As the Korean national soccer team has completed all the qualifying schedules for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, attention is focused on the best 11 to go to the final stage.
In the final qualifying round against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which ended on the 30th (Korean time) led by coach Paulo Bento, they lost 0-1 in the 10th match of Group A. With the defeat that day, Bentuho failed to pass the preliminary round undefeated and pass the group’s first place, but made it to the finals for the 10th time in a row and the 11th World Cup in his career.
There are still eight months left until the finals, but as the preliminary rounds were held, the outline of the Qatar-bound members was somewhat grasped. If we look at the final qualifier alone, there are 32 players who have stepped on the ground for even a minute during 10 matches. Of these, 15 players played in 5 or more matches.
The final entry for the World Cup is 23. Looking at the 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 formation, the front-line player Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux) and the left and right flanks Heung-min Son (from Tottenham, Chuncheon) and Hee-chan Hwang (from Wolverhampton, Chuncheon) are Bentoho It is the mainstay of the offensive line. They’ve always been called by Bento, except for injuries.
Hwang Ui-Jo played 8 matches in the final qualifying round (7 starts, 3 full-time matches). ‘Captain’ Heung-Min Son scored 4 goals in 7 matches (6 full-time matches). Heung-Min Son’s three final qualifier matches were all due to injuries. Hee-chan Hwang also scored one goal in 8 matches (7 starts, 6 full-time) except when injured.
As for the midfielders, Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hwang In-beom (Kizan), and Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd) are solidifying their move to Qatar. Jae-Sung Lee scored one goal in all 10 games (9 starts, 4 full-time). Hwang In-beom scored one goal in all eight games (5 full-time games) except for the last two games that were not played due to injury. Jung Woo-young could not play 3 games due to quarantine due to close contact with COVID-19 and accumulated warnings, but played full-time in 7 games. In addition, Kwon Chang-hoon (Kimcheon), who scored two goals in six final qualifying matches (3 starts, one full-time), is also likely to go to Qatar.
The central defenders are Kim Min-jae and Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan). Kim Min-jae started in all 10 games and played 8 full-time games. Kim Young-kwon played full-time in all eight matches. As for the left and right full-backs, Hong Chul (Daegu), who played in 5 matches (starting in 4 games, full-time in 3 games), and Lee Yong (Jeonbuk), who played in 7 games (full-time in 6 games), are leading the competition. The starting goalkeeper is Kim Seung-gyu (Kashiwa). Kim Seung-gyu wore goalkeeper gloves until the 9th game in the final qualifying round, and only passed the spot to Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan) against the UAE. Seunghwan Jeong