Kim Eun-jung's team to face Mexico in domestic friendly ahead of LA Olympics

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The team led by Kim Eun-jung, aiming squarely at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, will host Mexico to assess its strength.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 30th that the men's Under-21 Olympic national team, coached by Kim Eun-jung, will play two friendly matches against the Mexican U-21 national team in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, on November 14 and 17.

According to the association, the national team will hold a closed-door first match against Mexico at Korea Football Park at 4 p.m. on November 14, followed by an official second match, the Hana Bank Invitational U-21 National Team Friendly, at Cheonan Stadium in front of fans at 7 p.m. on the 17th.

This call-up will be conducted utilizing the FIFA-designated November international match window. The team will gather at Korea Football Park in Cheonan on November 9 to begin intensive training. This is the fourth training camp since Coach Kim Eun-jung took office in May, following the first domestic call-up in June, a call-up of university players in August, and an away trip to Australia in October.

Previously, the team built momentum by recording one win and one draw in a two-match away series against the Australian U-21 national team held in Gosford, Australia, last October. The second match against Mexico on the 17th will be the first official game presented to domestic fans since Coach Kim Eun-jung's appointment. The call-up list for this friendly will be announced on November 2.

The opponent, Mexico, is a traditional powerhouse in North and Central America that has also shown strength at the youth national team level, having won gold at the 2012 London Olympics and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Korea lost to Mexico in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where Coach Kim Eun-jung served as a coach on the team's bench at the time.

The second match held at Cheonan Stadium on the 17th will be broadcast live. Tickets will be sold at the box office at Cheonan Stadium starting at 3 p.m. on the day of the game, without online pre-sales. The sales areas are the east and west stands, with all seats being general admission at a price of 10,000 won.

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