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Korea plans to call European stars to face U23 Vietnam

After the end of the Dubai Cup 2022, U23 Vietnam will return home on March 31 to prepare for the 31st SEA Games as well as the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. In the continental tournament, U23 Vietnam is in Group C. along with Korea U23, Thailand U23 and Malaysia U23.

In order to prepare for the 2022 AFC U23 Championship, Korea U23 is planning to convene an extremely high-quality squad to defend the championship. The most notable name among them is Lee Kang-in, a midfielder who is playing in La Liga in the colors of Mallorca club.

This information was revealed by Hwang Seon-hong, the Korean U23 coach himself, to MK Sports: “I’m thinking of summoning Lee Kang-in for the 2022 AFC U23 Championship as well as ASIAD 19. This will be an extremely quality addition when South Korea U23 will have important and quality tournaments in the immediate future.”

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Lee Kang-in is playing for Mallorca in La Liga

Personal evaluation of Lee Kang-in, coach Hwang Seon-hong said: “I think he will be ready when the tournament starts in June. Lee Kang-in will be the leader in the play of Korea U23s. . I need him in the transition from defense to attack. Lee Kang-in has a lot of strengths in terms of creative passes and has a good free-kick ability.”

In addition to Lee Kang-in, Korea U23 also has many quality names competing in Europe and ready to participate in the 2022 AFC U23 Championship such as Park Gyu Yun (Werder Bremen), Hong Hyun-suk (Linzerusk) in Austrian Championship, Jung Song Bin (Grasshoppers) in the Swiss Championship.

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