Korea Republic - preliminary Asian Cup squad Goalkeepers: Lee Woon-jae, Kim Yong-dae, Kim Hae-woon Defenders: Kim Tae-young, Yoo Sang-chul, Choi Jin-cheul, Lee Min-sung, Park Jae-hong, Cho Se-kwon, Lee Eul-yong Midfielders: Song Chong-gug, Kim Nam-il, Lee Young-pyo, Park Jin-sub, Hyun Young-min, Kim Jung-kyum, Lee Kwang-woo, Park Yo-seb Forwards: Ahn Jung-hwan, Kim Eun-jung, Lee Dong-gook, Kim Dae-eui, Cha Du-ri, Seol Ki-hyeon, Chung Kyung-ho, Park Chu-young, Kim Jin-kyu, Kim Sung-keun, Lee Chun-soo, Park Ji-sung http://www.footballasia.com/en/comps/asiancup/index.asp?id=35723&cid=1042&mth=6&yr=2004 i seriously think i could manage the team better than they are being managed now.
Lee Min Sung??? Someone please tell me thats a typo... I think Frankenstein's monster plays better defense than this guy.
Cha Du-ri improved though, if you watched how he played hes really improved on thinking what to do with the ball, unlike the world cup when he just ran with the ball with no real purpose or thought of what he would like to do, but still i guess hes still a liability to the Nationial team just like Choi Young soo, btw wtf happen to Choi Young Soo, havent heard of him for a long time
cha du ri definitely deserves a spot.. sure he coldnt assist and score many goals in germany but he played and started for every single game and improved hella.. stats dont say everything.. hes one of the korea's most fastest and strongest wingers..
He just need more opps. Like most strikers, he's dependent on his mids to give him good crosses and deliveries (shrug). Can he finish, is the question I have for him.... Only seen him play twice. Not much service to him...
1 goal and 4 assists is his stat for this season.. i still think that he should score lil bit more often but considering that hes a wing forward, he doesnt need to score a lot of goals.. wing forward and a striker.. theres a pretty big difference..
Cha Doo Ri cost us the Match against Germany in WC, okay so it wouldn't have been a big difference if he got the start or not but he was just running with the ball and looked clueless to what to do in that match...i always thought he was overrated along with Ahn during the WC when the media paid a lot of attention on these guys... But hell, even Cha can play well against the opponents we're playing in Asia cup, UAE, Jordan and Kuwait...what a joke...
even Hwang Sun Hong would score +3 goals against teams like maldive and lesser teams. we dont see that happening with our current squad. is it the lack of skills of lack of heart? or is that after 2002 we over rated our team and the players?
Last I heard Choi yong soo was traded from JEF to a 1st division japanese team....i remember the article saying that the team wanted him for more goals.
choi yong soo plays for kyoto purple sanga in j2league.. he was ROLLIN in beginning of the season with couple of goals, then he got injured and was out for awhile.. last i heard was that he came back from the injury few days ago and he had an assist..
If I was Bon Frere, this would be my pick and a damn good one at that too. Actually so good enough that this team would be enough to win this damn tourney and shut those whiney Asian nations up for good. 4-4-2 --------------------Kim Eun-jung------------------------------------ .......<Lee Dong-guk, Cheong Kyeong-ho, Nam Goong-do>........................... -------------------------------Ahn Jung-hwan---------------------- ...........................<Park Ji-seong, Cheong Kyeong-ho> Seol Ki-hyeon--------Kim Nam-il--------Park Ji-Seong------Lee Cheon-soo Kim Dae-ui..............Lee Kwan-woo.......Yoo Sang-chul..............Cha Du-ri Lee Yeong-pyo-------Jo Byeong-guk----Choi Jin-cheol-----Song Jeong-guk Park Jin-seob.....Kim Tae-yeong.....Choi Jin-cheol (Yoo Sang-chul)...Cho Se-kwon ---------------------------Lee Woon-jae---------------------------- 3-4-3 --------------------------Ahn Jung-hwan--------------------------- .................................Jo Jae-jin/Nam Goong-do...................................... Seol Ki-hyeon------------------------------------------Lee Cheon-soo Lee Cheon-soo/Kim Dae ui.................................................Cha Doo-ri ---------------------------------------Park Ji-Seong--------------- ........................................................Lee Kwan-woo................. Lee Yeong-pyo-------Yoo Sang-Chul--------------------Song Jeong-guk Kim Dae-ui............................Kim Nam-il................................Kim Jung-kyeom Lee Eul-yong--------------Choi Jin-cheol-----------------Kim Tae-yeong Park Jin-seob........................Jo Byeong-guk..................Jo Seong-hwan -----------------------------Lee Woon-jae----------------------
GK 1. Lee Woon-jae : Suwon FC 2. Kim Yong-dae : Busan Icons 3. Kim Hae-woon : Seongnam Ilhwa FC DF 1. Kim Tae-young : Jeonnam CFC 2. Yoo Sang-chul : Yokohama Marinos 3. Lee Min-seong : Busan Icons 4. Lee Eul-yong : FC Seoul 5. Park Yong-ho : FC Seoul 6. Jo Byeong-guk : Suwon FC 7. Jo Seong-hwan : Suwon FC MF 1. Song Chong-guk : Feyenoord 2. Kim Nam-il : Jeonnam CFC 3. Lee Yeong-pyo : PSV Eindhoven 4. Park Jin-seob : Ulsan Hyundai 5. Hyeon Hyeong-min: Ulsan Hyundai 6. Lee Kwan-woo : Daejeon FC 7. Kim Jung-woo : Ulsan Hyundai 8. Kim Du-hyeon : Suwon FC 9. Jeon Jae-woon : Ulsan Hyundai FW 1. Ahn Jung-hwan : Yokohama Marinos 2. Kim Eun-jung : FC Seoul 3. Lee Dong-gook : Gwangju 4. Kim Dae-ui : Suwon FC 5. Cha Du-ri : Bayern Leverkusen 6. Seol Ki-hyeon : Anderlecht 7. Chung Kyung-ho : Ulsan Hyundai 8. Park Chu-young : Korea Univ. 9. Lee Chun-soo : Real Sociedad 10. Park Ji-sung : PSV Eindhoven 11. Nam Goong-do : Jeonbuk Hyundai 12. Choi Tae-uk : Incheon United FC 13. Choi Seong-guk : Ulsan Hyundai 14. Jo Jae-jin : Shimizu S-pulse
park ji sung, yoo sang chul, cho byung guk, and kim nam il probably wont play in the asian cup cuz of the olympics.. although i still think that korea can win this tournament, i wouldnt be surprised if they lose..
If memory serves me well here, Lee Min Sung cost us the game against Germany. Talk about running around and looking clueless!
this is very depressing... don't we have anyone better? i think cho byung guk should start for the NT. although i haven't seen him play too much. he scored/assisted so many important goals off his headers too.
My interest and excitement for this Asian Cup has decreased by tremendously as soon as KFA announced it will focus more on the Olympics a couple of weeks ago. It's most likely three over-aged players plus Lee CS and Park JS either won't play or badly conditioned for Asian Cup.