2023-07-23 08:26:00
Choo Il-seung, men’s basketball coach, “I hope there will be more opportunities for evaluation matches ahead of Hangzhou”
Input 2023.07.23 (17:26)
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“It would be nice to have more opportunities to play matches, such as evaluation matches, because experience is precious to our players.”
Choo Il-seung, head coach of the Korean men’s national basketball team, expressed deep regret over the “lack of practice” after the second match against Japan at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 23rd.
Korea, which won 76-69 in the first game held the previous day, lost 80-85 that day.
The Korean players showed a lot of physical strength compared to the previous day. As a result, he was often exposed to the appearance of chasing his player from the outskirts to the end and giving him a chance to make a 3-point shot without being able to block it.
Coach Chu said at the press conference after the game, “Our goal is not the Korea-Japan match. This evaluation match is the process of heading towards the big goal of the Hangzhou Asian Games.”
Korea had a real match a year after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asian Cup held in July last year.
In February of last year, several confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) came out of the team, and the opportunity to play in real combat was greatly reduced as they were disqualified from participating in the World Cup Asian qualifiers.
On the other hand, Japan has not only digested the World Cup finals in February, but has also steadily accumulated practical experience, such as playing an evaluation match against Taiwan.
Coach Chu said, “(From experience in the actual game), Japan is one step ahead of us.”
He then pointed out, “(Outside defense mistakes) is a phenomenon that came naturally as the players lost their game stamina.
The Asian Games are two months away. While the Korea Basketball Association has yet to hold an additional evaluation match, the only real opportunity for the Korean national team is the first qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympics to be held in Syria on the 12th of next month.
It is the last gateway to the Olympic finals and an opportunity to greatly improve performance ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
However, as Syria is designated as a travel ban country, it is said that it is difficult to answer for sure whether he will be able to participate in the first round of qualifiers.
After the press conference, Director Chu sighed, saying, “I know you have to wait for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ permission.”
Ha Yoon-ki (kt), who struggled by scoring 10 points in the first match and 14 points in the second match, said, “The coach emphasized physical fighting for me, but it doesn’t seem to work well,” and said, “I will work harder.”
Head coach Tom Horvath, who is returning to Japan as a ‘winner’, said, “Korea is a well-balanced and strong team, but it seems to have had difficulties because there is no dominant player in the inner circle because there is no Laguna (KCC).”
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