Toward the 2026 Asian Games... Lee Min Sung-ho U-22's first call-up training session 'Wearing captain Lee Seung-won's armband'
Toward the 2026 Asian Games... Lee Min Sung-ho U-22's first call-up training session 'Wearing captain Lee Seung-won's armband'
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The U-22-under-22 national team led by head coach Lee Min-sung took its first step toward the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games.
The U-22 national team gathered for the first time in training at Wonju Stadium in Gangwon Province on the afternoon of the 2nd.
Lee Min-sung will play a friendly match against the Australian U-22 national team at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi-do on the 5th, and will disband after facing Australia in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, on the 9th.
Coach Lee Min-sung will lead the U-22 national team to prepare for the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles (LA) Olympics.
Coach Lee announced the list of 28 call-ups for the U-22 national team friendly match on the 27th of last month.
However, the Korea Football Association explained that Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk) was excluded due to a bruised left knee, and Han Hyun-seo and Kim Dong-jin (Pohang) were excluded due to hip muscle bruises and lumbar sprain, respectively.
Coach Lee Min-sung has selected Lee Seung-won (Kim Chun) as a substitute for now, and he is planning to bring in two more others.
Lee left the captain's armband to Lee Seung-won.
As there are several members of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup on the call-up list two years ago, Lee Seung-won, who led the national team to the semifinals as a captain at the time, judged it to be perfect for the national team captain.
Meanwhile, the coaches who will assist coach Lee Min-sung also breathed with the players on the grass.
Former Ulsan HD coach Lee Kyung-soo joined the national team as the head coach.
Coach Yeom Ki-hoon, who served as the head coach of Suwon Samsung in the K League 2, also helps coach Lee Min-sung, while physical coach Park Geun-young also works as a coaching staff for the U-22 national team.
Coach Song Chang-nam, a full-time leader of the Korea Football Association, and goalkeeper coach of Hanil-gu will also help. 스포츠토토
In the first 30 minutes of training, which lasted about an hour and a half from 4 p.m., the national team warmed up lightly with running and lifting, simple pass training and stretching in a friendly atmosphere.
All 26 players on the current list came to the ground to train.