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From now on, let's talk with soccer team defender Kim Young-kwon.

hello.

Thank you for your hard work.



[Anchor: It must have been really hard, but how is your body?]



[Kim Young-kwon/National soccer team defender: I think my body is a little less tired because I feel good.]



Q. A warm welcome crowd, did you expect?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer national team defender: We said that after we returned with the results we wanted, we would still be warmly welcomed, but we didn't know that so many people would come out.

Rather, I think it's the part I'm really grateful for.]



Q. 'Miracle Man' Kim Young-kwon, did you foresee a goal?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: My friends contacted me a lot that day and said, 'I think you're going to do something today', my friends.

I went out with only the thought that I really shouldn't score, but I think another good chance came in that game and led to the goal.]



Q. After the match against Portugal, how do you feel, "It will work, believe me"?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: We really put more effort than 100%, and even though we did this, we thought that it really made no sense to drop out of the preliminary round, so we told the players to believe that we would definitely go up. I think I said that because I wanted to say something.]



Q. Reenactment of 'Sliding Ceremony'...

who suggested?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: I think Hee-chan talked at first.

I must have grown up watching the 2002 World Cup, and I think it started because everyone said let's do it together.

(There was a commemorative uniform with the number 100 written on it in the locker room ahead of the match against Brazil, right?) I went in at first, but I was a bit emotional.

Because I couldn't believe that it was already 100 games, and it shouldn't end like this, but I thought that it couldn't end like this, and I thought that our players not giving up was the most important thing, actually.]



Q. Captain from the side Who is Son Heung-min?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: It was very sad.

It was pitiful, and it must have been really difficult to play in a situation where the bones weren't attached well yet, but I think I was very grateful that they did their best.

(Son Heung-min showed signs of being sick after playing, or was really in bad shape, did you have any such things when you saw him from the side?) But not only Heung-min, but all the players go back to the hotel after the game and have to eat. I had no energy, so I just ate with shaking hands.

I think I thought that this would be unfair if there were no results.]



Q. What kind of leader is Bento?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: The most important thing is that the coach trusts the player?

I think that was the biggest.

It may not be easy to go with a single coach for 4 years, but I think it should be like that.

Obviously, if that happens, I think I will get better grades than now.]



Q. Lastly, what would you say to the fans who supported you?



[Kim Young-kwon/Soccer team defender: During the World Cup, I really felt that the whole nation gathered and cheered like this, even when we went to Qatar.

If we really gained this hope, we will prepare well so that we can achieve better results in the future, so please continue to support us as much as we do now.

thank you.]