You’ve been pushing yourself so hard that you’re exhausted. Even a cold can’t stop him. Hwang Sun-hong, the new coach, sets sail again.
The Olympic team, led by Hwang, will convene in Icheon for a one-day match. On June 16, the team will prepare for the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar. The tournament will serve as the final qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The U-23 Asian Cup will feature 16 teams, with the top three qualifying directly to the Olympic Games, while the fourth-placed team will play a playoff against the fourth-placed team from the African qualifiers. South Korea is in Group B and will face the UAE (Nov. 16), China (Nov. 19), and Japan (Nov. 22). South Korean soccer will be trying to qualify for its 10th consecutive Olympic Games since the 1988 Seoul Games.
As the temporary ‘fireman’ in charge of the A team, Hwang has succeeded in his mission to get the team back on track and win. Hwang didn’t take any time off and went straight back to work with the Olympic team. After returning home from Thailand on Nov. 27, Hwang went to the arrival site of the Olympic team, which won the 2024 West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U-23 Championship, on Nov. 28 to meet the players. With Myung Jae-yong at the helm, 카지노사이트 the Olympic team defeated Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Australia to win the tournament. Hwang immediately traveled with his coaching staff to Mochae to work on the final roster. They held marathon meetings overnight. Although Hwang had already seen the games from the WAFF U-23 Championship, he reviewed them with his coaching staff on the ground and made his selections.
Most of the final roster, which was unveiled on March 29, consisted of players from the WAFF U-23 Championship.
Among the overseas players called up were Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic), Kim Min-woo (Dusseldorf) and Sang-bin (Minnesota). As the U-23 Asian Cup is not an official FIFA A-Match, teams cannot be forced to call up players, so it was important for clubs to cooperate, and five players were called up. In particular, the addition of Jung Sang-bin, who missed the last WAFF U-23 Championship, will provide a big boost to the attacking lineup.
However, in the case of Bae Joon-ho and Yang Hyun-joon, there are still some variables in their call-ups. Bae Joon-ho has been playing so well that he picked up an assist in his first game after returning early at the request of his club, much to the chagrin of Hwang. The schedule for the overseas players will be decided later.
Other players who have been playing well in the K-League include Um Ji-sung (Gwangju), Kang Sung-jin (Seoul), Hwang Jae-won (Daegu), Jang Si-young (Ulsan), and Kim Jung-hoon (Jeonbuk). Kang Sang-yoon (Suwon FC) and Lee Jae-won (Cheonan) are new additions. The roster includes five members of last year’s U-20 World Cup quarterfinals in Argentina (Kim Ji-su, Bae Jun-ho, Kang Sung-jin, Kang Sang-yoon, Lee Young-joon), three gold medalists from the Hangzhou Asian Games 안전 토토사이트 (Kim Jung-hoon, Hwang Jae-won, Ahn Jae-joon), and two players who participated in the Asian Cup in January (Kim Ji-su, Yang Hyun-joon).
Of the 23-man roster, 18 players from the K League will train in Icheon from April 1-3. They will then depart for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on April 5 for a final tune-up in Dubai. On the 9th, they will play a practice match against a Middle Eastern team in the region before arriving in Doha on the 10th.