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There is also a high possibility that the meaning of the South Korean national soccer team's away match in Austria will fade. This is due to the possibility of a against South Korea / vs. Korea break for key players who have returned to training for the Austrian national team. Some key players have already predicted that the coach will miss the against South Korea / vs. Korea himself. From the Hong Myung-bo Team's point of view, the burden of the results could increase.
Austrian media Cronen Zeitung said on the 30th (Korea Standard Time), "David Alaba (Real Madrid), Konrat Leimer (Bayern Munich), and Ksaber Schlager (Lefich) all participated normally in the national team training in Vienna, Austria," but added, "Alaba has already been confirmed to be absent from the against South Korea / vs. Korea."
According to reports, Ralf Rangnick, head coach of the Austrian national team, said at a press conference shortly after the 5-1 victory over Ghana, "It is reckless to have Alaba play. Not only from the national team but also from the perspective of his team Real Madrid," he said, signaling Alaba's absence.
Alaba, who is also a Real Madrid center back and captain of the Austrian national team, was called up to the national team with a calf injury. It is time to return from a long-term injury and improve his condition, and coach Rangnick believes that although he has joined the national team's training normally, he does not have to force him to play in the A-match warm-up match.
In addition, the media explained that it is unclear whether Reimer and Schlager, who also joined the national team's training, will play in the against South Korea / vs. Korea. Rangnick said, "The two players are players who don't need to be tested anymore. I already know what kind of players they are," he said, expressing his plan to put new players to the test rather than those proven.
On top of that, Maximilian Woeber (Verder Bremen) has already been lifted from the national team's call-up, and it is unclear whether Alexandro Schöf (Wolfsberger) and Tobias Laval (Henk) will play. However, it seems that the weight is only on the possibility of playing as Marcel Javicher (Dortmund), who is undergoing personal training.
Of course, even if a large number of key players are missing, most of the Austrian national team is made up of players who play in the European big leagues, but considering the possibility of rotation of the players who started when they defeated Ghana 5-1, the weight of the actual against South Korea / vs. Korea lineup is likely to fall more than expected.
This is a different move from Hong Myung-bo, who is likely to start a large number of key players who were excluded from the selection against Ivory Coast. At that time, coach Hong Myung-bo excluded Son Heung-min (LAFC), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Lee Jae-sung (Mainz 05) from the starting lineup. Key players who were replaced or absent at the time are likely to start on the road to Austria.
In other words, if coach Hong Myung-bo cannot avoid struggling against Austria, where a large number of key players are missing even though he has an elite member, he will be forced to be more cornered. South Korea is 22nd and Austria 24th in FIFA rankings, two places higher than South Korea. This is the first A-match face-off with Austria.
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