Javier Aquino and Diego Reyes faced South Korea in London 2012, led by Myung-bo Hong, now in charge of Ulsan Hyundai
The UANL Tigres will face Ulsan Hyundai in their first Club World Cup match, equipment that is an “old acquaintance” for felines, by virtue of the fact that Juninho, now the team’s technical assistant, faced that team when he was a footballer, while Javier Aquino Y Diego Reyes They have already played against the South Korean club strategist, Myung-bo Hong.
Juninho began his career in Brazil, where he played in teams such as Coritiba, Botafogo and Sao Paulo, but in 2010 he emigrated to soccer in South Korea to join Bluewings Suwon.
In that season, The player met Ulsan Hyundai in a match where Bluewings Suwon took a 2-0 loss and now he will face him again from the bench in the Club World Cup, after he is technical assistant for Ricardo Ferretti.
Other elements who know of the rival in turn are the Mexicans Javier Aquino and Diego Reyes, since they know what it is to face Myung-bo Hong, current Ulsan Hyundai strategist.
The latter because the helmsman has directed the South Korean team in different categories and this allowed him be in front of the Asian representative during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
In that contest, Javier Aquino and Diego Reyes were part of the Tri, who won the gold medal by defeating Brazil in the final, and faced South Korea in the match played at the James Park stadium in Newcastle, which finished tied without annotations.
During that match, Javier Aquino was placed by coach Luis Fernando Tena on the right wing, he tried to help the representative to take the victory, but they ended the equalizer.
Now, the three members of Tigres already know what it is like to face the rival on duty and his helmsman, which they will try to defeat to reach the next round in which they would face Palmeiras from Brazil, current champion of the Copa Libertadores.
The match against the Korean team will be this Thursday and will mark the debut of Tigres in a Club World Cup, to which they got their ticket after being crowned in the last CONCACAF Champions League.
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