‘Clean Smile (Clinsman+Smile)’ football has begun.
The Republic of Korea national football team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will face Colombia (17th in the FIFA rankings) in the first leg of the March A match of the ‘Hana Bank Invitational National Football Team Friendly Match’ held at Ulsan Munsu World Cup Stadium at 8:00 pm on Friday the 24th. Then, in the second leg held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 28th, they will compete against Uruguay (ranked 16th in the FIFA rankings).
The national team started convening Paju NFC on the 20th. Nineteen people joined first, including 13 domestic and 6 overseas, and Son Heung-min and Oh Hyun-gyu additionally arrived the same afternoon. On the 21st, Kim Min-jae, Lee Jae-seong, Lee Kang-in, and Jung Woo-young (Freiburg) were additionally enlisted. Hwang Hee-chan dropped out of the race due to a hamstring injury, and a full 25-member team was formed without a replacement being selected.
Klinsmann will move to Ulsan, where the game against Colombia will be held this afternoon. On the first day, Kim Young-kwon and Cho Kyu-seong, on the second day Son Heung-min and Oh Hyun-kyu, and today Hwang In-beom and Na Sang-ho met with reporters and conducted an interview. The Taegeuk warriors faced coach Klinsman, the ‘blonde bomber’ who dominated the football world in the 1990s. The players reacted very positively to Klinsmann’s first impression.
Today, Hwang In-beom said of coach Klinsman, “He leads the atmosphere comfortably and the players are adjusting comfortably,” and Na Sang-ho explained, “He leads in a good atmosphere. He is a very bright and laughing person.” Son Heung-min, who is connected to Tottenham Hotspur, said, “It’s special. The evaluation of the staff who lived together at the club is good. I didn’t have a long conversation with the coach, but he seems like a good person who thinks a lot about the players.” 메이저사이트
It is all the more special as it is from a German legend of the ‘Tank Corps’. Oh Hyun-gyu said, “I know he was very famous when he was a player. There are things to learn as a striker,” and Cho Kyu-seong said, “I want to receive a lot of advice. The coach is also a target type, and I want to learn excellent goal-making skills.” Defender Kim Young-kwon also said, “As a player, he was so famous that the players are looking forward to it. I look forward to seeing what kind of soccer he will teach me.”
Coach Klinsman smiled and interacted with the players, and the Taegeuk warriors smiled and showed great anticipation for the upcoming legend. The so-called ‘clean smile’ soccer has begun.