U20 Lee Chang Won-ho, Saudi Arabia in the semifinals... Should I show you how I've changed
U20 Lee Chang Won-ho, Saudi Arabia in the semifinals... Should I show you how I've changed
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He achieved his goal after a lot of hard work, but he has to come up with improvements in the semifinals.
South Korea's U-20 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, will face Saudi Arabia in the semifinals of the "2025 Asian Football Confederation U-20 Asian Cup" at 5:15 p.m. (Korea Standard Time) on the 26th.
The Korean team has already achieved its first goal in this year's event. After advancing to the quarterfinals with two wins and one draw in the group league, the team won 3-1 against Uzbekistan, the defending champion, to advance to the semifinals after a bloody penalty shootout, and secured a berth for the "2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup," which will kick off in Chile in September.
Having advanced to the semifinals, the Korean team is aiming to regain the top position at the U-20 Asian Cup for the first time in 13 years since the 2012 event. Korea holds the record of winning 12 championships.
"World Cup Roadmap" will start now
Korea had qualified for the World Cup, which was considered the most important, but its performance was quite disappointing. It advanced to the quarterfinals early after defeating Syria and Thailand in the group league, but its performance thereafter was enough to raise questions. The problem was revealed first in the final round of Group D against Japan. Lee operated a large number of rotation without Yoon Do-young, his main striker, in the match against Japan.
Kang Joo-hyuk (FC Seoul), Jin Tae-ho (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Jungwoo Ha (Seongnam FC), Lee Ye-chan (Buchon), and Kim Min-soo (Daejeon), who are considered top K-League prospects, were deployed, but they failed to produce any threatening scenes. Rather, they allowed the first run due to mistakes made in the defense line, and the national team was shaken for 90 minutes by only three shots and three shots on goal. Their share also reached 48 percent, showing their disappointing performance in the game.
Although Lee avoided defeat by scoring an equalizer in the theater by substitute "Captain" Kim Tae-won, Lee's efforts as well as resources spent in rotation remained quite regrettable. This part was repeated in the face-to-face match against Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals. With the lead leading 3-1 until the end of the second half, Lee tried to wrap up the game by excluding Yoon Do-young and Son Seung-min. However, Lee allowed two runs afterwards, and the game ended in a rough patch.
In the extra time, the national team failed to make even a significant scene in the absence of its main players, but rather allowed offense and was shaken. Without goalkeeper Hong Seong-min's good defense in the match, it was not certain that he would advance to the World Cup.
If the team lacked key players, the team would always have had difficult matches, and the team was quite clumsy in responding after losing a point. While the team could lose strength by achieving its goal, it must come up with measures to improve its performance in the semifinal match against Saudi Arabia. The "roadmap" to the World Cup has begun now. In order to achieve a good result in this competition, we need to fix such problems from now on.
The top priority should be to refine defense organizational skills and tactics, which have already exposed many problems. During their four matches, the team failed to achieve a clean sheet in even a single match. In the previous match against Uzbekistan, they allowed as many as three goals and displayed unstable defense by allowing three goals in three matches in the group stage.
Coach Lee Chang-won said, "The players will do well enough."
Defensive organization is quite essential to perform well in the World Cup. In order to achieve a good result against the world's strongest teams, it is necessary to fill the weaknesses exposed in the previous game.
In addition, thorough preparation should be made in case resources currently classified as key players are excluded. The World Cup stage is not a competition in which 11 key players who play well can bring about results. All players must play together to achieve the desired results and performance. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for this by considering the input and combination of various players from now on. 토토사이트
Ahead of the semifinal match, Lee Chang-won said, "Players have overcome difficulties and made it to this point. I have accumulated experience from going through difficult moments. I am confident tomorrow as well. I think the players will do well enough."
Meanwhile, if the national team wins the match against Saudi Arabia, it will clash with the winner of the Japan-Australia match for the trophy.