Taegeuk Warriors, who collaborated to advance to the round of 16 of Korean soccer at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, encountered former national team coach Paulo Bento.
The Korea Football Association said on the 4th, "The training schedule overlapped with the UAE national team at New York University's Abu Dhabi campus training site, where the first training session in Abu Dhabi was held the day before, and UAE coach Bento and the team were reunited for a while."
Bento stepped down as head coach after leading South Korea to the round of 16 at the Qatar World Cup. After taking a break, he took over as the head coach of the UAE national team aiming for the 2026 North-China World Cup in July last year. He is currently preparing for the Asian Cup.
In the photo released by the association, Bento met with goalkeepers Cho Hyun-woo Ulsan, Kim Min-jae Bayern Munich, Jung Woo-young Stutgart, and Hwang In-beom Zvezda and smiled brightly. He also shook hands with national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
The team left Incheon International Airport on Tuesday night and arrived in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Overseas Korean players including Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur also arrived at the airport around the same time as the team's main camp and took part in the training.
Only Lee Kang-in Saint-Germain who played in the 2023 Trope de Champaign France Super Cup has been excluded. Lee will join the team on Thursday. 스포츠토토
Jürgen Klinsmann and Paulo Bento. Courtesy of the Korea Football Association