Coach Bento, who is stingy with substitutions, why did he come up with the full-back’s ‘extraordinary’ tactic?

[골닷컴, 화성] Correspondent Kang Dong-hun = This is an unprecedented tactical change that no one expected. Bentuho, who had only used four defenders, displayed three tactics with less than ten days left in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Korea national football team, led by coach Paulo Bento (53, Portugal), won 1-0 in a friendly match against Iceland held at the main stadium of Hwaseong Sports Complex on the 11th at 20:00. Song Min-gyu’s preemptive goal (23, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) was protected until the end and he laughed.

On this day, Coach Bento took out the back three against expectations. With Kim Young-kwon (32, Ulsan Hyundai) in the center, Kwon Gyeong-won (30, Gamba Osaka) and Park Ji-soo (28, Kim Chun Sangmu) formed the left and right defensive line. Hong Cheol (32, Daegu FC) and Yoon Jong-gyu (25, FC Seoul) came out as left and right full-backs respectively.

Even when Park Ji-soo collapsed due to an unexpected injury while landing after an aerial contest in the 37th minute of kick-off, Coach Bento maintained the three-man defense. Instead of him, Cho Yoo-min (25, Daejeon Hana Citizen) was entered immediately. Even in the second half, the match was managed by continuing the three-man defense tactic.

The third modification was successful only in terms of results. It was finished without a target and the connection work ran smoothly as there were a lot of numbers in the back build process. Of course, there was a sense of frustration in the attack process because there weren’t enough numbers ahead. Whenever this happens, coach Bento instructs the left and right backs to move up to a high position and immediately increases the number on the attacking side. In particular, attacking patterns using crosses from full-backs were often produced on this day.

Director Bento was recognized as a manager stingy with changes. Since he took charge in August 2018, he has primarily utilized the back four to the extent that there are only a handful of games that use the back three. The lineup also insisted on a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-3-2 formation. Such coach Bento made a change in the last game with the World Cup in Qatar just around the corner.

Everyone couldn’t help but be surprised. In fact, even among the football officials, they have expressed surprise at the formation and starting lineup. This is because it was an unexpected tactic at a time when we had to make stable choices rather than experiments.

When asked about back three tactics at the post-game press conference, coach Bento said, “Actually, it didn’t matter whether Son Heung-min played or not. I thought it was a good time to use back three.” I will think about which system to use and I cannot use a tactical system in the World Cup. I will find the optimal system, like the starting list,” he explained.

He said: “I preferred the back four in September, and this time I thought it would be better to use the back three. I don’t know how many times I will use this system at the World Cup. Even if I use it, I have to see when it will be used.” three.”