Considering Korea had almost no time to get their feet in sync, they showed a decent performance, and the fact that their structure was not faltered is encouraging. They formed a 3-2-5 formation in the backline build-up and 4-4-2 or 5-3-2 in defense , and tried to maintain consistent spacing between offense and defense. Of course, in the first half, they overemphasized structure, which led to inorganic play or disrupted formation under strong pressure, but in the second half, those areas clearly improved and they played even better. Korea used the 3-4-3 formation last year and adopted it as a key tactic for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North and Central America, but it didn't suit most of the national team players. It was a uniform. As a result, Korea suffered the humiliation of being eliminated in the group stage after a poor performance, but this time, unlike in the World Cup, they switched to a 4-4-2 formation based on a back four, and the players showed improved performance compared to before. In particular, Seol Young-woo and Lee Tae-seok, who faced public criticism as wing-backs in the three-back system during the World Cup, played as both starting and coming on as substitutes that day, proving themselves as Korea's top-level full-backs. Kim Min-jae said after the match that the back four was the better outfit , "There was more space than I expected, so Han Beom and I could play together, which was fun. Our players were all playing back four for their teams, so it was more comfortable," acknowledging that he played better for the national team. In this match, almost no player played in positions he usually doesn't play, but only Lee Jae-sung, who started as a central midfielder, was essentially Moreno's experiment. Substitutes The players also came to the stadium just as they used to play for their clubs, so they comfortably performed at their usual level. The K League players who experienced Moreno this time unanimously said they played well because they played the same roles as at their clubs. This is exactly what happened: like Hong Myung-bo, who insisted on playing that three-back position endlessly,,, the players hesitated, the results were a mess, and why didn't they know such basic things!!!!!!!
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