The reason why Korean soccer is expected to unravel its 64-year-old Asian Cup victory is because of the strong performance of “big leaguers (players from England, Germany, Spain, Italy, and French leagues),” which are the most prominent in history.
Korea, which aims to win the Asian Cup in Qatar, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that opens on Thursday, will head to Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, where it will train. The team will play its first Group E match against Bahrain at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The team plans to maximize its teamwork through an exhibition match with Iraq on Wednesday while adapting to the local climate in Abu Dhabi.
The Asian Cup is a major competition that follows the rules of recruiting players from FIFA. Under the rules, players must be sent at least two weeks before the opening day when requested by the national team. All of the big leaguers, except Lee Kang-in of Paris Saint-Germain and PSG, who are included in the 26-member final list announced by the Korea Football Association, will leave their teams for Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Lee will have to play the final match of the Trope de Champion (France Super Cup) against Toulouse on Tuesday. It was reported that the coach Jurgen Klinsmann considered Lee as he had the chance to lift his first trophy after transferring to PSG.랭크카지노
Previously, European league players, who account for a large portion of their power ahead of the Asian Cup, were often uneven. This time, not only six big leaguers (Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, Lee Kang-in, Kim Min-jae, Lee Jae-sung and Jung Woo-young) but also European players such as Cho Kyu-sung (Mitwhelan) and Hong Hyun-seok (Hent) are in peak condition.
Big Leaguers have displayed remarkable performance and performance. Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) scored his 12th goal and the point of attack in three consecutive matches at home games in the 20th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Bournemouth in the last match before his Asian Cup bid to be elected to the Asian Cup, which ended on Sunday. He is tying with Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) for second place after Elling Holan (Manchester City), who is leading scorer with 14 goals.
Compared to the 2021-2022 season when he became the first Asian to win the top scorer in the EPL, the scoring clock is also very fast. At that time, he scored his 12th goal in the 28th round against Everton. He is away from the team for the time being due to participation in the Asian Cup, but he is now able to challenge for the top scorer this season.
The performance of “Korean Guy” Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) is also attractive. He also delivered his third assist and the point of attack in two consecutive games against Everton on April 31. He has 10 goals this season, sixth in EPL goal tally. He has surpassed the eight goals he scored in the past two seasons (2021-2022, 2022-2023), and achieved “double-digit goals” in a single big league season for the first time in his career. What’s surprising is that he has scored 10 goals in 13 effective shots in the past 20 games. The ratio of goals scored in comparison to effective shots reaches 77 percent. He has incredible goal-getting ability.
Lee Kang-in, who is a key player in his second term, has been reborn as a key player despite his debut season at a big club. He has had two goals and two assists (one goal and two assists in the league) in 15 games (ten games in the league).
“Monster defender” Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) is also indispensable from his debut season in the German Bundesliga. He started (one goal) in all 15 matches his team played. Soccer statistics company “Huscoadcom” selected him as one of the best 11 players in the first half of the Bundesliga based on the scores of each game. Other Bundesliga players, Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) and Jung Woo-young (Stutgart), also play the role of housekeeper for their teams.
Big leaguers as a whole have never performed like this in history. As they gather in the national team in their best condition and indicators, attention is being paid to how much synergy they will create.