Kim Min-jae, Lee Sun-min, and Park Jin-seop of the Korean national soccer team are training at the Al Egla Training Center in Doha, Qatar, on the 1st (local time) ahead of the quarterfinals against Australia in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup.

It appears that the energy of the Klinsmann members has been greatly reduced due to repeated all-out wars. The number of athletes taping their knees and thighs is increasing. I'm already very tired. To achieve the goal of winning the championship for the first time in 64 years, the quarterfinals against Australia must be won as easily as possible.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will play the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup against Australia at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, at 0:30 a.m. on the 3rd (Korean time).

The process so far has not been smooth.

After winning 3-1 in the first group match against Bahrain, Korea was unable to achieve a thrilling victory until the round of 16 against Saudi Arabia.

In the second group match against Jordan, the team tied 2-2 due to an own goal in the last minute of the game, and in the third group match against Malaysia, they conceded a goal just before the end, resulting in a 3-3 draw.

In the Saudi game, the team was down 0-1, but Jo Kyu-sung's dramatic equalizer with a header in extra time in the second half sent the game into overtime. After failing to score any additional points, Korea won a hard-fought victory with 4PSO2 in a penalty shootout.

Because of their all-out effort in every game so far, Korea has not been able to put in place a significant rotation. As a result, the key players appear to be having a hard time.

Five people, including Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Hwang In-beom (Zvezda), who were at the national team training center a day before the game against Australia, were taped.

This is the first time that so many Korean players have taped and participated in training since entering Qatar on the 10th. This means that the players' physical condition is not perfect.