The Thai newspaper is concerned that the Korean U.23 will keep Lee Kang-in for the match “War Elephants”

In it, sheet Siamsport for that decision to keep the attack star Lee Kang-in of the Coach Hwang Sun-hong umbrella South Korea U.23 It is enough to see that this leader is very cautious and wants to have the best squad because there is still the last match in the group stage with U.23 Thailand to decide the place in the quarterfinals.

Coach Hwang Sun-hong had to explain his decision not to use star Lee Kang-in in the match against U.23 Vietnam in the Korean press. Twitter

The fact that midfielder Lee Kang-in suddenly only sat on the bench and did not play in the Korean U.23 match to draw U.23 Vietnam 1-1 also made the Korean press very curious, and only received an answer. Liked from coach Hwang Sun-hong after the match: “He injured his thigh in practice, so I don’t want to take the risk because if I play, it can easily lead to a more dangerous situation.”

Coach Hwang Sun-hong also sent an explanation through the Korean Football Federation (KFA) to the country’s press about the condition of Lee Kang-in, a player playing for Mallorca club in La Liga (Spain), why. did not play in the match against U.23 Vietnam.

In addition, coach Hwang Sun-hong also said: “Unfortunately, we wanted to win U.23 Vietnam and had the lead, but we could not maintain the result for the opponent to equalize after U.23. 23 Korea competed with only 10 people left. The fact that our players get red cards is really a problem, and we have to look at the situation why it happened.

Besides, we are not prepared for the situation of 10 people against 11 players, so we need to review to not be affected in the future. In my opinion, U.23 Vietnam played very well, they have a clear plan and always put pressure on us. Coach Gong Oh-kyun has really created an impressive U.23 team in Vietnam, and a very cohesive team of players that play in all the right ways.”

U.23 Vietnam (red shirt) really made it difficult for U.23 Korea Phuc Thang

Meanwhile, with the last match against Thailand U.23 (June 8), coach Hwang Sun-hong determined: “South Korea U.23 will play with the best squad, maybe Lee Kang-in will return. and we must win against Thailand U.23 to win the next place with the first place. We don’t want this to be our last match at this year’s AFC U23 Championship.”

Sheet Siamsport That said, although Thailand U.23 has just won against Malaysia U.23 3-0 and temporarily rose to the top of Group C with 4 points thanks to more than the secondary index (discipline points, because U.23 Korea has a demand. players receive a red card) when they are equal in points, difference and number of goals, lose. But the possibility of “War Elephants” being eliminated is also very high, if in the last turn, they now lose directly to U.23 Korea, and U.23 Vietnam (2 points) will decide for themselves if they win U.23 Malaysia. (0 points, eliminated).