Casas: I am proud of our team’s performance despite making some mistakes

The press conference was held after the end of the match between the South Korean national football team and its guest, the Iraqi national team, which ended with the South Korean team winning by three goals to two, and was dedicated to the national team coach, Jesus Casas, who spoke about today’s match, Tuesday.

He said, “We faced a strong and organized team, and we presented a good match against them, and I am proud of my team’s performance, and we made some mistakes that made the competitor advance in the match result and achieve victory in it.”

Regarding the idea of the technical staff of the Iraqi national team at the beginning of today’s match to play in a defensive style (two central defenders) through the way the formation was distributed in the face of Korea, Casas explained: Playing against a strong competitor, who has players who are distinguished by their individual skills and an offensive style of play, we presented this idea to determine the opportunities for the opponent in the attacking third
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The Korean press wondered about the additions that Jesus Casas gave to Ayman Hussein, which made him one of the best strikers by scoring many goals since Casas took over the task of supervising the training of the Iraqi national team, and Casas confirmed: Sometimes the striker is in his time, and luck is on his side at other times, but Ayman is a struggling player and a good striker, and we say in Spain (he has a magic wand).

Regarding his view of a group of Korean national team players and the most important keys to the game, Casas explained: The players in Korea are all good, and I think that player number (10) created some problems for us in the middle of the field, especially in the first half, and our pressure on him was not good, and we tried to limit that in the second half of the match, but committing some mistakes remains part of the game, and gives whoever exploits them superiority in the match, in addition to player number (11).

Source: National Iraqi News Agency