1-0: Son gave South Korea’s victory over Cameroon in doubt

South Korea beat Cameroon 1-0 today in a friendly that has yet to dispel all doubts of Paulo Bento’s side ahead of the World Cup and paints a more worrying picture for the Africans, who did not score a goal. in their last two games before the Qatar finals.

As four days ago against Costa Rica (2-2), the South Koreans, driven by a Seoul World Cup Stadium in the flag, seem to have started another march than the rival, although the physical power of ‘Lions Indomables’ began. it won’t take long for the local heat to cool down a bit.

Onana Paradon

The result of those intense first few minutes was a clear chance for Jeong Woo-yeong, who headed over from close range to force a save from Onana.

Bento imposed a different tactical pattern than last week, deploying a 4-5-1 with only Son Heung-min up front and the voluptuous Hwang Hee-chan on the left flank.

With the Cameroonians already stretched, the South Koreans knew how to move the ball well into the smaller holes, with Son and Hwang the source or end of all danger.

They are the head brand

Still possessing the same trepidation in the area shown against other rivals, South Korea managed to open the scoring in the 35th minute when Hwang’s excellent maneuver left Kim Jin-su with a freeway to left side.

His hard shot was parried by Onana in the middle of the area, where captain Son looked comfortable heading into the net.

There was little noise from Cameroon in the first half, apart from a shot from Ngamaleu that rose and a caracoleo from Mbeumo, the best ‘lion’ in the first 45 minutes, whose shot ended up bouncing off the defense and bouncing off crossbar. .

Cameroon is getting better

After the resumption, the dominance of the Taeguk Warriors diminished and the ‘Indomitable Lions’ took over, knowing the bad baggage they carry from this visit to South Korea 54 days before the World Cup.

Song’s men never showed enough drive to unduly trouble Kim’s goal or the rest of the South Korean squad, comfortable with the idea of ​​counter-attacking.

Neither coach wanted to get too fancy when switching benches, with Bento opting to give the field to familiar faces and make Majorcan player Lee Kang-in cross the world so he wouldn’t Give this call a minute to play.

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In the last quarter of an hour, Rigobert Song’s men seemed to be short on deposit, another bad sign for a team that must face Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia in their group after going down 2-0 in Uzbekistan last week and is almost unconcerned now in the South. Korea.

The South Koreans, on the other hand, arrived in Qatar a little hesitant, lacking strength up front and at the back, but with a better taste in their mouths after today’s victory and Thursday’s draw (2-2) against in Costa Rica, in addition to the possibility to play. one or two more friendlies – only with teams playing in the Asian leagues, yes – before the World Cup starts.