Обсуждение участника:‘Fantastic Four’ Korea aims for 3rd Asian Cup in 64 years

Qatar competition opens. After winning the 1st and 2nd rounds of the finals on the 11th of next month, there were only 4 runner-up finishes. After complaining about the ‘strongest power ever’, Opta says, “Probability of winning Japan 25% - Korea 14%” Captain Son Heung-min, this may be his last competition

The Asian Cup, in which Korean soccer aims to return to the top for the first time in 64 years, began in Qatar on the 13th. This tournament, in which 24 countries participate and are divided into 6 groups of 4 countries each, will continue until the 11th of next month when the finals are held. From the round of 16 onwards, the tournament will be played as a single match.

Korea is attempting to win the tournament for the third time in 64 years. Korea won the first tournament in 1956 and the second in 1960. However, they have not been able to lift the championship trophy since. Finished runner-up four times. Meanwhile, Japan took the top spot four times and became the country with the most wins. Japan has won three times since 2000. Iran and Saudi Arabia also won three times each. 파워볼사이트

There is no disagreement that the national team competing in this tournament is the strongest in Korean soccer history. Recently, there has been an upward trend of 6 consecutive wins in A matches. This is why the expectations of domestic soccer players and fans for winning the Asian Cup are higher than ever.

Korean soccer will attempt to win the Asian Cup, which opened in Qatar on the 13th, for the first time in 64 years. This national team, which includes 12 players playing in European leagues, including Hwang Hee-chan, Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in (from left), is evaluated as the strongest force in Korean soccer history. Korea will play its first group match against Bahrain on the 15th.

Korea has 'world class' players beyond Asia, including Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), known as the 'Fantastic Four', in both the attack, midfield and defense lines. There is. In addition, 12 of the 26 players included are European leaguers, including Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Jeong Woo-young (Stuttgart), Jo Gyu-seong (Midtjylland), and Hwang In-beom (Crvena Zvezda). Qatar's local media also mentioned players to watch in this tournament, selecting Son Heung-min as first and Kim Min-jae as second.

National team captain Son Heung-min’s ‘desire to win’ is particularly unique. For Son Heung-min, 32 years old this year, this tournament, his fourth appearance, could be his last Asian Cup. He advanced to the semifinals in 2011, the first time he competed, in the finals in 2015, and in the quarterfinals in 2019. Son Heung-min scored his A-match debut goal against India in the group stage of the 2011 tournament, as the youngest member of the national team, and remains the youngest Korean player to score in the Asian Cup history (18 years, 194 days).

For Jurgen Klinsmann, the head coach of the Korean national team, this will be the first stage where his leadership will be evaluated. Coach Klinsmann, who took charge of the national team in March of last year, said upon his arrival in Korea, “My immediate goal is to win the Asian Cup.” Even when the criticism from soccer fans was strong as he failed to win in 5 consecutive games (3 draws, 2 losses) after his appointment, he said, “I will be judged by the results of the Asian Cup.”

Sports statistics companies and betting sites see Japan's odds of winning as higher than Korea's. Opta, a sports statistics company, predicted the winning probability of participating countries in this tournament and gave Japan the highest score of 24.6%. Korea is the second highest at 14.3%. Overseas betting sites such as bet365 and 10bet also display the lowest winning odds for Japan. After Japan, the team with the lowest odds is Korea. The lower the odds, the higher the probability of winning.

Japan has 20 players playing in European leagues, including Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), and Wataru Endo (Liverpool). There are evaluations that Korea is better when looking at the best 11 power alone, but Japan is far ahead in terms of 'entry power' of all 26 players. Since it is virtually impossible to play 7 games until the finals with only the best 11, Japan's strength is receiving a higher score. In this tournament, Korea was in Group E and Japan was in Group D. If both teams pass the group stage in first place, they will have to advance to the finals of the tournament to meet. If Korea takes first place in the group and Japan takes second place in the group, they will face each other in the round of 16. 카지노사이트