Klinsmann, Son Heung-min , Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Kang-in all join in the Iraq war at 10 p.m., paying attention to whether the increased offensive power will be maintained. The Korean national soccer team, which is challenging for the top spot in Asia for the first time in 64 years, is holding its final mock test ahead of the Asian Cup.

The national team players are happy to meet former Korean national team coach Paulo Bento (left). Coach Bento will serve as the head coach of the United Arab Emirates in this Asian Cup.

Korea will play a friendly match against Iraq in the Middle East at 10 p.m. on the 6th at New York University Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In the seven Asian Cups that Korea has participated in since 1990, they were eliminated from the tournament after losing to teams from the Middle East four times. At the 2019 United Arab Emirates Championship, the previous Asian Cup, they lost 0-1 to Qatar and failed to advance to the semifinals. Korea is in Group E of the Asian Cup group stage, which opens in Qatar on the 13th, and its opponents in the first and second games are both teams from the Middle East. Korea will play the first match against Bahrain on the 15th and the second match against Jordan on the 20th. This is why Korea chose Iraq as the subject for the final mock exam. Iraq was included in Group D of the group stage of this tournament.

In the FIFA rankings, Korea, ranked 23rd, is far ahead of Iraq, ranked 63rd. Korea is ahead in the opponent's record with 8 wins, 12 draws, and 2 losses. In Iraq, Mohanad Ali (Al-Shorta), who has scored 18 international goals, and Aymen Hussein (Al-Quwa Al-Zawiya), who has 17 goals, are targets of caution.

With the addition of Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) on the 5th, the Korean national team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann became a complete team of 26 players, including overseas players and domestic league players, including Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich).

Korean national soccer team players, including Son Heung-min (front of photo), are warming up before tactical training held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on the 4th. The national team, ahead of the Asian Cup, will play an evaluation match against Iraq in Abu Dhabi on the 6th. 메이저-토토사이트

Coach Klinsmann is determined to continue his recent upward trend in the game against Iraq and then lift the Asian Cup trophy. Korea has won the Asian Cup twice, in 1956 and 1960. Korea has recorded 5 consecutive wins in international matches, starting with the match against Saudi Arabia in September last year. The offense and defense balance was so good that in the last five games, they scored a total of 19 goals and did not give up a single goal.

Attention is also focused on the performance of the European teams, who are showing improved performance. Son Heung-min, who recorded 4 goals and 4 assists in 7 English Premier League (EPL) games last December, is a candidate for EPL's 'Player of the Month'. Hwang Hee-chan scored double-digit goals (10 goals) in a season for the first time since his EPL debut. Lee Kang-in also led the team to victory by scoring the winning goal in the ‘Tropée des Champions Trophy’ on the 4th. Kim Min-jae, the center of the national team's defensive line, was named in the '2023 World Best 11' selected by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) on the 5th.

The national team will continue training in Abu Dhabi after the friendly match against Iraq and then head to Qatar, the site of the final match, on the 10th. 슬롯사이트