A duel of contrasts this Monday between South Korea, which has never won its second World Cup match in ten appearances, and Ghana, which has not kept a clean sheet in any of its last eight matches in the great universal tournament. An appointment at the Ciudad de la Educación stadium to see if Son and Iñaki Williams rebel and are capable of leading their countries to success in a group where Portugal and Uruguay started as favourites.
The tireless Asians have already shown their candidacy to get one of the two places that give access to the crossing of eighths. Their draw on the opening day against Diego Alonso’s veteran and aggressive Uruguayans had its merits and allows them to continue to be full of energy in Qatar. Much more pressure for the Africans, because if they don’t win they have all the numbers to be eliminated. If they lose they fall for sure and if they tie it’s time to take account.
The team led by Otto Addo appears highly demanded after being defeated in a great match against Portugal (3-2) due to goals in the second half from three figures such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Félix and Rafael Leao. In his World Cup debut, the lion Iñaki Williams couldn’t even shoot on goal and wasted a great chance in the final stretch. He confirmed that he is not doing very well so far with Ghana. Despite his good work with Athletic, with five goals this season, he has yet to score for his country in four games. He needs Ghana to take a step forward in this World Cup and Iñaki himself demands it to vindicate himself in the planetary event.
On the first day there was no good news for Son either, the great South Korean star who has his entire country pending since he suffered an orbital fracture three weeks ago with Tottenham. He is the best South Korean footballer in history, endorsed with 107 games and 35 goals in his team, but it is very difficult to perform well if one is at serious risk of damaging the eye area. His coach, the Portuguese Paulo Bento, assumes this situation as normal, who continues to trust Son for quality, experience and leadership.
logical difficulties
In the 0-0 draw against Celeste, Son was unable to exercise his role as a decisive player, but he did show during the 90 minutes that he improves his modest but courageous team when the ball passes through his boots. Logical because he is an excellent player who with the ‘Spurs’ has materialized 136 goals and 69 assists in 334 games.
“We are not worried. It is natural that he had some difficulty in the first game. He has had a period of adaptation to his own mask, first with contact with his teammates in training and then with rivals. This Monday’s game will be different. He has already played the entire process against Uruguay and we will seek to do things better as a team so that he can exploit his best qualities, “said Paulo Bento, his coach, at the press conference this Sunday.
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