SEOUL: South Korea coach Juergen Klinsmann will look to captain Son Heung-min and his squad’s Europe-based players to steer the nation to their first Asian Cup title in 64 years when he leads his team into next month’s continental championship in Qatar.
Klinsmann has included Tottenham Hotspur’s Son in his 26-man squad as well as Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae, Paris Saint-Germain’s Lee Kang-in and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hwang Hee-chan in an attempt to win a first title since 1960.
“When you go through the roster and you go through the skeleton of a team … I think you can be really proud as Korean fans and journalists,” Klinsmann told a media conference in Seoul on Thursday.
“We have a lot of different pieces in that roster and that makes us one of the favourites for the Asian Cup.
“What we need to do is to fine-tune these elements in the next couple of weeks and then go into that tournament with confidence and with the willingness to win the title.” (Reuters)
