The reason why Lee Geum-min suddenly choked up... "The future of women's soccer. This time, it's going to change a lot."

The reason why Lee Geum-min suddenly choked up... "The future of women's soccer. This time, it's going to change a lot."

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"After playing for a long time... I see hope every time, but I am so grateful that I had a fun game in front of the audience when I was young. It's not that crowded, but those who come will fill the stadium and cheer for me. I don't think there is much hope than that the audience played a good game." Lee Geum-min was sincerely looking forward to the future of Korean women's soccer.
Korea's women's national soccer team (ranking 19th in FIFA) led by Coach Shin Sang-woo had a 1-1 draw with Colombia (ranked 21st) in the second match of the "Coupang Play Invitational Women's National Team Friendship Match" held at Mir Stadium in Yongin at 7 p.m. on Sunday. With this result, Korea had one draw and one loss in two consecutive matches against Colombia, and Shin promised to win his first match at home.
As Ji So-yeon got off early due to schedule coordination with her team, Korea made an unconventional choice to change all 11 players in the first round. Lee Geum-min, wearing the captain's armband, helped the team develop its offense in the midfield. Korea's first goal came out in the second minute of the first half, which started from Lee Geum-min's toes and Minyoung Jung finished it. Lee Geum-min showed sophisticated kick skills even in set piece situations, and actively participated in defense as an overwhelming physical Colombian opponent.
It was a different scene from his usual days as a striker. "When I was young, I was lighter than I am now and had faster focus," Lee said at the mixed zone after the game. Now he has been living abroad for a long time and has led me to play in the central area by meeting many coaches. As a result, he has been given more roles in protecting, owning, and delivering balls than running in space, which resulted in a change in position. While doing that, I played a bit below-field," Lee said.
"I think it's my first time as a defensive midfielder. I felt comfortable no matter where I played. I played in the center in other teams as well. I hope many young players will jump from the top," he joked.
The two consecutive games against Colombia ended with one draw and one loss, but it was a new friendship that saw its own potential. Young resources such as Jeon Yu-kyung, Park Soo-jung, Jung Da-bin and Casey Fair were positive in their energy and participation in the attack, and they showed better performance than the first game on the day as the old and new harmony were combined.
Lee Geum-min suddenly burst into tears when she heard that she saw the future of women's soccer. After calming down for a while, she said, "After running for a long time...I see hope every time, but I'm so grateful that I had a fun game in front of the audience when I was young. It's not that crowded, but those who come will fill the stadium and cheer for me. I don't think there is much hope than that the audience played a good game," he said.
"Now it's another start. Generational change is taking place. There is also the Asian Cup ahead of the World Cup. There are many changes. It's always the beginning and the golden age, but I think there will be a really big change this time," he said.
-The youngest is already the oldest.
I am so grateful that such a thing happened after playing soccer for a long time (laughs). There have been so many young players. They are talented and talented players. I am still the oldest sister, but I am still acting cute. I am more grateful at this age. I feel like I have been given such a big role to lead the players and balance the players in the center among the sisters, and I feel more of a sense of duty.
-I think I saw the future of women's soccer today
After playing for a long time... I see hope every time, but I'm so grateful that I had a fun game in front of the crowd when I was young. It's not that crowded, but those who come are eagerly filling the stadium and cheering for us. There seems to be no greater hope than that the audience played a fun game.
Now it's another start. Generational change is taking place. There is also an Asian Cup ahead of the World Cup. A lot of changes are going in. It's always the beginning and the golden age, but I think there will be a really big change this time.
-Position change
When I was young, I felt lighter than now and had faster maintenance. Now, he has lived abroad for a long time and used to play in the central area by meeting many coaches. As a result, he took more roles in protecting, owning, and delivering balls than running in space, resulting in a change of position. Then, he played a little lower. I think I am the first defensive midfielder. Regardless of where I played, I felt a little comfortable today. I played in the center of other teams as well. I hope many young players will jump from above.
-advice to young players 메이저놀이터
He is showing good attitude now. The players are very young. I hope they feel more desperate to play with the national flag here without being arrogant and arrogant since they came to the national team. I'm sure you're feeling it enough now, but I hope the players will have a more sense of mission. That should be the basis. We're talking about that more because they're good players.