Bahrain recovers memories of 2007 and abandons today South Korea

Bahrain recovers memories of 2007 and abandons today South Korea

Abu Dhabi: Middle East

Bahrain will regain memories of the 2007 edition in its quest for an unprecedented feat when South Korea will face off at Rashid Stadium in Dubai at the 16 th Asian Cup 2019.
Twelve years ago, Bahrain beat South Korea 2-1 in its first match in the Asian Cup, before sinking little (1-2) to the edition. 2011.
Despite the technical differences between the two teams of the UAE edition, favorable to South Korea, which ended the group stage with a full mark (9 points) and a net netted, Bahrain, ranked among the top four teams in third place, can use the history of his previous official meetings with "To make a surprise, and exclude one of the biggest candidates for the title.
The two teams met five times in the Asian Cup qualifiers, finals and the World Cup, winning two draws.
"This is a historic match against a title contender and he has already achieved remarkable results, including his victory against Germany at the 2018 World Cup," said Sheikh Khalid bin Salman Al Khalifa, Vice President of the Bahrain Football Federation.
"Winning South Korea is not impossible.The ball is limited to field competition, without consideration of other considerations or measures, without equal chances in the playoffs, and whoever offers the performance required will carry it, "said Al Khalifa.
"Qualifying in the group stage was a first step and now that we are in the round of 16, we are looking for the best." Our presence here gives us the motivation and we hope to achieve it in the strong match against Korea. South."
Al Ahmar has qualified for the finals in 2004 with a lone victory against Indonesia and then Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals on penalties after a draw in both overtime and before losing in semifinals against Japan and Iran in third and fourth place.
Between 2007 and 2015, Bahrain each won a solo victory and hoped to break this base against South Korea, which seems not content to cross the Rashid stadium to win the title missing since 1960.
South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-young, officially announced for the rest of the tournament after an injury to the opening match against the Philippines, believes it's time for South Korea to win again the title.
"We had good results in the World Cup qualifiers, but in the Asian Cup, we have not won the title for 60 years, and it is very long for us", said Young, who left Swansea City for Newcastle United in June. .
"We have not only come to win this game, but we are expecting something bigger, so we will move forward without being completely satisfied," said Sun Hyung-min, another Tottenham player. .
The match against China was Sun's first in the tournament, having missed two opening matches against the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan due to a previous deal between Tottenham and the South Korean Football Association, which had alone has seven opportunities to score.
Sun made it clear to China that he would make a great addition to Paulo Pinto's Portuguese team by offering his teammates seven chances to score.
In the second match, Qatar and Iraq will meet and the winning team of this Arab summit will have a date in the quarterfinals with South Korea or Bahrain on Friday.
Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, will play for the third time in four league games against an Arab team after defeating Lebanon and Saudi Arabia in the first round.
Although Iraq ranks second in Group D behind Iran, three-time champion of Asia, the level of the last Arab team crowned in 2007 has evolved from a meeting to the last year. 39; another.
The team, known as "The Blacks of Two Rivers", won the first leg 3-2 in Vietnam, after a free kick in the closing seconds, then made a convincing offer and said it was a good match. is imposed 3-0 in Yemen, before convincingly appearing in the goal scoreless table with Iran.

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