It was an open training where we could see how close Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-bum were.
The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, drew 2-2 against Colombia in the ‘Hana Bank Invitational National Football Team Friendly Match’ held at Ulsan Munsu Soccer Stadium at 8:00 pm on the 24th. The next day, the 25th, Klinsmanho gathered again at the stadium and started recovery training for the game against Uruguay. This training was conducted in an open training format open to fans.
The group was divided into main and non-main groups. Except for Kim Jin-soo, who was injured, and Song Bum-keun, who went to take an MRI due to discomfort, all 23 people showed up. The group consisted of Heung-Min Son, Kyu-Sung Cho, Jae-Sung Lee, In-Beom Hwang, and Min-Jae Kim as starters who played a lot of time, as well as players who did not play for a short time like Kang-in Lee and Sang-ho Na. Kwon Kyung-won, who was not in good shape, conducted individual training away from his players.
Both groups started training with light jogging. A group of key players jogged for a little longer, while the other players warmed up with passing drills after a short jog. In the meantime, Joe, the starting pitcher, finished jogging and stretched on the mat. The recovery training was conducted in a friendly atmosphere as a whole. Coach Klinsman watched the training progress with advisor Cha Du-ri from the center of the stadium.
The starting group stretched after jogging, and then took a break without any training. The players included in the starting group spent time watching the mini-games played by the non-main group players or huddled together and having conversations.
Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-beom, who had been attached throughout the training, were separated. When the break was granted, the two players engaged in a penalty kick match on an empty net. At first, Hwang In-beom, who played the role of the kicker, succeeded in taking the penalty kick by tricking goalkeeper Kim Min-jae. Kim Min-jae also succeeded in revenge by handling penalty kicks on a sharp course. In the second attempt, Kim Min-jae blocked Hwang In-beom’s penalty kick, and Hwang In-beom couldn’t stop it, and the penalty kick match between the two players ended with Kim Min-jae winning. 메이저놀이터
In addition to this, Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-beom held a one-on-one match and a lifting match to steal and protect the ball from each other. Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-beom spent time alone without knowing how time passed. Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-beom, who had been running and exchanging stories since the start of training, stayed close to each other until the end of training.
It was a look that showed how close the two players were. Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-beom, born in 1996, are known as ’96s’ in the national team along with Na Sang-ho, Hwang Hee-chan, and Jo Yu-min and maintain a close relationship like best friends. On this day, Kim Min-jae and Hwang In-bum went beyond best friends and showed off their chemistry close to ‘bromance’.