PREVIEW
South Koreans shall be anxiously awaiting information of whether or not captain Son Heung-min is accessible after they want him most, because the Asian large begins its World Cup marketing campaign on Thursday towards a Uruguay facet with a monitor report of deep runs within the event.
The Tottenham Hotspur ahead sustained a number of fractures round his left eye three weeks in the past and has been coaching in Qatar carrying a black protecting masks harking back to swashbuckling vigilante Zorro.
Group H additionally contains Portugal and Ghana, that means Son’s unrelenting risk and firepower towards an unsure Uruguayan defence shall be very important for South Korea to choose up some essential early factors by negating Uruguay’s attacking aptitude.
Predicted XI
Uruguay: Rochet; Varela, Godin, Gimenez, Olivera; Bentancur, Vecino, Valverde; De Arrascaeta, L Suarez, Nunez
South Korea: Kim Seung-gyu; Kim Moon-hwan, Kim Younger-gwon, Kim Min-jae, Kim Jin-su; Jung Woo-Younger, Hwang In-beom, Lee Jae-sung; Hwang Hee-chan, Son Heung-min, Hwang Ui-jo
Kind information
Uruguay: W-W-D-W-L-W
South Korea: W-D-W-D-W-W
South Korea coach Paulo Bento has imposed a group gag order on discussing Son’s state of World Cup readiness, hoping to maintain Uruguay’s strategists at midnight.
“We must always verify and analyse daily, let him come,” Bento mentioned within the run-up to Qatar.
“We’ve got time to make the best selections and the most effective selections for all of us.”
Son is raring to play, cautious of the potential for additional accidents from a untimely return, final week saying he was “greater than prepared to bear these dangers”.
Uruguay is as soon as once more the darkish horse of the event, with a squad that mixes a trusted outdated guard of gamers age 35 or above, with thrilling younger expertise desperate to make their mark of their first World Cup.
They contains Liverpool’s report signing Darwin Nunez, who is anticipated to be paired up entrance with the ageing Luis Suarez, a key element in Uruguay’s spectacular march to the semi-finals within the 2010 World Cup.
Nunez at 23 is 12 years youthful than Suarez and fellow ahead Edinson Cavani, who play of their fourth World Cup, as does captain and most capped participant Diego Godin.
Amongst 13 debutants shall be Actual Madrid’s versatile midfielder Federico Valverde and Manchester United’s Facundo Pellistri, who hyperlink up with Tottenham’s in-form Rodrigo Bentancur in a midfield for which Uruguay’s squad has loads of depth.
Coach Diego Alonso sees the yawning age hole as a boon and believes Uruguay might even win this World Cup, as they did in 1930 and 1950.
That might be a tall order and commentators have famous frailties on the again that South Korea might exploit, significantly within the centre, whereas there is no such thing as a phrase but on whether or not Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo is accessible after present process thigh surgical procedure.
Uruguay has reached 14 World Cups and South Korea 11, however neither has a great report of their opening match, with the Asian facet dropping or drawing of their final two World Cups and Uruguay unable to win its openers in six of its final seven editions.
-REUTERS
Head-to-head
Performed – 8
Uruguay – 6
Drawn – 1
South Korea –1
When and the place will the Uruguay vs South Korea, FIFA World Cup 2022 match happen?
The Group H match between Uruguay and South Korea will happen on November 24 at 6:30 pm IST on the Training Metropolis Stadium.
The place to look at the dwell telecast of Uruguay vs South Korea within the FIFA World Cup 2022 in India?
The dwell telecast of the Group H match between Uruguay and South Korea shall be out there on Viacom 18-owned Sports18 in India.
The place to look at the dwell stream of Uruguay vs South Korea within the FIFA World Cup 2022 in India?
The dwell stream of the Group H match between Uruguay and South Korea shall be out there on Voot, Jio Cinema in India.
