Klinsmann votes for “attractive football”

New South Korean coach, German Jurgen Klinsmann, said on Thursday that he wants his team to play “attractive football” in his debut on the bench tomorrow against Colombia.

Klinsmann acknowledged in the pre-match press conference that he sees it as encouraging “the possibility to start working with the players now, to understand their characteristics, to understand their strengths, to see something in their weaknesses.”

“Based on that, it’s clear that we want to play attractive football and we want to play football that the players enjoy,” he added.

The German referred to the coffee growers as a good team “who are very hungry because they did not qualify for Qatar and did not achieve the victory that Qatar intended for Korea.”

Klinsmann, who has had little time to study the players since he was appointed in February, faced almost the same 26-man squad that qualified second in the group, ahead of Uruguay and Ghana, before losing to Brazil in the round of 16.

“Our realistic goal is to reach the round of 16 and I think we had a good World Cup,” South Korean captain Son Heung-min said at the same press conference, believing a victory tomorrow would be a good way to go. to thank the support of the national fans during the tournament, something that he and the other teams playing in Europe could not do because they had to return to their clubs just after the World Cup.

The English Tottenham footballer considered the fact that the Qatar block remained almost intact as positive as he said the players already know each other.

“We have to play the way we want to play and have fun on the pitch to give the fans joy,” he added in remarks collected by Yonhap agency.

South Korea and Colombia face each other tomorrow at the Munsu stadium in Ulsan (305 kilometers southeast of Seoul) at 8:00 pm local time (11:00 GMT).

The two teams have met seven times, with four wins for the Asians, one for the coffee growers and two draws.