Ado's cold evaluation of both sides failed to reach the level of South Korea and Japan
Nov 18, 2025
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It was a cold evaluation by Ghana's coach Otto Addo. Ghana lost 0-1 in a friendly match against South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 18th. Ghana, which knelt 0-2 in an away match in Japan on the 14th, lost to South Korea and finished the two straight A matches in November with two consecutive losses. Ghana advanced to the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America. Ghana, which won 3-2 against South Korea in the second group match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, failed to continue its momentum with the defeat.
Ghana was not in normal power. Key resources are missing one after another. Mohamed Kudus, Thomas Partey and Andre Ayew failed to make the national team. To make matters worse, Antoine Semedo, who played against Japan, and Mohamed Salisu, a defensive back, also returned to London due to personal reasons. Abu Francis was seriously injured in a broken leg against Japan. Ghana eventually stepped on only 19 people on Korean soil. Except for the three goalkeepers, there were only 16 field players. It was not even possible to replace it.
However, Ghana performed better than expected. He created several scoring opportunities. The ending was unfortunate. In the end, he was defeated. Ghana did not score a goal in an away game in Asia. Addo, who went to the press conference after the game, said "Both teams played well. Congratulations to Korea. The reason why Korea won was because the finish was better. We had a high share and created chances, but we couldn't finish. Korea took advantage of the opportunity. The content was equal. "South Korea showed good performance in set-pieces such as threatening crosses and corner kicks, and the goal came from this scene, we also showed good performance in counterattacks, but we won because South Korea finished with a chance."
Asked to compare himself to the national team three years ago, Addo said, `Korea has become stable by using three-backs. The number of runs itself has decreased. It's become compact. Some players remain when looking at the composition of the players, but good young players joined. While using three-backs, it became a situation where he took a numerical advantage to one side, and he had difficulty in how to pressure him at this time. It was difficult to decide what to do under pressure because we were not ready as a team. In the first half, Korea created a share and opportunity. It was difficult to set the tone when the goal came out."
Addo said of Korea and Japan, `It is difficult to compare them directly. The formation was different between Korea and Japan. Today's game had more chances than the game against Japan. To be honest, Japan is a strong team. Brazil also won. I thought Japan was a high-level team. As Brazil is not an easy losing team, Japan is a strong team. South Korea and Ghana have not reached that level. There are enough areas to improve until the World Cup."
Coach Addo, Son Heung-min's teacher during the Hamburg Youth, faced his student again in the stadium for the first time in three years. After the game, Addo, who met Son Heung-min, said, `I congratulated him on the result of the game and talked about his daily life. He said Seoul was an impressive city and asked for Cha Du-ri's phone number.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
