2024-01-13 11:27:37
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Asia’s premier soccer festival, the Asian Cup, opened today.
The national team, which is attempting to win its first championship in 64 years, will play its first match against Bahrain the day after tomorrow.
Key players such as Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae are preparing for the first game in top condition.
This is reporter Park Jae-woong.
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The national team was missing Lee Jae-seong, Hwang Hee-chan, and Kim Jin-soo in the first local training after entering Qatar.
Fortunately, the physical condition of the three who were worried about injuries was not too bad.
Jae-Sung Lee returned to training the next day, and Jin-Soo Kim also began rehabilitation exercises.
Only Hwang Hee-chan still had an ice bag on his thigh and was focused on recovering from his injury…
He boosted the national team’s mood by joking around with his friend Hwang In-beom, who was born in 1996 and is the same age.
[황희찬·황인범]
“Once more! <어지러워..> Once more! go!”
While key offensive and defensive players such as Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae completed normal training without any problems…
[손흥민]
“I’ll show! I’ll show! “I came out with what I’m best at!”
[클린스만/축구대표팀 감독 (지난 11일)]
″Son Heung-min was not at 100% fitness in the last World Cup. But he is healthy now. There is a healthy argument and we are excited.″
The national team plans to hold an official press conference tomorrow, a day before the first match against Bahrain, to reveal its determination to start this tournament.
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In the opening match of the tournament, the host nation, Qatar, showed off their impressive offensive power in front of 80,000 spectators.
In the 45th minute of the first half, Afif scored the first goal of the tournament…
In the 11th minute of the second half, last tournament’s top scorer and MVP Ali scored an additional header.
Afif, who showed off his explosive speed in the second half of extra time, even scored a key goal, and Qatar beat Lebanon 3-0 and reported its first win of the tournament.
This is Park Jae-woong from MBC News.
Video editing: Woo Jin / Video provided by: Korea Football Association
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