On November 24, local time, the first round match between Uruguay and South Korea in Group H of the 2022 Qatar World Cup group match was held at the Education City Stadium in Doha, Qatar. In the end, Uruguay drew with South Korea 0:0.
The picture shows Korea's No. 19 Kim Young-kwon (right) and Uruguay's No. 11 Darwin Nunes fighting in the match.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
(Qatar World Cup) Reporter's Notes: South Korea vs. Uruguay, the "Super League Time" in the World Cup?
China News Agency, Doha, November 25th: South Korea vs. Uruguay, the World Cup has a "Super League time"?
China News Agency reporter Xing Chong
On the 24th, the battle between Korea and Uruguay was staged at the Education City Stadium in Qatar. There were billboards of Chinese companies on the sidelines and old Chinese football acquaintances on the field.
This originally goalless and somewhat dull duel has attracted the attention of many Chinese people because of the strong "Chinese Super League elements". 7 people are directly related to the Chinese Super League.
The head coach of the Uruguay team, Diego Alonso, is the most eye-catching. The 47-year-old marshal is dressed in a neat suit, a dark tie, and a watch that is very valuable and can show his net worth.
Fifteen years ago, he was a high-spirited foreign player of the Shanghai Shenhua Club in the Chinese Super League. Together with his two compatriots, he called Uruguay the "three foreign guns" in the Chinese Super League.
On November 24, local time, the first round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Group H match between Uruguay and South Korea was held at the Education City Stadium in Doha, Qatar. In the end, Uruguay drew with South Korea 0:0.
The picture shows Uruguay's No. 17 Mathias Wiener (left) in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
The coach of the South Korean team is the Portuguese Paulo Bento, and his violent temper remains unchanged, just like when he briefly coached Chongqing Lifan Club in China in 2018.
During stoppage time, the South Korean team was unable to attack for a long time. Paulo Bento was emotional on the bench and seemed to express his dissatisfaction. He was shown a yellow card by the referee. He also became the first coach to receive a yellow card in this World Cup.
If such a "Chinese Super League memory" is not "deep" enough, let's look at the players on the field.
Kim Young-kwon, Kim Min-jae, and Jung You-young, who made their debut for the South Korean team, all played for Chinese Super League clubs. Facing Uruguay, the two-time cup champion with better cards, the South Korean team managed to keep the goal, largely thanks to these players. The effective limit of the old players in the Super League.
For example, Kim Young-gwon and Kim Min-jae, as central defender partners, built an iron gate for the team. When the team switched from offense to defense, the tall Zheng Yourong was another defensive barrier.
Sun Junhao, who came off the bench in the second half, even completed the debut of an active Chinese Super League player in this World Cup.
After he joined the Shandong Taishan team last year, he helped the team win the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup double championship that year. He is considered to be at a relatively high level in physical fitness, vision, and passing accuracy.
Although he played only 20 minutes in this game, it is obvious that he played a certain role in consolidating the South Korean team's defense.
On November 24, Beijing time, in the first round of the first round of Group H of the World Cup group stage, Uruguay's match against South Korea officially started.
In this game, both sides missed many good opportunities to score goals, and Uruguay even hit the goal frame twice. In the end, the two teams exchanged a goalless draw and shook hands.
The picture shows No. 7 Sun Xingmin (red) of the Korean team breaking through with the ball in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
If you add Quan Jingyuan on the bench-the defender who played for Tianjin Quanjian Club in the Chinese Super League in 2017, and chose to return to South Korea because of military service-there are 5 members of the South Korean team who have "love in the Super League".
Although the Uruguayan team on the other side has no players who have played in the Super League, many stars, including veteran Cavani and captain Godin, have had contact with the Super League team.
No wonder some colleagues said with a smile that the World Cup has finally entered the "Super League time".
Since the 2018 World Cup in Russia, there have been a lot of jokes. For example, except for the national football team, other Chinese elements have gone to the World Cup.
When Saudi Arabia and Japan reversed World Cup champions Argentina and Germany 2:1, and when South Korea managed to keep a score against Uruguay, which has more football background, Chinese reporters and Chinese fans were left with more sighs.
The appearance of old Chinese Super League players and newcomers in the World Cup will inevitably evoke the memories of the Chinese people.
After the game ended, the reporter met a Chinese fan in the crowd, and he almost knew these Chinese Super League stories at his fingertips.
He said that in fact, fans most want to see the appearance of "native Chinese Super League players" in the World Cup, and everyone is looking forward to this day.
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