With the addition of Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain, PSG), the next generation of Korean soccer, Klinsmann, who is aiming to win the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, has become a ‘complete team’.According to the Korea Football Association, Lee Kang-in arrived at the soccer team’s accommodation in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the morning of the 5th local time.Lee Kang-in will immediately participate in the team training scheduled for this afternoon.In this training, all 26 Klinsmann members will gather together and work together for the first time.Lee Kang-in played in the 2023 Tropez des Champions (French Super Cup) final (2-0 win) between PSG and Toulouse held at Parc des Princes in Paris, France the day before and boarded a plane to the UAE.
Lee Kang-in, who scored just 3 minutes into the game, led PSG to their 12th win.The Tropez des Champions is a ‘Super Cup’ match between the French Ligue 1 winner and the Coupe de France (French Cup) winner in the same season.Lee Kang-in, who postponed his joining with coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s permission to win the championship, headed to the UAE with the joy of winning.Klinsmann, joined by Lee Kang-in, will play a friendly match against Iraq at New York University Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE, at 10 p.m. on the 6th, Korean time.This match is the final test in preparation for the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup, which opens on the 12th.Korea has never won the Asian Cup since winning the first tournament in 1956 and the second tournament in 1960.This is because they were caught by the Middle East team on several occasions.In the 2019 UAE tournament, which was played under former coach Paulo Bento, Korea lost to Qatar in the quarterfinals and packed its bags.The national team, which will improve its organizational skills by experiencing local conditions such as the Middle East’s climate in Abu Dhabi, will move to Qatar, the ‘land of decisive battle’, on the 10th.Klinsmann, who is attempting to win the title for the first time in 64 years, was drawn into a group with two Middle Eastern teams at the Asian Cup.They compete against Jordan, 스포츠토토존 Bahrain and Malaysia in Group E.