After 1 year and 10 months against Qatar, who had suffered their first defeat since the launch of the Bento, he built a 500-win A-match tower in Korean football.
Korea, led by coach Paulo Bento, scored consecutive goals by Hwang Hee-chan (Leipzig) and Hwang Eui-jo (Bordeaux) in an evaluation match against Qatar, 57th in the FIFA rankings, held at the BSFZ Arena in Maria Enchersdorf in Austria on the 17th (Korean time). We won a 2-1 victory.
With a victory on this day, Korean soccer won the first match in A match by defeating Mexico 5-3 in the 1st leg of the 1948 London Olympics, and achieved a total of 500 wins (228 draws, 201 losses) in 72 years.
In addition, Korean football, which met Qatar and was recently defeated by two consecutive losses, tasted victory in four years after defeating Qatar 3-2 in the final qualifier of the World Cup in Russia on October 6, 2016, and has been 6 wins, 2 draws 3 It continued its dominance by losing.
Bento, who set out on an expedition to Austria, played two evaluation matches in a difficult situation where six people are positive for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and won 1 win and 1 loss (2-3 against Mexico, 2-1 against Qatar). Transcript.
Bento faced Qatar in a 4-3-3 tactic with Hwang Eui-jo as the one-top striker and Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Hwang Hee-chan on the left and right wings.
Taehee Nam (Alsad) and Jaesung Lee (Holstein Kill) were in the second line of offense, and Wooyoung Jung (Alsad) took on the defensive midfielder.
For the four-back, Jong-gyu Yoon (Seoul) and Tae-Hwan Kim (Ulsan) were in charge of the left and right full-backs, and Kwon Gyeong-won (Sangju) and Won Doo-jae (Ulsan) were in charge of the central defense.
The goalkeeper was Sung-yoon Sung (Daegu) for two consecutive games since the match against Mexico.
Korea scored a goal in 16 seconds with strong forward pressure along with the kickoff.
It was the shortest time ever scored in Korean soccer's A match.
Qatar defender Tarek Salman backpassed the back pass as Son Heung-min rushed in from the middle of the left, and Hwang Ui-jo pressed again when central defender Bualem Cookie took over the ball.
As Cookie groped the ball, Hwang Ui-jo took it and passed it to the goal area, and Hwang Hee-chan scored the opening goal with his right foot on the empty goal.
It was Hwang Hee-chan's second goal against Qatar, who scored his debut goal in an A match in the 2018 Russia World Cup final qualifier against Qatar in June 2017.
He scored early, but the goal was also quick.
Qatar counterattacked and scored an equalizer with a powerful right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area after Almoez Ali quickly infiltrated the infiltrating pass of Tarek Salman from the rear 10 minutes into the space behind the Korean defense.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Korea started counterattacking with Hwang Eui-jo's right-footed mid-range shot. Finally, Son Heung-min grabbed Lee Jae-seong's infiltration pass from the left side in the 36th minute of the first half and gave a ground ball cross from the left side of the goal area. I pulled it.
On the 15th, it was Hwang Eui-jo's 2nd consecutive goal and his 12th goal in A match (34 games) who scored a goal with the help of Son Heung-min in the match against Mexico.
Hwang Eui-jo was involved in both goals scored by Taegeuk Warriors on this day with one goal and one help.
Bentoho, who finished 2-1 in the first half, replaced goalkeeper Lee Chang-geun (Sang-ju) with the start of the second half, giving them an A-match debut.
Bentoho's right foot shot by Jae-seong Lee and Tae-hee Nam, who attempted a one-on-one pass in the second half of the 10th minute, was blocked by the tip of the goalkeeper, and Hwang Hee-chan's chip shot in the subsequent attack also slightly escaped the goal and left a regret.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Bento attempted a tactical change by putting Sohn Joon-ho (Jeonbuk) instead of Lee Jae-seong and Lee Ju-yong (Jeonbuk) instead of Kim Tae-hwan.
In the 22nd minute of the second half, Son Jun-ho induces Hwang Eui-jo's right-footed shot with a pass in front of the'clothingline' and focused on hunting for additional goals.
In the second half of the 30th minute, except for Hwang Hee-chan and Nam Tae-hee, Um Won-sang (Gwangju) and Lee Kang-in (Valencia) were sent out and changed the attack line.
Um Won-sang made his A-match debut.
Son Heung-min blocked the opponent's attack from the rear 32 minutes in the second half and flooded with full dribbles, but was blocked by the opponent's back tackle.
In the 43rd minute of the second half, the national team pulled out Hwang Ui-jo and put Ju Se-jong in, raised Son Heung-min as the forefront striker, and ended the match with a 2-1 victory.
(Photo = Courtesy of the Korea Football Association, Yonhap News)