I can't blame the weather for grass... Hong Myung-bo is hit by Kuwait under the best conditions

I can't blame the weather for grass... Hong Myung-bo is hit by Kuwait under the best conditions

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Away games are difficult. The grass conditions can be bad, and the climate is different from that of Korea.

However, Team Hong Myung-bo, who will play the fifth match of the third round qualifying round for the North-China World Cup against Kuwait at 11 p.m. on Saturday (Korea time), will play the match under the best conditions. We cannot blame the weather because of grass.

He visited Kuwait City's Jabeur Al Ahmad International Stadium on the 13th, the day before the game. A press conference was held at the venue, attended by head coach Hong Myung-bo and Hwang In-beom, and the national team later conducted official training.

As the Seoul World Cup Stadium, dubbed the holy site of Korean soccer, is embroiled in a controversy over the "Nondureung Lawn," Hong Myung-bo, who played a home game of the World Cup qualifying round last month at Mir Stadium in Yongin, will play the match against Kuwait at the "petty Lawn."

The grass at Jabeur Al Ahmed International Stadium was in really good condition even with the naked eye. The difference was clear compared to the Seoul World Cup Stadium, where the ground was dug up and the color changed yellow.

An official from the Korea Football Association said, "I have high expectations that European players who have recently improved their performance in their teams will be able to show off their skills on the good grass," adding, "The players are also very satisfied with the well-managed grass condition."

There is no heat wave unique to the Middle East. On Friday afternoon, when this reporter visited Korea, he felt chilly just wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt due to cool weather and gusty winds. On the day of the game on Friday, the weather was also around 23 degrees Celsius and humidity is low at kick-off time, so players are unlikely to experience difficulties in the weather.

At the press conference on the day, Kuwaiti reporters showed signs of giving meaning to Korea and its past records. One Kuwaiti journalist also pointed out to Hong Myung-bo that he had never beaten Kuwait while he was an active player. 바카라사이트

In fact, Hong had one win and two losses against Kuwait three times as a player. The team won 1-0 in the quarterfinals at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, but lost 0-1 in the group league and 0-2 in the 1996 Asian Cup in Hiroshima. "The situation is completely different now from when we were players," Hong said.

Kuwait, which used to be a powerhouse in the Middle East until the 1990s, went downhill when FIFA deprived Korea of its right to participate in international competitions for revising laws to allow the government to intervene in the administration of its sports organizations in 2015. Korea and Kuwait have 12 wins, four draws and eight losses, but Korea has recently shown a one-sided advantage with seven wins and one draw.