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Bentuho, the national football team, has only made a difficult expedition to the Middle East in the final qualifying round of the Qatar World Cup. Today (1st), a group draw was held, and all five teams to face, including Iran, were determined to be from the Middle East.
Correspondent Lee Jeong-chan.
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[Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, United Arab Emirates] As
we were included in Group A, one of the countries in the Middle East, and Iran joined last, the Bentu was engulfed in a 'sand wind'.
The final qualifier has been canceled due to COVID-19, so home and away matches are held at intervals of 4 to 5 days. Bentuho has to go to the Middle East almost every month until March next year, starting with Lebanon in September.
We're lucky that we got to play at home first.
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To qualify for the finals for the 10th time in a row, you have to be in the second place in the group, and the away match against Iran is expected to become a turning point in Tehran, which is called the 'tomb of the away team'.
Their record against Iran in the last 10 years is inferior with 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 years.
[Bento/Soccer Team Manager: It is difficult to say that (the result of group formation) is happy, but we accept the result. We will do our best to achieve our goal of qualifying for the finals.]
Vietnam, led by coach Park Hang-seo, was in a group with Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia and China.
[Park Hang-seo/Vietnam National Team Manager: Since it is our first advance, we are thinking of playing one game with a challenging attitude.] As
coach Park wished, Vietnam avoided a confrontation with Korea, but Bentuho was among the Middle Eastern teams that wanted to avoid It was going to be a tough fight.
(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik)