Bishkek, Jan. 10, 2019. /Kabar/. The national team of Kyrgyzstan is preparing for the match with South Korea, in the framework of the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE. The Football Federation shared information about the rivals.
This tournament is a debut for the team from Kyrgyzstan, the opponent in turn is an experienced one.
The Asian Tigers won the Cup twice (in 1956 and 1960). Since then, the Koreans have reached the semi-finals seven times – four second places and three third places. Haven’t misse the final round of the world championships since 1986. The best result – the fourth place in the home tournament in 2002.
After the failure at the World Championship in Russia, the head coach of the Tigers was fired, and the Portuguese expert Paulo Bento was invited to take his place. During the years of his activity, the best result was in the Portuguese national team – a bronze medal at the 2012 European Championship.
From Korea, star Son Heung Min, who has been playing in the Premier League for three seasons already and has scored more than a dozen goals for London Tottenham; and one of the best goalkeepers of the 2018 World Cup, Jo Hyeon-woo are to play at the Asian Cup.
There are several other key players in the team – Ki Sung-yueng has been playing in England since 2012, Koo Ja-cheol is the main player of Augsburg, and Hwang Hee-chan is the football player of the German Hamburg.
South Korea began competing at these competitions with a victory over the team of the Philippines. The match ended with the score of 1:0.
Before the start of the Cup, the Koreans had several friendly matches: nil draw with Saudi Arabia, scored four unanswered goals against the Uzbeks, had a close match against Australia – 1:1.
By the way, the Tigers have not played against the Kyrgyz team.
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