On the 19th, Kim Seung-gyu injured his cruciate ligament and Kim Jun-hong, who has experience calling up international matches, was called in.
The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), will replace Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabab), who retired due to injury, with Kim Jun-hong (Gimcheon Managing Director). According to the competition regulations, they are not selected as substitutes, but as practice partners.
On the 22nd, the Korea Football Association (KFA) said, “Kim Seung-gyu was discharged from the team today and will return to Korea. “When he returns home, he plans to undergo surgery and begin recovery and rehabilitation,” he said.
He continued, “Because there is quite a bit of competition left, it is difficult to train with two goalkeepers, so we called in Kim Jun-hong,” and “Kim Seung-gyu dropped out of the race due to injury, but according to competition regulations, it is impossible to register a replacement because the first match has passed. Accordingly, Kim Jun-hong is not selected as a replacement, but is called up as a practice partner. “He is not registered for the competition, so he will be seated in the stands rather than in the technical seat on match day,” he added.
Seung-gyu Kim suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a game played in training on the 18th. Accordingly, he only played in the first game against Bahrain, and from the second game against Jordan, Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan HD) wore the starting goalkeeper's gloves.
Kim Seung-gyu, who watched the Jordan game from the stands, is boarding a plane to Korea that day.
Kim Jun-hong, who is joining Klinsmann in place of Kim Seung-gyu, was called up to Klinsmann through the A-match in September and the A-match in October. He is a promising goalkeeper who contributed to Korea's semifinals at the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Argentina in June last year. He is yet to make his international debut.
Kim Jun-hong will join Klinsmann in a similar role to Oh Hyun-gyu (Celtic), who was with the team as a 'reserve player' during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Korea will play the third match of the group stage of the '2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup' against Malaysia on the 25th. 토토사이트
