The Asian Cup is about to begin. Recently, the father of South Korean national football captain Son Heung-cho was interviewed by the media and talked a lot about the South Korean national football team, the Japanese men's football team and the Asian Cup. There are many points of view that are still very humble.
For example, he insisted that his son was not yet a world-class player, and that South Korea was not as invested in football as Japan and therefore could not win the Asian Cup.
Among them, he mentioned an important information, the South Korean national football team has not won the Asian Cup for 64 years!
This is somewhat different from our impression of Korean football. If you think about it, there are three perceptual understandings:
国足一直没能越过韩国队导致认识偏差
Xiaobian has been watching football since the 90s of the last century, and the national team has "Koreanophobia". Although I always felt that the gap with the South Korean team was not big at that time, I couldn't win the game! After entering 2010, the gap between the Chinese and South Korean teams gradually widened, resulting in a higher evaluation of the South Korean national football team!
If you think about it carefully, if you look at it from the perspective of the South Korean national football team, it can be said that the South Korean team has not made significant progress over the decades. A few decades ago, it was in the top three in Asia, and it is now in the top three in Asia. It's just that the strength of the national football team has declined, which has led to an increase in our praise for the Korean team!
日本足球确实领先亚洲一个身位
When anyone evaluates their own achievements, there is always a benchmark against which they meet. The target of Korean football in Asia is the Japanese team, so there is always a feeling of "inferiority" in all aspects, and a sense of urgency that the gap is widening, which is also the attitude that should be there!
If you consider that the South Korean team has not won the Asian Cup in 64 years, there is a feeling in South Korea that "a pot of water can't be boiled", which is also very normal and rational.
韩国的眼界范围内已经没有国足
When it comes to the Asian men's football team, Japan, South Korea, Isaao are the first group without controversy. The national football team is probably in the second or third group, and the first group does not have the complacent mentality of facing the second or third group leading!