Bentuho, who is preparing for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, finished with the lead in the first half against Egypt, the last opponent of their 4 match A match in June.
In the friendly match against Egypt held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the afternoon of the 14th, the Korean national football team, led by coach Paulo Bento, led the first half 2-1 with headers from Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux) and Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan).
This day’s match against Egypt is the last match of Bentuho’s four-match A match in June.
Previously, the national team played a friendly match against Brazil (1-5 loss) on the 2nd (1-5 loss), Chile (2-0 win) on the 6th, and Paraguay (2-2 draw) on the 10th in a ‘South American mock test’ aimed at Uruguay, who will face in the Qatar World Cup finals. conducted
Egypt is ranked 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings, slightly lower than Korea (29th).
Mohammed Salah (Liverpool), who was joint top scorer with Son Heung-min (Tottenham) with 23 goals in the English Premier League in the 2021-2022 season, as well as Omar Marmushi (Stuttgart) and Mohammed Elneni ( Some key players playing in Europe, such as Arsenal), are missing.
So far, Korea and Egypt have faced a tight match with 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses in their opponent’s record.
Korea’s last victory was in the LG Cup 4 nations friendly (2-1 win) held in Cairo, Egypt in 2001.
Coach Bento faced Egypt in a 4-4-2 formation with Son Heung-min, who is aiming for a goal in three consecutive A matches, as a two-top pair with Hwang Ui-jo, following Chile and Paraguay.
Jung Woo-young (Freiburg) and Kwon Chang-hoon (Kimcheon) are on the left and right, while Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd) and Hwang In-beom (Seoul) are missing in the midfield, with Baek Seung-ho (Jeonbuk) and Ko Seung-beom (Kimcheon) working together.
The four-back defense consisted of Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk)-Kim Young-kwon-Kwon Gyeong-won (Gamba Osaka)-Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan), and Kim Seung-gyu (Kashiwa Reysol) kept the goal.
South Korea, who struggled with Egypt’s pressure at the beginning of the game and continued to flow, changed the atmosphere in an instant by opening the first shot in the 16th minute of the first half.
When the ball distribution was not smooth, Heung-Min Son came down to the right of the half line and received the ball, saw Jin-Soo Kim on the left of the opponent’s penalty area and passed it for a long time.
Kim Jin-soo immediately crossed with his left foot, and Hwang Ui-jo, who was rushing into the gate, headed into the Egyptian goal.
Hwang Ui-jo’s 16th goal in match A.
An additional goal came in six minutes when the opening was opened.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Son Heung-min kicked a corner kick from the opponent’s right, and Hwang Ui-jo headed it from the right side of the goal area.
However, Korea conceded a pursuit goal in the 38th minute as they checked their homework once again in their defensive concentration.
Although the number of defenses was high, the first half ended by giving Mustafa Muhammad, the front-line striker of the opposition, a comfortable shooting opportunity, and conceding a goal during the door-to-door battle.
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