There are concerns that the gap between Korean soccer and Japanese soccer continues to widen. In a big tournament like the World Cup, Korea’s bare face, which had been hidden for a while because Korea’s performance was better or similar, was revealed properly in the two A-matches in June (Peru on the 16th and El Salvador on the 20th).온라인카지노
Korea and Japan took turns facing the same opponents in the two warm-up matches, but the results were very different. Korea lost 0-1 to Peru and drew 1-1 with El Salvador. After defeating El Salvador 6-0, Japan defeated Peru 4-1. Aside from winning and losing, there was a bigger difference in goals and goals and losses, which are measures of performance. Even Jürgen Klinsmann (59), coach of the Korean national football team, admitted that “he started with a lot of homework, and he left a lot of homework.”
It is because it is not a matter of a day or two for Korean football to sigh over the results of the evaluation match. The number of times Korea and Japan faced the same opponent in one year alone reached six (Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, El Salvador). South Korea did not even win a match with 3 draws and 3 losses, but Japan did well with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
According to Opta, a sports statistics company, there is no big difference between Korea and Japan in terms of ball possession. Korea recorded an average of 56.7% in 6 games, while Japan recorded 53.4%.
While playing similar soccer, there was a big difference in expected goals (sum of expected goals by shooting) and expected goals (sum of expected goals by shots given to the opponent).
Korea suffered an average of 11 shots (4 shots on target) in 6 games, and suffered a crisis of 1.5 goals while playing a game where one goal was expected. Japan attempted an average of 13.3 shots (5.3 shots on target), creating a game where 2.2 goals were expected. The risk of conceding was also 0.8 goals, half of that of Korea.
Soccer experts diagnose that the difference between Korea and Japan comes from the level of build-up. It is said that although the foundation of build-up soccer was laid during the former national team coach Paulo Bento, there is an overall difference in the detailed tactics for finishing the attack and the skill level of the players.
Peru coach Juan Reynos, who alternately faced Korea and Japan, said, “Korea was able to cope well by focusing on vertical play. Japan is a team whose players frequently change positions based on high ball possession to find space,” he said.
It is fortunate that Korea has found areas where it is lacking compared to Japan in the evaluation match and realized the direction to advance to the Asian Cup in January next year. It is expected that the first step will be to raise loose organization and slow team speed.
SBS commentator Jang Ji-hyeon said, “It has been four months since Korea changed to the Klinsman system, while Japan needs to consider that director Moriyasu Hajime is maintaining continuity.”
Acknowledging the situation in which they could not help but be compared to Japan, the players promised to produce different results in the A match in September.
Captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) said, “It is difficult to take off the clothes (tactics) that Bento has been wearing for four years. If I took a step or two closer (to coach Klinsman’s new tactics) in the two convocations, I will show a little more progress in the next convocation.”