“There are players who played together at Gimcheon.”

The South Korean national soccer team, led by head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, 59, convened at Hotel Lotte Busan at 3 p.m. on Dec. 12. The team held an open training session at Gudeok Sports Center on the 12th, and then began the second day of training at 10:30am on the 13th.

Park Ji-soo (29, Portimonense) spoke to the media before the training session about the absence of Kim Young-kwon (33, Ulsan) and Kim Min-jae (27, Napoli), who were not called up.

Kim Young-kwon and Kim Min-jae are two of the main center backs for the national team and have worked well together in goal, but they are currently not in the squad.

Kim was granted a special exemption from military service after winning gold at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and was transferred to the arts and sports staff. As such, he must undergo three weeks of basic military training. According to Kim Min-jae’s side, he will enter the training center for basic military training on the 15th.

Main defender Kim Young-kwon is out with a hamstring injury and World Cup member Cho Yoo-min (27, Daejeon) was not named due to a knee injury.

The current squad includes Park Ji-soo, who was dropped just before the World Cup due to injury, and Jung Seung-hyun (29, Ulsan), who replaced Kwon Kyung-won with an ankle injury. Kim Joo-sung (23), who has been playing well for FC Seoul recently, is also a new addition.

Park said, “Kim Joo-sung and Jung Seung-hyun played together at Gimcheon. We know how they want to play. I don’t have to worry about it,” he said, adding that he was confident that Kim and Kim Min-jae’s absence wouldn’t be too much of a blow as they were included in the squad alongside players they played with at Gimcheon Sangmu.

Park Ji-soo, who joined Gimcheon in June 2021, was in charge of Gimcheon’s defense until December 2022. Park played alongside Kim Joo-sung and Jung Seung-hyun for a year, and they had a good synergy, winning the K League 2 title.

Park Kyu-hyun (22), who plays for SG Dynamo Dresden in Germany, was also called up for the first time. Primarily a flanker, Park can also play as a central defender and defensive midfielder.메이저사이트

“As you know, he’s a good player,” said Park Ji-soo, who has been training with Park Kyu-hyun. “Yesterday, a lot of players were doing recovery training. I tried it for a short time, but it was a good match,” he said, adding that he had good chemistry with Park.

He continued, “I saw Kyu-hyun for the first time last week. I thought he was older because his face is similar to mine, but I was surprised to see him so young. He has a personality and is getting along well,” he said, predicting a good synergy.