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soccer team, which will play its first match against New Zealand tomorrow (22nd), is worried about the defense as Kim Min-jae is missing. Tall defenders centering on the replacement card Park Ji-soo are struggling.
Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Kim Hak-beom-ho conceded two goals each in two evaluation matches against Argentina and France.
And the hope that it would get better when Kim Min-jae came also disappeared because of the opposition of his team.
Head coach Kim Hak-beom, who left for Tokyo with concerns, is struggling to find a new defensive combination.
While Park Ji-soo, an alternative wildcard who joined late, actively communicates with his juniors and raises the mood, he is refining cooperative tactics using tall defenders such as Jeong Tae-wook and Kim Jae-woo.
[Kim Hak-beom/Olympic soccer team coach: I wish Min-jae Kim would come, but if you guys show better teamwork, you will be able to play a better defense, so don't worry too much.]
New Zealand is considered the weakest. But it's not easy.
191cm tall goalkeeper Wood, who scored in double digits for four consecutive seasons in the Premier League, added strength and height to the offensive line as he added as a wild card.
The role of our central defenders with an average height of 189 cm and the tallest 194 cm Tae-wook Jung is important.
[Jeong Tae-wook/Olympic soccer team defender: We know the players by watching Wood's video, and we want to show that we are not formidable during this match.] The
Taegeuk Warriors united in the determination to win a great victory from our first match There is.