14 players during this period. For the A national team, it means that training time has been secured.
However, the release of quarantine takes place on April 1-2. In other words, the selected players must return to their team as soon as the quarantine is lifted and then play the K-League 1 game the next day. The team joins after training in national team A, but they have to play the game without training their team. The team of the corresponding players must also meet the schedule without properly preparing for the game.
Due to this, the voice of the schedule change of the games held on April 2-4 came out. However, the Korea Professional Football Federation said, “We have concluded that it is difficult to temporarily change the schedule at this time,” and said that the schedule will proceed according to the current schedule.
The federation said, “If the round schedule itself is changed, it is difficult to secure a reserve date. In the case of moving only the matches of teams whose players were selected for national team A, there is an inequality with other teams.” In addition, from June to July, the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League group stage must be held. K-League 1 is a schedule that requires two months of rest. There are only a few days the game can be played.
However, for this reason, if the teams that gave players to National Team A suffer damage, this is also inequality. The aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is occurring everywhere.
Photo = Korea Professional Football Federation
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