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At Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, South Korea is heading for Colombia on Friday afternoon. It is only a friendly international country, but both countries can use a victory. Both World Cup gangsters are not good in shape.
South Korea :
South Korea, the number 62 on the FIFA World Ranking, did qualify for the World Cup next year, but the Asian atmosphere is not the best. The only victory this year was a nipte 1-0 home victory in Syria in March. The six interlands then scored three matches and three defeats. Coach coach Shin Tae-yong is therefore under pressure. He took over the stick of German Uli Stielike in July, but has not been able to reverse the tide with two matches and two matches.
To end this series without victories by The Reds, Shin has attracted outside help. Spaniards Toni Grande and Javier Minano, former right-handers of Vicente del Bosque at Real Madrid, Besiktas and Spain, will assist Shin in the run-up to and at the World Cup in 2018. According to Shin, the selection against Colombia is the best in South Korea has to offer. In the previous two internationals against Russia (4-2 loss) and Morocco (3-1 loss), the Korean K-League was still in progress, so he had to improvise. This is not the case this time. Star players are of course Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) and Koo Ja-cheol (FC Augsburg). This super trio is supported by local vedettes like Lee Jae-sung (Jeonbuk) and Lee Keun-ho (Gangwon), both top candidates for winning the 2017 K-League Classic MVP. Shin had already wished to use Son as a deep spit. Son was the most scoring Asian in the history of the English Premier League last Sunday with twenty goals.
Colombia:
Like South Korea, Colombia is in turbulent waters. The South Americans were able to place themselves for the upcoming World Cup, but it was not very convincing. The fact that Los Cafeteros scored only 21 times in the South American World Cup qualifying in eighteen rounds speaks to pieces. “We have to turn the page around and focus fully on preparations for the World Cup,” said Mateus Uribe (America).
Colombia has made several big names at home for her Asian tour (the country plays a few days later in China). Amongst other reasons, Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco), David Ospina (Arsenal), Teofilo Gutierrez (Atletico Junior), Luis Muriel (Sevilla) and Santiago Arias (PSV) are not included. Their absence, however, offers opportunities for newcomers such as Aviles Hurtado (Monterrey) and Jefferson Lerma (Levante). Star player James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich) is also out of the game, because of his coach Jupp Heynckes, who’d rather seen the game maker just stayed in Munich: “Honestly, this is really crazy. James Rodriguez flies up and down to South Korea and China to play two games. Incomprehensibly, impossible things are asked of him on a psychological level. ” Coach Jose Pekerman does not make this new international period any new German friends, though he probably will not wake up.
South Korea vs Colombia head to head matches
15.01.05 FI Colombia South Korea 2 : 1
29.03.03 FI South Korea Colombia 0 : 0