While the soccer national team, which had been on the Austrian expedition, was hit by a direct hit by Corona 19, striker Hwang Hee-chan (Leipzig) was further tested positive for Corona 19.
The Korea Football Association said, "Hwang Hee-chan and one staff member were additionally confirmed in the Corona 19 diagnostic test conducted after the evaluation with Qatar on the 17th."
As a result, the number of Corona 19 confirmed in the national team that played a friendly match with Mexico and Qatar in Austria has increased to 10 (7 players and 3 staff).
Kwon Chang-hoon, Dong-joon Lee, Hyun-woo Cho, In-beom Hwang and one of the staff were positive in the Corona 19 diagnostic test conducted on the 13th ahead of the Mexican War, and Moon-Hwan Kim and Sang-ho Na were additionally positive in the retest on the 14th.
A diagnostic test conducted one day before the Qatari War was positive in one staff member.
Hwang Hee-chan played a big role in the evaluation match against Qatar and scored the first goal in 16 seconds of kick-off, setting the record for the shortest time scored in an A match for the Korean national team, leading a 2-1 victory.
Hwang Hee-chan played until the second half of the day and was replaced.
After the Qatar match, the overseas team returned to their local team, and FC Seoul, Ulsan, and Jeonbuk Hyundai players who participated in the Asian Champions League also moved to Doha, Qatar.
Players and employees who have been tested positive for Corona 19 remain in Austria and are continuing self-quarantine, and the Football Association is pushing for a plan to promptly return them by chartering a charter.
(Photo = Courtesy of the Korea Football Association, Yonhap News)