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| Jens Kastroff interviewing |
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| Son Heung-min and Jens Kastroff ahead of the U.S. match |
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"JENS, 23."
For the first time in the history of the Korean men's soccer team, the number of Jens Kastrov (Mönchengladbach) was decided to be '23'.
Hong Myung-bo will play his first friendly match against the U.S. national team, led by Mauricio Pochettino, at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, at 6 a.m. on the 7th (Korea time). Castrov, who was first selected as the Hong Myung-bo ahead of the two consecutive A matches in September against the U.S. and Mexico (Nashville Geodyspark, Tennessee on the 10th), is a Taegeuk Warriors who is receiving the most attention. Born in Germany with a German father and a Korean mother, he played for Germany by age and also made his debut in Mönchengladbach in the German professional football Bundesliga.
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| Director Hong Myung-bo watching Jens Castro |
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As for Castrov, who is known as a challenging and tough-minded midfielder, Hong said, `It's a short time, but I'm adapting very well to the team. to give feedback on tactical movements, etc"We have to see if we can participate in the game, but I think we should give enough time.", he expressed his expectation. Thanks to the active support of German-speaking aces such as Bayern Munich center back Kim Min-jae, Mainz midfielder Lee Jae-sung, Leverkusen Son Heung-min, and Darmstadt-born Baek Seung-ho, they seem to be adapting to the first call-up. As midfield commander Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord) was absent from the call-up due to an injury, Castrov was given the No. 23 uniform ahead of the U.S. match, with attention focused on New Face Castrov's performance.
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| Kim Min-jae-Jens Castrov |
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Number 23 was Seo Min-woo's number during the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) in July. Seo Min-woo, who was also called up for the A-match in September, uses Hwang In-beom's number of 6. During the World Cup qualifying period, young guns such as Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk), Bae Joon-ho (Stoke City), and Jeon Jin-woo (Jeonbuk) went through 23 times. Along with '23', Castrov's first national team uniform is inscribed with the English name 'JENS'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
