Star News Reporter Lee Won-hee | 2023.10.25 06:45
Lee Kang-in focuses on the game. /AFPBBNews=News 1 Lee Kang-in (right). /AFPBBNews=News 1 The name of ‘Golden Talent’ Lee Kang-in (22) is not visible. Lee Kang-in was missing from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)’s starting list predicted by European media. PSG will play its home game against Italy’s prestigious AC Milan on the 26th (Korean time) in the third match of Group F of the European Champions League group stage.
It is a big match between clubs representing France and Italy. Also, it is a game that PSG must win. They suffered a shocking 1-4 defeat against Newcastle (England) in the previous second game, and there is fierce competition for rankings. Group F is considered the ‘Group of Death’ of all time. PSG has 1 win, 1 loss (3 points) and is in 2nd place in the group. The leaderboard is tight, from 1st place Newcastle (4 points) to 3rd place Milan (2 points) and 4th place Dortmund (1 point, Germany).
However, there is a possibility that Lee Kang-in will start the Milan match on the bench. British Sports Mall predicted PSG’s starting lineup for the match against Mila on the 25th, but Lee Kang-in was not there. It was expected that 17-year-old star prospect Warren Zaire Emery, born in 2006, Manuel Ugarte, and Vitinha would form the midfield, while Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, and Gonzalo Hamus would form the top three.
Whoscored.com, a European soccer statistics media, also excluded Lee Kang-in from the starting list. Instead, it was expected that Vitinha, Ugarte, and Fabian Ruiz would form the midfield, and that the top three would be Mbappe, Dembele, and Hamus.
The time for full-scale position competition has arrived. This is inevitable at PSG, which has numerous world-class players.
Lee Kang-in, who wore the PSG uniform last summer, has been playing an important role since his first season. He started both of PSG’s first two league games. In the opening match against Lorient, he was also selected as MVP by the French Ligue 1 Secretariat. Afterwards, an unexpected hamstring injury occurred and he had to focus on rehabilitation, but when he regained his physical condition, he appeared as a substitute in the European Champions League match against Dortmund last month.
PSG-Strasbourg match poster. In the middle is Lee Kang-in. /Photo = PSG SNS Lee Kang-in. /AFPBBNews=News 1 Lee Kang-in had the best time wearing the Taegeuk symbol. ‘Hwang Seon-hongho’ led the national team to the gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and also joined the A national team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann and scored a goal. In particular, Lee Kang-in scored an impressive debut goal for the national team against Tunisia. Along with this, he scored multiple goals. Lee Kang-in also scored a goal in the game against Vietnam held on the 17th. Lee Kang-in (center) is warming up with his teammates. /AFPBBNews=News1 Lee Kang-in, who returned to PSG, played full-time as soon as he joined. He started as a starter in the home game against Ligue 9 Langnude Strasbourg held on the 22nd and led the team to a 3-0 victory. He also performed well. Lee Kang-in recorded a pass success rate of 91% and made a sharp pass that became the starting point for the team’s second goal. He also posted two tackles and an interception. Statistics media FootMob gave Lee Kang-in a good rating of 7.1, and WhoScored.com gave him a rating of 6.62. PSG coach Luis Enrique is using Lee Kang-in as an important player. Even if Lee Kang-in is excluded from the match against Milan, it is not a major crisis.
Kang-in Lee in running training. /Photo=PSG SNS
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