Taiwanese press, first AG baseball match against Korea

Director Sung Dong-yul "Keeping your players healthy is the most important"

The Taiwanese media hoped to launch a left-handed pitcher Wang Wei in the first match against Korea baseball Jakarta-Palembang Asian Game (AG) next month.
The Taiwanese media reported the results of the Asian Games baseball match announced by the Asian Baseball Federation (BFA) on the 19th, with the prospect of Wang Wei,

Korea will play in Group B with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia at the Asian Games for the third time in a row.

Group A is organized in four countries, including Japan, China, Pakistan and the qualifying country.

One of Thailand, Laos and Sri Lanka takes place in group A.

Korea will play its first match against Taiwan in the group stage on August 26 at 8:30 pm (Korea time).

August 27 at 8:30 pm in Indonesia on August 28 at 2:00 pm in Hong Kong and on each other.

The South Korean baseball team led by former manager Sun Dong-yul is expected to beat Group B and No.1 in Taiwan.

In Group A, there is a high probability that Japan and China will climb to first and second places.

If Korea participates in the first round of group B, they will face second place in group A on August 30th and first place in group A on August 31st.

With Taipei, they played against each other in the group stage.

The final round of the group stage and super-tour will take place on September 1st at 6 pm and will cover the first and second teams.

Korea plays every game at Gelora Bungarno Stadium (GBK) in central Jakarta, Indonesia. There is no need to go to the Rawan Army Stadium, which is about 90 minutes from the city center.

The national team evaluated it as a good match against the first country competing for the gold medal, Taiwan.

A national team official said, "I do not worry about the performance of the players as much as the regular KBO league." "I see that it is even better to focus on the first game with the strongest team of the tournament.

The national team will prepare more thoroughly to the possibility that Wang Wei-kung sort of the final phase as well as the first leg with Korea.

Wang Wei Jiang, the first player in the Taiwan KBO league, won 6-6 with an average of 3.68 points in the first half of this year.

Director Dong Dong-cheol carefully anticipated the possibility for Wang Wei-chang to play in the final after the first stage.

"As the competition is taking place in warmer places than our country, the physical condition of the athletes is the most important," he said, "I will do my best to manage the athletes' physical condition. "

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(Seoul-Yonhap News)