This Monday morning, the Chilean team begins its tour of Asia against the Tigres de Oriente, a team that will face Portugal and Uruguay in the World Cup. Led by Portuguese Paulo Bento, the Koreans have a starring figure (and their captain) in the Tottenham striker. He became the first Asian to be a Premier League goalscorer.
You have to get up early to see Eduardo Berizzo’s premiere as coach of the Chilean national team. The new era of Red comes first this Monday, at 7:00 a.m. , At the other end of the world. Daejeon World Cup Stadium, one of the venues for the 2002 World Cup, hosts the friendly match between the national team and South Korea.
The first hurdle of the Toto era at the helm of Team Everyone is in full preparation for the World Cup in Qatar. But they arrive injured in the duel with the Chileans, because they suffered an eloquent defeat against Brazil by 5-1 last Thursday. The cast led by Portuguese Paulo Bento has fallen in its last two games, if we add the 1-0 against the United Arab Emirates, at the end of the Asian Confederation Qualifiers (March 29).
The Eastern Tigers They are a power on their continent, but they failed to transfer that internationally. The exception came in the 2002 World Cup, in which they reached the semi-finals, having overcome their series against Italy and Spain, respectively, with much controversy. They qualified for the Qatar round in second place in Group A of the AFC third qualifying round with 23 points, two behind leaders Iran. They have won seven of their 10 games.
South Korea, located in the 29th place in the FIFA rankings (one place below Chile), the third in Asia (behind Iran, 21st, and Japan, 23rd), regularly goes through two tactical patterns: 4-1-3-2 and 4-1-4-1. This was the case in the match against Brazil, his last appearance. The Asians’ offensive options depend, fundamentally, on what their big star can do. Heung Min Son He is the figure of the cast, a footballer immersed in the elite and who stands out in a league as demanding as the English Premier League.
Son, captain of Korea, plays wide on the left for his team, as he does for Tottenham. He is a very effective footballer in the rival area. It’s not for nothing that it ended like this the top scorer in the last Premier League, with 23 goals, like the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, from Liverpool. It is historic because This is the first time that an Asian footballer has finished like the best striker of the championship. Adding the assists, the striker was involved in 30 goals for Spurs, only surpassed by the crack of the Reds (with 36). Son’s connection to Harry Kane was instrumental in the London club reaching fourth place in the British Premier League, qualifying directly for the Champions League group stage.
Heung-Min Son’s importance in his country is such that he received the Order of Sports Merit from President Yoon Suk-Yeol. He was decorated with a Cheongnyong Medal, the most valuable of five awarded to a person for sporting achievement or contribution to the promotion of national sport. The striker’s market value is €80m (according to Transfermarkt), which is more than Chile’s entire wage bill for the Asian tour (€54.15m).
The other big prize for the Korean national team is striker Hee-Chan Hwang of Wolverhampton who is valued at 16 million EU currency. The Wolves player is the one who shares Paulo Bento’s attack with Ui-Jo Hwang, from the Girondins de Bordeaux.
Korea have been placed in Group H of the World Cup, along with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana. On this date, FIFA will add three duels against the Conmebol castes, as they will also face Paraguay.
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