‘UAE defeat’ coach Bento “Worst performance … Find a solution”

Korea loses 0-1 in the final match of the final qualifier… finish with 2nd place

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Korean national football team coach Paulo Bento admitted that he had “played a disappointing match” after suffering a painful loss in the final match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The Korean national team, led by coach Bentou, lost 1-0 to the UAE in the away match of Group A of the Asian region of the 2022 Qatar World Cup kicked off at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 29th (Korea time).

Bentuho, who has already qualified for the 10th consecutive World Cup, was determined to take first place in the group by defeating the UAE on that day and undefeated in the final qualifying round, but collapsed in the last game.

Korea, 29th in the FIFA ranking, suffered their first defeat in the final qualifier against the 69th UAE, and placed 2nd in the group (23 points, 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss) after Iran (25 points, 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss). confirmed

The UAE, which secured 3rd place in Group A by accumulating 12 points (3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses), will play a play-off (PO) with Australia, 3rd place in Group B.

It is the first time in 16 years since Korea lost to the UAE in a friendly match (0-1) in Dubai in January 2006.

Korea stopped winning six consecutive matches against the UAE, and their career record against the UAE was 13 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

In a press conference after the match, coach Bento admitted, “Today’s match was clearly our fault. In a way, the loss was justified.”

Korea took the lead with 77.1%-22.9% of ball possession that day, and took the lead in the number of shots 9 (2 shots on target)-5 (2 shots on target), but it did not produce results.

“We need to understand why today’s game is like this and find a solution to prevent the same from happening,” Bento said.

In particular, Korea failed to score a goal in 16 corner kicks that day, but Bento said that it was not simply a problem with set pieces.

“Set pieces are my last concern. We have scored in eight matches in the finals and only scored in the first leg and today. There are many other worries that we have to do to score,” he said. “I didn’t do anything to score today. It’s not the set pieces that I’m worried about right now,” he said firmly.

Coach Bento said, “I told you that we can play with a system that is different from the system that the UAE has shown. It seems that our players didn’t have that much ambition and motivation. They couldn’t show the same image as before, and they paid a great price.”

He continued, “It’s a fair victory for the opponent. I have a responsibility too, but I feel responsible and need to reflect on what we did today. What do we want to do in the future, what we want to do like today, or 5 days ago against Iran (Korea 2-0 win) ), you have to think about whether you want to show the same image.”

The Bentu, who swallowed the regret, should remember the bitterness of the day and prepare for the World Cup finals in November.

When asked about what needs to be improved, coach Bento emphasized ‘spiritual power’.

He said, “The appearance we showed today is not what we have done so far. It was the worst performance. Not only the result, but also the performance and attitude are disappointing. We lost first place in the group in the last match of the qualifiers.” “It was not normal. It was a kind of ‘signal’. “If you don’t understand this well, problems may arise in the future.”

boin@yna.co.kr

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