The current gaze of the soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, is completely focused on the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which will be held in Qatar in five months. Unusually, the fact that 4 matches of A are being played intensively in June is also a paving ground for the World Cup finals.

Bento, who convened at Paju NFC on the 30th of last month, took a break from a sweet night out after finishing their second match against Brazil on the 2nd and Chile on the 6th.

The national team will gather again in Suwon on the afternoon of the 7th to prepare for the remaining two matches against Paraguay (Suwon, 10th) and Egypt (Seoul, 14th).

The Korea Football Association and coach Bento considered this convening period, which included four friendly matches, as important early on and faithfully prepared for it.

First of all, they had friendly matches against Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay, who have good technique and strong pressure like Portugal and Uruguay, who they will meet at the finals.

It is also meaningful to play the final match against Egypt in preparation for the African country of Ghana.

Although Egypt and Ghana have different playing styles, they are not bad opponents for Bento, who has not recently played against African teams.

The schedule also prepared for the World Cup finals. This time, Korea is playing four consecutive matches at four-day intervals.

This is the same pattern as the World Cup finals, where the next game is played after three days of recovery.

In fact, Korea will play the first round of Group H against Uruguay on November 24  and Ghana on November 28 .

On December 2nd, they will play the final group match against Portugal.

From the perspective of Korea, who spent the final round of the Asian region qualifiers at intervals of 5 days until March, 4 consecutive matches at intervals of 4 days is expected to be a good experience.

An official from the Korea Football Association said, "Korea's goal is to advance to the round of 16 at least for the Qatar World Cup. If they reach the round of 16, they will play a total of 4 matches. They are preparing for the World Cup in various ways." It was explained that the final schedule was taken into consideration.

Although it is a friendly match held four times in Korea, it is more than the Qatar finals in terms of distance traveled. Korea will play all three group stage matches at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar.

Therefore, only the stadium and base camp need to be moved during the group stage.

On the other hand, in June, the national team must move more than the finals, such as being summoned to Paju NFC to play a game in Seoul, then returning to Paju NFC after passing through Daejeon and Suwon. This is also expected to be a meaningful training.

The squad for the finals has not been confirmed yet, but for some, this is their first World Cup. 

Bento also takes the lead at the World Cup for the first time in eight years after failing to be eliminated from the group stage at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. 

Through four consecutive matches in June, both coach Bento and the team should realize the physical condition and injury management and reduce variables as much as possible in the finals.

In order for Korea, which is classified as a weak player in the World Cup, to perform beyond expectations, there must be no small variable.