[Asian Cup] 158cm Attacker Who Beat Minjae Kim “Anything Can Happen in Soccer”
Malaysia Halim “I just tried to do my best…Everyone fought hard.”
“Anything can happen in football.
We just tried to do our best." 카지노사이트위키
Malaysian national team striker Faisal Halim (Slangor) said this to his country's reporters after the final Group E match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup against Korea held at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on the 25th (local time).
Malaysia, led by coach Kim Pang-gon, put to rest the assessment that it was a 'weak' team ranked 130th in the FIFA world rankings, and held on to Korea, ranked 23rd, to the end and ended up drawing 3-3.
18 shots, 41 crosses, The defense was credited with achieving a draw despite Korea's offensive, which included 20 corner kicks, but the player who stood out the most was Halim, the leader of the attack.
Halim, who is short at 158cm tall, tried to press forward without rest based on his quick feet and high activity level, causing mistakes by the midfielders and defense of the Korean national team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, contributing greatly to Malaysia's draw with a superior opponent.
In particular, the scene where he showed his wit and scored against Korea's best defender, Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) without backing down, left a deep impression on his country's fans.
In the 6th minute of the second half, when Korea was leading 1-0, Hwang In-beom (Zvezda) lost the ball to Darren Lock (Sabbah) near the penalty area, and Halim, who took the ball, faced Min-jae Kim, who was narrowing the angle on the left side of the goal area. did.
Halim, who had escaped Kim Min-jae's oncoming attack with two deceptive moves, calmly scored with a chip shot between Kim Min-jae and Cho Hyun-woo.
In the previous game, Kim Min-jae showed such iron-clad defense that Jordan's representative striker Moussa al-Tamari (Montpellier), who plays in France, could not succeed in a single one-on-one attack, but he was unable to respond to Halim's wit at all.
According to the New Straits Times, a Malaysian English-language daily, Halim “played with a sense of responsibility.”
“Everyone fought hard,” he said, giving credit to his teammates and coach Kim. For today’s game, Halim said, coach Kim analyzed Korea for several days, studied Malaysia’s poor performance in the group stage and came up with improvements.
The New Straits Times reported, “ "Halim, a small winger, buzzed around like a small bee and dug into the gaps to sting the 'giant' Korea," he said.
Malaysia, which won 1 draw and 2 losses in Group E of the group stage, failed to advance to the round of 16 and was eliminated.
However, the Malaysian media seems to be encouraging the national team, saying that they performed well against Korea.
The local media, The Star, evaluated Kim Pang-gon's performance in an article titled 'Draw in the final group match against Korea... K-drama at the Asian Cup'.
The Star commented, "The national team fought brilliantly after losing against Bahrain and Jordan and finally won one point."
Coach Kim also expressed satisfaction at the post-game press conference.
He said, "Korea advanced to the round of 16 in the previous World Cup.
“We advanced, ranked 23rd in the FIFA rankings, and even had players playing in the English Premier League and the German Bundesliga,” he said.
“Although we struggled, we turned the score around in the second half.
“It was a great result,” he said.