There is another reason why the Korean U23 national soccer team, which is attempting to advance to the Olympics for the 10th consecutive time for the first time, must win the U23 Asian Cup, which also serves as the final qualifier for the Paris Olympics. Up to third place goes directly to the finals, but you must win to enter a relatively easy group in the finals.
According to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on the 18th, the Asian team lineup for the Paris Olympic men’s soccer finals will follow the final rankings of the 2024 Qatar AFC U23 Asian Cup.
In the draw for the Paris Olympics finals held on the 21st of last month, Asian teams that had not yet been selected for advancement were arbitrarily marked as ‘Asia 1’, ‘Asia 2’, ‘Asia 3’, etc. Because of this, there was confusion as it was unclear which of the teams that advanced to the finals were Asia 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
The two organizations’ plans were also different, with FIFA saying it would use previous Olympic final performance points as the standard, and AFC saying it would use past Olympic performance as the standard.
As a result of an official inquiry from AFC to FIFA, FIFA finally decided to assign groups by ranking in order of performance in this tournament.
An official from the Korea Football Association (KFA) also told ‘News 1’ on the 18th, “Before this tournament was held, the participating teams received an official letter from AFC regarding the method of group allocation for the finals. “You will be assigned to Asia 1, Asia 2, and Asia 3 in order of performance,” he explained.
Accordingly, if you win the U23 Asian Cup, you will receive the trophy and the benefit of making it easier to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Depending on the results of the group draw, the first-place team will join the relatively easy Group D, where Paraguay, Mali, and Israel await.
In addition, the second-place team will be assigned to Group C, which includes Spain, Egypt, and the Dominican Republic, and the third-place team will be assigned to Group B, which includes Argentina, Morocco, and Ukraine.
If the fourth-place team wins the intercontinental playoff against Guinea in Africa, it will be placed in Group A, which includes host France, the United States and New Zealand.
Korea won the first game against the UAE 1-0, and started toward a ticket to the Paris Olympics with a good start.
When captain Byun Jun-soo (Gwangju) left for the tournament, he said, “I will not only advance to the Olympic finals but also win the U23 Asian Cup before returning.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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Remco Evenepoel trains again on the rollers on Monday and makes himself heard after a heavy fall: “I mainly watched a lot of the Champions League”
Remco Evenepoel made himself heard again on Friday. The Belgian champion was a guest in the Soudal Quick-Step podcast “The Wolfpack Howls” and shared, among other things, a positive injury update, his pastime in his unexpected mid-season break and also analyzed his heavy fall in the Tour of the Basque Country.
Evenepoel crashed heavily two weeks ago in the Tour of the Basque Country. Our compatriot broke his collarbone and shoulder blade, which immediately forced him to cross himself about his ambitions in the Ardennes classics. So that’s a serious blow, although he says he can’t complain. “My body is gradually recovering and I have less pain every day,” he told Quick-Step press chief Phil Lowe. “I was in a lot of pain, especially during the first week after the fall, but from the beginning of the week I was able to sleep peacefully and pain-free again. I also did some physio exercises so that my muscles don’t stop working. Cycling outside was not possible yet, partly due to the bad weather, but from Monday I can train on the rollers again.”
In the room with Roglic
The day after the serious crash, the Belgian champion analyzed all the images. “If you look closely at the movement of my bike, you can clearly see that I took the wrong line and hit the bumpy part of the corner and lost control. I lost traction and braked for fear of veering out of the bend. Then I went all the way to the left and jumped over that culvert. Everything happened so quickly and the next moment I’m straightening up and trying to support my collarbone. In slow motion images it seems easy to maintain control, but in images from the helicopter this is not the case at all. It was also a dangerous descent, because every now and then I saw the speed on my bike computer: 80 to 81 kilometers per hour.”
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“Primoz Roglic was next to me in the hospital in Vitoria Gasteiz, so I spoke to him briefly,” Evenepoel continues. “I also sent Jonas Vingegaard a message on Wednesday. With the other boys, I just kept an eye on social media to see how they were doing. Considering the circumstances, everyone is doing well, fortunately.”
Champions League
Evenepoel therefore suffered a broken collarbone, a common injury among cyclists, which is often underestimated. Also at Evenepoel itself. “Before the injury I was always a bit too positive about a broken collarbone, but not now. It is definitely not the easiest injury as a rider and I hope that my fellow cyclists and I hope that my colleagues do not have to experience the same thing. It is not my first serious injury (for example, Evenepoel suffered a very serious fall in the Tour of Lombardy in 2020; nvdr.) and that experience has taught me not to go too fast. That actually helped me to recover calmly before I got on the bike. Now I’m a bit more relaxed and I try to enjoy my life mid-season break.
An unexpected one mid-season break so for Evenepoel, who enjoyed his time with his family and friends. “Last Wednesday I celebrated the end of Ramadan with Oumi and I also watched a lot of football. Especially Champions League and Anderlecht’s match on Sunday. I also slept a lot, played mini golf and watched the race. I’m not someone who doesn’t look if I unexpectedly can’t ride along.”
Which Ardennes classic was the most painful to watch? “The Amstel Gold Race,” Evenepoel is clear. “In any case, I started there in good shape and was also very ambitious. Certainly not the Flèche Wallonne, when you see what happened there.”
Quality of rejoining – Diary of Yucatan
Diego Ventura once again demonstrated why he is one of the main figures of today’s rejoneo after creating a great work in front of the fifth of the afternoon of San Pelayo in the bullfight of rejones of the April Fair 2024, the eighth celebration of the Sevillian season .
The Sevillian rejoneador had a very high-level afternoon in which, if it had not been for the death rejón in his first, he could have left through the Puerta del Príncipe.
For his part, Guillermo Hermoso from Mendoza also had a very committed afternoon, being applauded by both bulls after two tasks in which the Navarrese had to put absolutely everything into taking advantage of two animals that clung to the ground, a condition that only made Guillermo grew up on a complicated afternoon.
Sergio Galán had less luck, who was willing against a group that gave few options for victory, the Madrid native showing off in flags and fighting in a classic style.
Offering him all the advantages, Diego Ventura received the fifth, an animal that had a little more energy than his brothers, allowing a great receipt from the Sevillian rejoneador, who left a single de rejón of punishment. With “Nómada” he performed several draw breaks and then took it out to the media, achieving the best passages of the entire afternoon and putting the audience in his pocket with several pirouettes in the face. Ventura maintained the tone of the task with “Lio”, reaching the bull from end to end of the ring on several occasions to finish getting the public on their feet. He finished off Diego Ventura by taking the reins from “Bronce” to show off and nail an important two-handed pair while he walks backwards to the quadrille yard amidst the closed ovation of the maestronza. He rounded off the Ventura task with “Guadiana” with two short flags and two roses as a prelude to a large death blow that served to cut off both ears.
A very bullfighter and with his characteristic tradition, Diego Ventura received the second in the afternoon, leaving a single punishment that was applauded by the crowd. “Fabulous” he tried to evade the attack of an animal that could not fully notice, exposing a lot in two sensational breaks. He had to provoke the attack in the short distance to achieve the moments of Ventura’s greatest brilliance, nailing an extraordinary two-handed pair and three roses with “Guadiana” in a display of mastery. He missed with the death penalty on two occasions, managing to get it right on the third attempt.
Agitated by Ventura’s triumph, Guillermo went out all out, stopping with great panache an animal from San Pelayo that soon went to the ground, but which the Navarrese knew how to manage to build a high-level task. Four short two-handed banderillas and two roses served as an epilogue to a task from less to more, finished off with a rejón de muerte reaching the bull from the boards that did not have the expected effect. The second one did not go better, but in both he received applause after request.
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2024-04-18 02:51:34
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