The South Korean women’s national soccer team, led by head coach Colin Bell, will play in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which will kick off on the 20th. The Korean national team will go beyond the round of 16 and challenge for the first time in its history. 스포츠토토핫 The national team, which made its first World Cup appearance at the 2003 U.S. Games, advanced to the round of 16 with its first World Cup victory at the 2015 Canadian Games, which returned to the finals for the first time in 12 years. At the 2019 French Games, he drank a bitter glass of elimination with all three losses in the group stage. This is why attention is being paid to how Bellho, which has been tempered for nearly four years, will bear fruit.
Competition has intensified since this tournament, with the number of participating teams increasing from 24 to 32. Previously, four of the six teams in the third place in each group have reached the round of 16, but now only second place can get tournament tickets.
South Korea, ranked 17th in the FIFA rankings, will play the group stage against Colombia (25th), Morocco (72nd) at 11 a.m. on the 25th, and Germany (2nd) at 7 p.m. on the 3rd of next month. The match against Colombia is actually a watershed for advancing to the round of 16. Germany is considered the strongest team in Group H, but recently lost 2-3 to Zambia (77th) in the warm-up match. South Korea played two warm-up matches against Zambia in April and won 5-2, 5-0. It is not a mountain that Germany cannot overcome, but if South Korea scores three points in its first game, the road ahead will be much easier.
The national team stands out in the balance between young blood with passion and veterans with extensive international experience. Of the 23 finalists, 14 have experienced the World Cup finals. In addition, four people born in the 2000s will help. Ace’ Ji So-yeon (32, Suwon FC), Cho So-hyun (35, Tottenham), Jungmi Kim (39), Kim Hye-ri (33), Lim Sun-joo (33, Incheon Hyundai Steel), Lee Geum-min (29, Brighton), and Lee Young-joo (31, Madrid CFF) will burn their official records.
Ji So-yeon, who scored the most 67 goals in 145 Korean men’s and women’s A matches, is dreaming of her best performance ever in her third World Cup. Park Eun-sun (37, Seoul City Hall), a tall striker who has been a turbulent player, is also drawing attention. Although he has not been able to wear the Taegeuk mark for a while due to injuries, he has been appointed since June last year and will be on the World Cup finals for the third time in eight years. Park Eun-sun, who has excellent goal determination, dreams of scoring her first World Cup goal in her life.
Among young people, Casey Eugene Fair (16, PDA), the youngest ever to be included in the final list, is expected to perform well. If Pair, the first mixed-race player in women’s soccer history, participates in the game, it will be the first time in Korean men’s and women’s soccer. Chun Garam (Hwacheon KSPO), who was born in 2002 and earned the nickname “Chunmeshi” for his impressive performance at the U20 World Cup in August last year, is also expected to perform.
Candidates for the championship include the U.S., the No. 1 FIFA ranking, which will try to win three consecutive tournaments and five career titles, as well as Germany, England (4th), France (5th), and Spain (6th). The “Last Dance” of living world legends is also eye-catching. Marta (37, Orlando), Brazil’s best goalkeeper who scored 115 goals in 174 A matches, is the sixth World Cup and virtually the last tournament. Starting with the 2003 U.S. Games, he scored 17 goals in five tournaments, setting the record for the most goals scored in the men’s and women’s World Cup, but he was not related to winning. Soccer fans are paying keen attention to whether Marta, who was selected for the national team even during the injury, will be able to relieve his resentment.
It is the fourth World Cup for Meghan Lapino (38, OL Lane), the best midfielder in the U.S., the strongest women’s soccer league. He announced his retirement at the end of this year. Rapino, the spiritual leader of the U.S. national team, has scored 63 goals in 199 A matches.