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Will Lee Kang-in (22, Paris Saint-Germain) be able to win the gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games as Jürgen Klinsmann, head coach of the national soccer team, wishes. Concerns are growing as coach Klinsmann vowed to use Lee Kang-in for the adult national team during the A match in September.

In a video interview with local reporters on the 17th, Klinsmann said, "I hope Lee Kang-in will boost his performance in the A match and show good performance at the Asian Games. I want the Asian Games national team to do well. I believe that important players in Korean soccer will perform well. "Since the schedule does not overlap, I will also join good players (to the adult national team)," he said flatly.

The Klinsmann will go on an expedition to Europe next month. On September 8, he will play Wales in the enemy territory and play Saudi Arabia in Newcastle, England, five days later. In general, even key players of the national team can be sent to the Asian Games national team, but Klinsmann, who is ahead of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup in January, values two consecutive A matches in September. They say they can never let Lee Kang-in go.

In addition, Klinsmann, who took the helm of the national soccer team in March, failed to win a single game in the previous four A matches. He shouted for the Asian Cup title, but was disgraced as the first foreign head coach to fail to win four games. He clearly expressed his intention that he could not give up Lee Kang-in, who has a large portion of the team, to Hwang Sun-hong's team because he is in a hurry to win one game.

Klinsmann's remarks show his willingness. He said, "If you contact Lee Kang-in (to send him to Hwang Sun-hongho), you will say that you are a member of the Asian Games, but you are an adult national team player." "I want to tell them to do well in the adult national team first and go to China to cause an accident," he said.

Of course, Klinsmann wants Hwang to win the Asian Games gold medal. However, it is somewhat worrisome that head coach Hwang Sun-hong does not have time to experiment with Lee Kang-in. Coach Hwang has long vowed to form a team around Lee Kang-in, but he has not used Lee Kang-in properly. He may have already drawn and drawn how to use Lee Kang-in in his head, but it may be different from what he thought when he was put into practice.

Of course, Lee Kang-in has already proved his ability on the Spanish stage, which is full of world-class players. "Considering Lee Kang-in's personality and character, it will take 30 minutes to enter the Asian Games national team and adapt," said Klinsmann, who is likely to quickly adapt to Hwang Sun-hong. However, even if he joins Hwang Sun-hong directly from England after the match against Saudi Arabia on September 13, he does not have much time to match his teammates. This is because the first group match of the Asian Games against Kuwait will be held on the 19th.

If he plays both A matches in September in the Klinsmann and joins China, he cannot ignore his physical problems. For now, Lee Kang-in has to move from Paris, France to England during the A match in September and then board a plane bound for China again. Considering that you need some time to recover, you will have less time to breathe with your teammates ahead of the Asian Games group stage.