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All of our national teams played very hard at the Qatar World Cup, but there is one player who was especially eager for this stage.

This is Kim Jin-soo, who was unable to join the national team due to injury ahead of the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.



Reporter Lee Jung-chan listened to the story.



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For Kim Jin-soo, who was frustrated due to injury despite being selected in the final entry for the last two World Cups, the Qatar World Cup was a stage mixed with hope and dreams.



[I waited eight years.

It took a really long time.

Eight years.]



So the best moment was the first game against Uruguay.



[Kim Jin-soo/Soccer team defender: It was a time I waited for so long, and I think the most memorable moment for me was to enter the stadium and sing the national anthem and see my family watching.]



Bleeding from the mouth from colliding with an opponent player, right before the tournament The condition of the injured thigh deteriorated and even physical strength was exhausted, but



[Kim Jin-soo/Soccer national team defender: I thought really well with my head to try to block it somehow, but my body didn't move well.

Legs.]



I couldn't give up until the end.



[Kim Jin-soo/Soccer team defender: I think I was trying to get to the game anyway because there are so many players who wanted to come but couldn't.] I threw my



body to block world-class strikers, and actively broke through the side to get the second most crosses after Son Heung-min. I uploaded it.



The cross that helped Cho Kyu-seong's equalizer in the match against Ghana revealed that he made a scene he had thought of hundreds of times into a promised play, and



[Kim Jin-soo/soccer team defender: A cross that can buy time is a little more helpful to Kyu-seong.

In the case of Kyu-seong, he is tall, but his flight time is a bit long.]



Through the World Cup in Qatar, he was convinced that it was worth trying.



[Kim Jin-soo/Soccer team defender: I tried to do what I wanted or not, and I think the players gained a lot of confidence as a result.]



Kim Jin-soo was determined to continue his challenge to a higher place with the confidence he had accumulated in this way.



(Video coverage: Lee Byung-ju, video editing: Lee Jung-taek, CG: Kim Hong-shik)