Storm of Injuries Hits South Korea Ahead of the Indonesian National Team in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – The South Korean U-23 national team faces significant challenges ahead of their duel against Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

The young Taeguk Warriors squad was reportedly hit by a storm of injuries, since they were about to face Japan in the final qualifying match for Group A, last Monday (22/4/2024).

As is known, it is certain that the battle between the South Korean coaching duo will take place in the quarter-final phase of this edition of the AFC Asian Cup U-23.

The Indonesian U-23 national team created by Shin Tae-yong holds the status runner-up Group A must meet South Korea as the holder of the title of winner of Group B on Friday (26/4/2024) at 00.30 WIB.

This match is also an important moment that will determine the hopes of both countries advancing to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Teams that lock in a place in the semifinals will have greater opportunities to compete in sporting events multievent world's greatest.

Unfortunately, as reported by the official AFC website, the South Korean U-23 National Team is actually haunted by big challenges following the storm of injuries that is currently hitting the team. Coach Hwang Sun-hong even had time to rack his brains on making at least 10 rotations in the group phase duel against Japan.

“I had to make a lot of rotations (against Japan) because there were injury problems in the squad, and I needed to find the best way to win the match,” said Hwang Sun-hong, quoted from the official AFC website.

“(However) the players really performed well, according to my game plan (in the last match of Group B). This is not what we wanted, but I try to think positively and I thank the players for their hard work, he added.

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