Jürgen Klinsmann’s first win in charge of Korea Republic remained elusive after suffering an unexpected blow.
Korea Republic men’s national team lost 1-0 against Peru in a friendly staged at Busan Asiad Main Stadium on Friday. Bryan Reyna’s opening goal on 11 minutes turned out to be the difference between the sides, with the South Americans holding a 2-1 advantage over the hosts in their head-to-head records. The Taegeuk Warriors will take on El Salvador in another friendly to take place in Daejeon on Tuesday.
It is fair to say that this squad was selected by the coach himself for the first time, considering the fact that he inherited virtually the same squad that had taken part in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 when he took over prior to the series of friendlies with Colombia and Uruguay in March. He has chosen these 25 men after closely monitoring the pool players in domestic and foreign leagues in the meantime, whilst calling up some new faces to fill the void in defence and midfield left by injured players. .....
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