Coach Hwang Sun-hong said, "We will team up with Bahrain, Thailand and Kuwait to play the group stage with the goal of winning first place."
“I will play the group stage with the goal of first place.”
Coach Hwang Seon-hong said this through the Korea Football Association right after the draw ceremony for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China on the 27th (Korean time). While he had repeatedly stated his goal of winning the gold medal, he expressed his determination to start off smoothly from the group stage.
The Hangzhou Asian Games men's soccer team (hereafter Hwang Seon-hong), led by coach Hwang, accepted an easy grouping while belonging to Group E along with Bahrain, Thailand and Kuwait. In particular, they avoided the toughest opponents, Saudi Arabia and Iran, in Pots 2 and 3.
Coach Hwang said, "From now on, we will have to figure out information about the opponent, but all the countries we meet in the group stage are at the same level." I will play the group stage with the goal of winning.”
When asked about the winning candidate or the country he is wary of, Hwang said, “Japan and Uzbekistan have strengths. In the Middle East, there is Saudi Arabia,” he said. “I think I will probably compete with those countries for the championship. I will focus on preparing for each game.”
Lastly, Director Hwang said, “The first step is to analyze the power of the countries to be met. All countries are competitive. We have to prepare well,” he said. “We are planning a short convocation training in August, and we plan to gather as a full group in September to prepare.”
Meanwhile, a total of 23 countries were divided into 6 groups at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Three countries entered only Group D, and four countries were assigned to the remaining five groups (Groups A, B, C, E, F). A total of 16 countries will win the tournament by adding the 4 best performing countries out of the 12 countries ranked 1st and 2nd in each group and 3rd place.
Originally, according to the rules of the tournament, players under the age of 23 (U-23) participated, but it was postponed for one year due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), so it was upgraded to under 24 years old (U-24). Of the total of 22 final entries, there are three wild cards that can be drawn regardless of age restrictions, as before.
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