The final match of the South Korean national soccer team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (59) was unveiled. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on the 23rd, “The men’s national soccer team will play against the Iraqi national soccer team at the New York University Abu Dhabi Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at 10 p.m. next year.” 메이저 토토사이트
It is the first Clinsman team that aims to grab the top spot in Asia for the first time in 64 years. KFA said on Wednesday that the A team will depart for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday for an off-season training. As previously announced, the A team will hold an official exhibition game on Tuesday. It will arrive in Qatar on Tuesday, where the 2023 Asian Cup of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be held.
Korean players will be called up for the first time in Korea. According to the KFA, major players in Korea will have their training sessions in Seoul from Friday. The list was made public on Wednesday. Cho Kyu-sung (Mitwillan), who is taking a break after the first half of the Danish Super League, Hwang In-beom (Zrvena Zvezda), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), Jung Woo-young (Suitgart), Kim Young-kwon, Seol Young-woo (Ulsan HD), and Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk Hyundai) will be on the list.
The goal is to win. “I talked about it at Incheon International Airport. Winning the Asian Cup is my first goal since I took the helm of the Korean national team,” Klinsmann told reporters at the National Football Center in Paju, Gyeonggi Province in March. The final goal is to advance to the semifinals of the 2026 FIFA North Korea-China World Cup. “Korea has made it to the semifinals. I was in Korea, too,” Klinsmann said referring to the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. “I will give my players their goals and confidence. I will make it to the semifinals of the North Korea-China World Cup.”
He is now quenching his thirst after 64 years. The last time the Korean national soccer team won the Asian Cup was the second Asian Cup held in Korea in 1960. Back then, Korea had a semifinal league match with four teams that advanced to the finals (Israel, South Vietnam, and Taiwan). The team won the championship by ranking first in all three games. Meanwhile, most of the major overseas leaguers including Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) will join Abu Dhabi.
Korea is now in the golden age. Many players are playing in European big leagues, including Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae, Lee Kang-in and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers). They are among the best in Asia. Prominent players such as Hwang In-beom, Lee Jae-sung, Cho Kyu-sung and Oh Hyun-kyu (Celtic) are constantly being summoned.
Each team is showing an outstanding performance. Son Heung-min served as Tottenham captain from the 2023-2024 season. With 10 goals, he has recorded eight consecutive seasons of double-digit goals in the Premier League. He also garnered one goal and two assists in a match against Newcastle United on Tuesday. According to Football London, he is now standing tall as the player of the year chosen by Tottenham fans.
Hwang Hee-chan is already a career high. He reported his sixth goal in the last showdown with Newcastle, and already scored his eighth goal. He even successfully renewed his contract with Wolverhampton. According to local European media, Hwang has become the best-paid player in Wolverhampton.
Kim is also leading the competition to become a starting member of a major club. Kim, who left Naples for the 2023-2024 season and dressed up in Munich, is also starting every day for Munich, where Mathias de Ligt and Dayo Upamecano are located. At the match against Stuttgart, he scored his debut goal in Munich, showing his best performance ever. The German newspaper Bild gave a high rating of 1. He was listed in the best 11 players for this season in the German Bundesliga.
Hwang is also good news every day. After moving to the UCL, he scored a goal against Manchester City in the final match of the UEFA Champions League. He also played full-time with prestigious teams such as Young Voice of Switzerland and RB Leipzig of Germany. His team Zvezda is No. 1 in the league.
The South Korean national team has recently hit the starting point for the World Cup finals in North and Central America. It has a good start to the second round of Asian qualifiers. It beat Singapore and China 5-0 and 3-0 respectively, giving the green light to advance to the third round. Key players including Son Heung-min, Cho Kyu-sung, Hwang Hee-chan and Lee Kang-in scored a goal. They will join hands for the first time in about two months after two A-match games in November.