The South Korean national soccer team (27th in the FIFA rankings), led by head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, will play the second A match against El Salvador (75th) at Daejeon World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th.
In the first match against Peru on the 16th, South Korea lost 0-1. I kneeled down when I wasn’t 100%. Captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) was absent due to sports hernia surgery, followed by “main centerback” Kim Min-jae (Napoli) for military training, and “veteran defender” Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan Hyundai) and others were excluded from the call-up list due to injuries.
Klinsmann, who took office in March, has yet to win his first victory. In March, South Korea recorded one draw and one loss (Colombia 2-2 draw and Uruguay 2-1 loss) in two consecutive A matches.
Klinsmann, who has won three consecutive games without a win, is set to ring the much-anticipated victory over El Salvador. In addition, South Korea’s last A match victory was the final group match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup against Portugal on December 3 last year. It’s been more than six months.
El Salvador is 48 steps below South Korea in the FIFA rankings. He also lost 0-6 in an away warm-up match against Japan on the 15th.
El Salvador is a team that South Korea has never faced.
El Salvador advanced to the World Cup finals twice, but the 1982 World Cup in Spain was the last. Recently, players of El Salvador descent who are active on the U.S. and European stages have joined the national team, raising their power. It reached the quarterfinals at the 2021 North and Central American Gold Cup. 바카라사이트
On this day, South Korea will start Kim Seung-kyu (goalkeeper), Jung Seung-hyun, Park Ji-soo, Seol Young-woo, Kim Jin-soo, Hwang In-beom, Lee Jae-sung, Park Yong-woo, Lee Kang-in, Hwang Hee-chan, and Cho Kyu-sung.
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min, who starts from the bench, is likely to play in the second half. At a pre-press conference the previous day (19th), Klinsmann said, “It’s getting better day by day. However, he will not start against El Salvador. It’s too much to run for all 90 minutes.