Enlarge Image
Coach Paulo Bento took out the 'Lee Kang-in selection' card in the game against Portugal.
The name of Lee Kang-in (Mallorca) was included in Korea's list of players announced an hour before the final third game of Group H between Korea and Portugal in the 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage.
Previously, Lee Kang-in, who was substituted in the second half in succession in the first match against Uruguay (0-0 draw) and the second match against Ghana (2-3 loss), experienced the first World Cup selection.
It is the first time Bento has put Lee Kang-in in the starting lineup since the Korea-Japan match (0-3 loss) in March last year.
Lee Kang-in came on as a substitute in the 12th minute of the second half when Korea was trailing 0-2 in the game against Ghana, and assisted Cho Kyu-seong (Jeonbuk)'s pursuit goal in one minute.
Cho Kyu-seong, who became the first Korean player to score a multi-goal in the World Cup against Ghana, will start for two consecutive matches.
Enlarge Image
'Ace' Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) are placed on the left and right of the second line of attack.
In-Beom Hwang (Olympiacos) and Woo-Young Jung (Al Sadd) are responsible for the midfield.
On the four-back defense line from left are Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk), Kwon Gyeong-won (Gamba Osaka), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), and Kim Moon-hwan (Jeonbuk), and Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabaab) wears the goalkeeper gloves.
Kim Min-jae (Naples), who started in the first and second matches one after another, was eventually excluded from the starting list for the Portugal match due to a right calf injury sustained in the match against Uruguay.