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The Korean national football team warmed up again today ahead of the round of 16 match against the strongest Brazil in the world.
Let’s find out more by connecting journalists from Doha, Qatar. Reporter Kim Dongmin!
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Yes, I’m in West Bay, Doha, where the Korea National Soccer Team is located.
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The national team recently unveiled the official line-up: how were the players?
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Yes, today our national team players unveiled around 30 minutes of official training. Most of all, the joy of the athletes who were able to enjoy the world festival more was felt on the training ground.
The national team will hold an official press conference against Brazil tonight at 22:15 our time, and coach Bento and Kim Jin-soo will appear.
Coach Bento will take charge of the players from the bench for the round of 16 against Brazil, as there are no further penalties due to his exit from Ghana in the last two games.
The playing field also changes. All three group stage matches were played at the Education Stadium, while the round of 16 will be played at Stadium 974.
It is a stadium built using 974 shipping containers, following the international telephone number of Qatar, 974.
The national team decided to take a break instead of visiting the stadium, so they didn’t visit the stadium beforehand.
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For us, if Kim Min-jae can compete, he will become a complete team. How did his condition look like?
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Yes, in today’s training, Kim Min-jae only cycled and did recovery training separately. I think we will have to wait until match day to see if we can compete against Brazil.
Our national team played a warm-up match at home against Brazil last June and lost 5-1.
Brazil were at their best then and our national team had Kim Min-jae sidelined through injury.
If Minjae Kim, the core of the defense, comes out, we will once again face Brazil with the best power.
Brazil, the biggest favorites in the event, have some injured players. Arsenal striker Jejus is missing, Sevilla left-back Teles and Juventus left-back Sandro are also injured, and only Sandru is said to be able to return.
Striker Neymar has also returned to training.
Even with the injuries, Brazil are also a world-class player in their reserve assets.
Brazil is in first place in the FIFA rankings and is the strongest team in the world that has won the World Cup five times.
Our players, who have already created miracles, are looking forward to preparing our team well and having a wonderful match without regrets.
This is YTN Kim Dong-min from Doha, Qatar.
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