The Korean national baseball team, led by coach Ryu Joong-il, will take its first step toward winning its fourth consecutive Asian Games title against Hong Kong tomorrow (1st).
The players also expressed their strong will to achieve their fourth consecutive victory.
The players sweated with serious expressions and no smiles, and their goal was to achieve their fourth consecutive Asian Games title.
Moon Dong-ju Asian Games baseball team pitcher:
Still, there seems to be some pressure, and if we have the determination to become a team and try to win, that pressure will go away..
Kwak Bin / Asian Games baseball team pitcher:
My goal, as all my teammates think, is a gold medal.
I don’t even want to think about anything else. A gold medal is guaranteed. The team atmosphere is really good right now, and everyone is working hard.
To achieve this, the second match against Taiwan is more important than anything else.
If you take first place in the group stage by winning against Hong Kong in the first game and Taiwan in the second, you can advance to the finals without much difficulty, but if you lose, you have to
go to the super round with one loss, which complicates the number of cases in which you can reach the championship. 먹튀검증사이트
Taiwan, the biggest obstacle to winning the championship
was also wary of our national team and blocked access to Korean reporters.
This national team, which sought a large-scale generational change, is made up of promising players under the age of 24 or in their third year as a professional player.
Therefore, adapting to the unfamiliar mound and grass of Shaoxing Stadium
the venue of the game, is an urgent priority.
From Guangzhou in 2010 to this year’s Hangzhou, coach Ryu Joong-il
who is aiming for a fourth straight victory
pledged to play the best despite the difficult infield defense and different mound heights.