‘Son Heung-min multi-goal’… Klinsmann’s debut match was a 2-2 draw with Colombia
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After advancing to the World Cup round of 16, the Korean national soccer team, which started a new journey with a new coach, despite multiple goals including captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham)’s “Klinsmann’s 1st goal”, South America Unfortunately, we couldn’t choose a game against Colombia.
The Korean national team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), drew 2-2 against Colombia in a friendly match held at Munsu Soccer Stadium in Ulsan on the afternoon of the 24th.
Heung-Min Son scored consecutive goals in the 10th and 47th minutes of the first half to lead 2-0, but in the second half of the second half he conceded goals to James Rodriguez and then to Jorge Carrascal three minutes later, resulting in a draw.
The match on this day was the first A match played by the Korean national team since the Qatar World Cup round of 16 (losing 1-4) against Brazil last December.
It was also the debut stage for coach Klinsman, who took over as coach of the Korean national team after Paulo Bento (Portugal), who laid down the baton after the World Cup in Qatar.
Colombia failed to qualify for the Qatar World Cup, but ranked 17th in the FIFA rankings, higher than Korea (25th).
Even in the draw, Korea’s previous record against the national team continued with 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Son Heung-min, who took on the important role of ‘captain’ in Klinsman following Bentoho and made his name as captain for the longest period of time in the national team for 4 years and 7 months, was responsible for all the team’s goals in the first game after taking over as manager of ‘Tottenham senior’ Klinsman. I did my part.
In addition, he scored his 36th and 37th goals in his 109th A match, making him the first Korean male player of all time following former national team coach Cha Beom-geun (58 goals, 55 goals by FIFA) and Hwang Seon-hong, under-23 (U-23) national team coach (50 goals). He rose to third place in the A-match individual scoring rankings.
Against Colombia, he showed his strong side once again by scoring goals (5 goals) in the last 3 games in a row.
The national team, which took its first step with coach Klinsman, will continue a friendly match against Uruguay at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8:00 pm on the 28th.
Uruguay, which they faced in the first leg of the Qatar World Cup group stage (0-0 draw), will face off again in four months.
Head coach Klinsman, who filled the first draft roster mainly with Qatar World Cup members, started a 4-2-3-1 formation with Cho Kyu-seong (Jeonbuk) at the forefront of the attack.
In the second line, Son Heung-min stood under Cho Kyu-seong, and Jung Woo-young (Freiburg) and Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) were placed on the left and right.
In the midfield, Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd) and Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos) worked together to serve as a link between offense and defense.
The four-back defense consisted of Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Kim Min-jae (Napoli), and Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan), and Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabaab) kept the goal.
In Colombia, James Rodriguez, who plays with Hwang In-beom at Olympiacos (Greece), Porto (Portugal) midfielder Matteus Uribe, and Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) striker Rafael Santos Bore started the game.
The balance was broken in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Son Heung-min, who took advantage of the Colombian defender’s pass mistake and caught the ball, kicked it with his left foot from the right side of the penalty arc, opening the goalkeeper’s goal left empty by the goalkeeper.
Afterwards, the Korean national team faced the bad news of Kim Jin-soo’s injury.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Kim Jin-soo, who complained of back pain after competing for Bore’s header shot, ran again for a while, but was eventually carried off on a stretcher, and Ki-je Lee (Suwon) was put in in the 24th minute of the first half.
When Korea took a free kick from the left side of the penalty area in the 27th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min’s right foot kicked the ball slightly off the goalpost and swallowed regret.
In the 30th minute of the first half, after Son Heung-min broke through with a personal skill in the opponent’s midfield camp, Freiburg’s Jung Woo-young continued with a right-footed shot from the left inside the penalty area, but was hit by the defense and cornered out.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min, who took over Hwang In-beom’s penetrating pass after stealing the opponent’s ball through forward pressure, tripped over defender Carlos Cuesta’s feet and fell.
Initially, a penalty kick was declared, but it was later changed to a free kick as it was judged that the foul was committed outside the penalty area.
However, in the first half extra time, Son Heung-min scored an additional goal by kicking with his right foot through the opponent’s defensive wall from a free kick opportunity in front of the penalty mark, and half time was reached.
As soon as we entered the second half, Korea’s lead disappeared within 5 minutes.
Two minutes into the second half, Diego Valroyes dug into the right side of the penalty area and broke through Kim Min-jae’s defense, and Rodriguez rushed the ball right in front of the goal and finished it with his left foot.
Three minutes later, Daniel Muñoz quickly drove the ball to the right side of the penalty area and delivered a low cross to the center, and Carrascal calmly kicked it with his right foot from the front of the goal area.
The match went back to square one in an instant, and coach Klinsmann reorganized the lineup by omitting Cho Kyu-seong and Freiburg Jung Woo-young, who had a lot of activity, for 15 minutes in the second half and putting Oh Hyun-kyu (Celtic) and Lee Kang-in (Mallorca) in their place.
In the 24th minute of the second half, Lee Jae-seong and Al Sadd Jung Woo-young were replaced by Na Sang-ho (Seoul) and Son Jun-ho (Shandung Taisan).
Colombia also tried to change by replacing players by calling in Rodriguez and Bore a minute later and sending out Hon Duran and Hon Arias. In the 38th minute of the second half, veteran striker Radamel Falcao was put in to try to win. 온라인바카라
However, the goals for both teams were no longer open.
In the 43rd minute of the second half, Oh Hyun-kyu’s left-footed shot from the left inside the penalty area missed the goalkeeper but was caught by the defender, swallowing regret.
After advancing to the World Cup round of 16, the Korean national soccer team, which started a new journey with a new coach, despite multiple goals including captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham)’s “Klinsmann’s 1st goal”, South America Unfortunately, we couldn’t choose a game against Colombia. The Korean national team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), drew…