In the East Asian Cup, South Korea and Japan met and suffered a fiasco, losing 0-3, and Bento's Taiji Tiger did not win the championship. On the other hand, the Japanese team, after 9 years to win the championship again, it is very amazing that the recent Japanese team and the South Korean team have played 3 times, each game, is played out of the 3-0 score, a total of 9-0, which makes the Korean media Grumpy, think that it is not as good as the Chinese team's defense is excellent, at present, Japanese football in East Asia has been unique, the Korean team has been unable to break the wrist with the opponent!
After losing to the Japanese team again, the Korean media was very pessimistic and self-deprecating, "The nickname of the Korean team is Taiji Tiger, but in the face of the Japanese team, it has become a docile cat." "It is true that during the round of 12, the South Korean team performed very strongly, entering the World Cup.
Against most opponents in Asia, the South Korean men's team can walk sideways, but only against Japan, the South Korean team often drops the chain, in the East Asian Cup, the South Korean team lost a 0-3, in the friendly match on March 25, 2021, the South Korean team also lost 0-3. If you count the U23 Asian Cup, Japan swept South Korea 3-0, then the last 3 Korea-Japan matches, Japan are the winners, each game is a 3-0 win, a total of 9-0. Don't forget, the Korean women's football team against the Japanese women's football team, also lost a 1-2, Korean football is still the role of the loser. Such a gap has left the Korean media with no place to look at themselves, they believe that Japanese football is already far ahead of South Korean football.
3 consecutive defeats, conceded 9 goals, 0 goals, the South Korean team set a record of 2 major humiliations, which made them unable to lift their heads, South Korean media pointed out that the South Korean team's backline, missing Kim Hyun-jae, is simply a mess, not as tenacious as the Chinese team, after all, the latter forced the Japanese team to draw 0-0. Of course, the Japanese team played the national football team, sent out the substitutes in the bench, they are still light enemies, think that the 3 points are stable, against the South Korean team, the Second ranked Japanese team in Asia is going all out to win, and the players will work very the field.
So is such a South Korean team really hopeless in the World Cup? You know, at that time, the South Korean team will be in the same group as portugal, Uruguay and Ghana, and the competition will be very fierce. South Korean media pointed out that the South Korean team played badly against Japan, if you want to produce good results in the World Cup, you need to count on overseas league players like Son Heung-min, at that time, the South Korean team will show different combat effectiveness.