Korean Football Present and Future (Doha = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = The 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Group E match between Korea and Bahrain held at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 15th (local time). National team captains Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in are talking before kicking a free kick. 2024.1.15 [email protected]/2024-01-15 23:42:32/
Will we see a Korean player become the top scorer at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup? If it becomes a reality, it will be the first time in 13 years.
The Asian Cup opened on the 12th. Only Group A, which includes the host country Qatar, completed the group stage. The remaining five groups are still awaiting their final group match.
The competition to be the top scorer, one of the highlights of the tournament, was not clearly outlined. However, looking at precedents, we can see to some extent how many goals a player needs to score to become the top scorer.
The Asian Cup can last up to seven games, including the group stage. As it is a short-term tournament that lasts for a month, none of those who have won the Golden Boot have ever surpassed the ’10 goals’ mark.
Rest today? Almoez Ali waiting for the game on the bench (Doha = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = The match between Qatar and China in Group A of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 22nd (local time). Qatar’s Almoez Ali waits for the game to start on the bench. 2024.1.23 [email protected]/2024-01-23 00:17:59/
The player with the most goals in one tournament is Almoez Ali (Qatar), who was the top scorer at the 2019 Asian Cup. He scored 9 goals at the time, won the Golden Boot, and led Qatar to victory. Ali, who is also participating in this tournament, has not yet scored a single goal.
Except for the last tournament, you could usually win the title of top scorer by scoring 4 to 5 goals. Out of 17 previous competitions, only 4 players have scored more than 5 goals and won the Golden Boot. This means that if you score 5 or more goals, you can get closer to becoming the top scorer.
Koo Ja-cheol (left), the top scorer at the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup. Photo = IS Photo
The most recent Asian Cup top scorer in Korea was in 2011, 13 years ago. At that time, Koo Ja-cheol (Jeju United) scored 5 goals and won the Golden Boot. For Korea, this tournament is an opportunity to produce the top scorer for the first time in 13 years.
Since the group stage has not yet ended, it is not easy to name a candidate for the top scorer of this tournament. Akram Afif (Qatar) and Aymen Hussein (Iraq) lead the way with three goals each, but Lee Kang-in, Takumi Minamino (Japan), Sultan Adil (United Arab Emirates), and Mehdi Gayedi (Iran) scored two goals. It’s overflowing. This is why it is difficult to predict the top scorer at this point.
To gain an advantage in the competition for top scorer, of course you have to play a lot of games. Currently, it seems likely that the top scorer will emerge from strong teams such as Qatar, Iraq, Korea, Japan, and Iran, which are likely to survive for a long time in the tournament.
Reporter Kim Hee-woong [email protected]
2024-01-23 07:51:00
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