[월드컵] "Young blood" in Bentuho, "time of harmony" as a local volunteer clinic

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Lee Kang-in is doing a volunteer soccer clinic

(Doha = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Heon-jeong = Lee Kang-in of Qatar 2022 World Cup Korea National Football Team is doing volunteer football clinic at Al Egla Training Center in Doha, Qatar , in the afternoon of the 16th (local time). 2022.11.16 [email protected]

(Doha = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = The “Young Guns” of the Korea national football team participating in the 2022 Qatar World Cup have spent a significant time in harmony with local volunteers through football.

Lee Kang-in (Mallorca), Jung Woo-young (Fribourg), Baek Seung-ho, Song Min-gyu, Song Bum-keun (above Jeonbuk) and Yoon Jong-gyu (Seoul) attended the “Community Event” of the FIFA held on the 16th at the Al Egla Training Center in Doha, Qatar, the training ground of the national team.

National team coaches Michael Kim and Choi Tae-wook have reunited.

The community event is an event planned by FIFA before the World Cup and consists of 10 programs related to competition promotion, cultural exchange and football development.

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**Local Qatari volunteers participating in a soccer clinic**

(Doha = Yonhap News) Journalist Lim Heon-jeong = 2022 Qatar World Cup volunteers attend a football clinic opened by the Korean Football Federation at the Al-Egla training ground in Doha, Qatar on the afternoon of 16 (local time). 2022.11.16 [email protected]

Each participating country must participate in one of these programs, and after consulting the coaches, the national team chose the “Coaching with Volunteers” program, which provides football training for volunteers, and implemented it that day.

The players and the 20 volunteers were divided into three groups, exchanged passes and then matched their feet with a shot at the goal post, and a “penalty kick match” took place in which the volunteers kicked and blocked players.

The players gave applause and cheers to the volunteers who showed off their wonderful footwork, and cheered on the awkward ones.

Lulua Bukarbal, who studies architecture at Qatar University, received particularly loud applause for kicking a ball while wearing a hijab and carrying a national flag on her shoulder.

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She said in Korean, “Since I was young, I have watched many Korean dramas and broadcasts, so I learned Korean naturally. I bought a new Taegeukgi to come here. It is so exciting and my heart is shaking.”

He then cheered for Korea, saying, “It’s an honor to be with great players.” “Please win unconditionally. Fighting!”

The players signed autographs on the balls brought by the volunteers and took photos, leaving memories.

Lee Kang-in said, “It was fun and good to spend time with people who helped me a lot for the tournament,” and Baek Seung-ho also said, “It was time to heal while training.”

On the 17th, the national team plans to train twice a day for the first time since entering the country.

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