Lee Kang-in and Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) will face off for the 4th time this season.
The soccer team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann will play a friendly match A against Uruguay at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8:00 pm on the 28th. It is a return match to be held in about four months after last year’s Qatar World Cup group stage match.
With the Uruguay match concluded, Lee Kang-in and Valverde, who have already clashed three times this season, have a chance to face each other again.
Uruguay, where most of the key players were absent, summoned key midfielder Valverde normally during this A match. Valverde showed off his best form by scoring the opening goal in the 38th minute of the first half against Japan on the 24th. It is very likely that he will also play in the match against Korea.
Their head-to-head record this season is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
In the first match, the 5th round of La Liga last September, Valverde laughed first. Lee Kang-in helped Bedat Muriki’s opening goal with a sharp pass, but Valverde fired a fantastic mid-range shot to tie the score.
It was Valverde’s first win as Real scored three more goals to win 4-1.
The second match was the first leg of the group stage of the Qatar World Cup, which I mentioned earlier.
At the time, Valverde, who started as a central midfielder, had a hard time being blocked by the national team’s midfield consisting of Jung Woo-young, Hwang In-beom, and Lee Jae-seong.
In particular, as the 0-0 balance continued, he could not hide his impatient heart, and caused controversy with a radical ceremony of punching after a radical tackle at Lee Kang-in, who came in as a substitute in the second half. There was an evaluation that it was an act to boost team morale, but there was also a counterargument that he looked down on Lee Kang-in and acted too threateningly in front of him.
Lee Kang-in laughed in the league match last February, which was the third confrontation. Mallorca won 1-0 and Lee Kang-in played 78 minutes to help win.
Lee Kang-in showed a fantastic de-pressurization and stirred Real midfield. 토토사이트
However, in the 19th minute of the second half of the game, Lee Kang-in was tackled deeply by Valverde and fell to the ground, almost leading to a serious injury.
In particular, Valverde did an embarrassing thing with a smirk instead of being sorry after the tackle.
The two players, who laughed at each other once, have their final confrontation in front of their eyes. Attention is focused on the final confrontation of the season between the two players who created a story one by one every time they meet.
Korea and Uruguay ended up tied 0-0 in the match.