Lee Kang-in, The ‘Center’ of Korean Soccer

Lee Kang-in, the ‘center’ of Korean soccer… 3 goals, 1 assist in 2 consecutive October A matches

Lee Kang-in "Promised free kick... Vietnam's number  17 player requests uniform exchange"

Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) was completely reborn as a central player in the future of Korean soccer through two consecutive international matches in October.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), scored a goal and won 6-0 in an evaluation match against Vietnam held at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in Gyeonggi-do on the 17th.

Lee Kang-in scored the team's fifth goal in the 25th minute of the second half of this game. 카지노

In the 25th minute of the second half, Lee Kang-in received a pass from Son Heung-min (Tottenham) near the penalty arc and entered the penalty area with a simple dribble.

He hit a powerful left-footed shot in front of the goal, shaking the net.

When the ball hit the left goal post and hit the bottom corner of the goal, Lee Kang-in clenched his fists and roared.

Previously, Lee Kang-in took on the corner kick kicker in the 5th minute of the first half and helped Korea score its first goal.

Lee Kang-in's sharp corner kick from the right corner stretched out like a clothesline and headed toward Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) in front of the goal, and the ball jumped up and hit Kim Min-jae's left shoulder and went straight into the goal post.

On this day, Lee Kang-in faithfully played his role in the attack, showing off his outstanding foot skills and accurate kick ability.

In the 34th minute of the first half, from a free kick near the right side, he aimed for the goal with a left-footed kick, but the ball crossed the Vietnamese defense wall and missed the goal by just a piece of paper.

He also created space by stirring up Vietnam's dense defense with Son Heung-min so that his fellow players could score.

Not only did he attack, but he also actively participated in defense, preventing him from conceding a goal.

Lee Kang-in even went down to the fullback position against Vietnam, which counterattacked after a tight defense, and put strong pressure on the opponent and blocked the cross.

Lee Kang-in, who recorded 1 goal and 1 assist, accumulated a whopping 4 attack points with a total of 3 goals and 1 assist in the two-game A match in October.

After appearing as a starter in the match against Tunisia on the 13th, he replaced Moon Seon-min in the 45th minute of the second half and played 90 minutes, and played full-time in the match against Vietnam.

It appears that the modifier ‘the future of Korean soccer’ has been thrown away and it has completely established itself as the ‘present of Korean soccer’.

In the match against Tunisia, he scored his debut goal in the A match and led Korea to a 4-0 win with multiple goals after being thrown out.

In this game, Lee Kang-in scored his first goal of the international match, which he knew to be unstoppable, with his patented precise left-footed shot from a free kick situation in the 10th minute of the second half.

Then, in the 12th minute of the second half, he fell while competing for the ball with the opposing defense in the penalty area, but got up immediately, stole the ball, turned around, and scored an additional goal with a left-footed shot.

Lee Kang-in, who met with reporters in the common reporting area after the game, said, "I'm happy to win.

I'm grateful to my teammates who played hard. I'm not a goal scorer, so I always try to provide assists, but I'm glad I was able to (record an attack point that day)."

“He expressed his feelings.

Lee Kang-in, who showed a corner kick targeting Kim Min-jae's head in two consecutive games following the Tunisia game, said, "During training, I first decided on the area where I would place the cross, and I think I went into that position well."

“I will do my best to score a goal,” he pledged.

Lee Kang-in, who joined the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games team last month, has already been away from his team, Paris Saint-Germain, for over a month.

Lee Kang-in said, "My physical condition is similar to usual.

I may or may not be able to play a lot of games after returning to the team, but I don't know what the situation will be yet."

He added, "I will always do my best and show the best performance in good physical condition."

“I will try my best,” he said, predicting his performance in his team.

Regarding why Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), who has been with him since the Asian Games, was particularly happy when he scored Korea's sixth goal, he said, "We have been together for a month already, and he has been a close friend since we were kids, and it is because we are looking to a higher place together and keep moving forward.

“It’s the same,” he said, looking back.

After the big win against Tunisia, captain Son Heung-min said, "The players played so well that I thought they might not even need me," to which Lee Kang-in said, "There is good synergy (with Son Heung-min) and it is helpful to the team, so we will play in many games in the future."

“We will work together and bring good results,” he said.

‘World Class’ Lee Kang-in, who also received a request for a uniform exchange from a Vietnamese player, said with a grin, “The player who requested the uniform was the number 17 player (of Vietnam).”