On July 11, Beijing time, South Korean national team coach Bento announced the list of 26ers for the South Korean men's football team to compete in the East Asian Cup, and Sun Junhao, who was injured in the latest round of the Chinese Super League, is still on the list, in addition to Kwon Kyung-won, Kim Young-kwon and other old Chinese Super League players. The roster of the South Korean team is mainly K-league players and players playing in the Asian League, but the absolute adult national team, only Hwang In-fan plays for the Russian team Rubin Kazan.
The South Korean Football Association previously announced that it will announce the list of the East Asian Cup on July 11, but this list will not recruit big-name Players in Europe, including Son Heung-min, who have passed the inspection of coach Bento in advance and will enter the World Cup list.
The list of players participating in the East Asian Cup is subject to Bento's final examination to determine whether he can represent South Korea in the World Cup. In the warm-up match in June, Sun Junhao did not accept the call-up, and after consultation between Taishan and the Korean Football Association, it was decided that Sun Junhao would not participate in the training camp in June, but would rush to the East Asian Cup in July, so the East Asian Cup list, Sun Junhao was impressively listed.
However, in the 10th round of the Chinese Super League on July 10, Sun Junhao was injured in the opening 10 minutes, and sun Junhao has arrived in Hangzhou and will return to South Korea tomorrow, whether he can represent the Korean team in the East Asian Cup, medical examination is needed, from the current situation, Sun Junhao's prospects for participating in the East Asian Cup are not optimistic.
In addition to Sun Junhao, former Chinese Super League foreign aides such as Kim Young-kuen and Kwon Kyung-won, who have previously played in the Chinese Super League, are also on the list and will accept Bento's investigation whether they can enter the World Cup list. Players including Kim Jin-so, Hong Zhe, Baek Seung-ho and other players familiar to Chinese fans are also on the list, and the forwards are Cao Guicheng and Cao Yongxu.
According to the East Asian Cup schedule, the South Korean team will face the national football selection team in the first round on July 20, the second round against the Hong Kong football team on July 24, and the host team Japan in the final round.