SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Jurgen Klinsmann remains to be on the lookout for his first win as coach of South Korea’s nationwide soccer crew after a late purpose gave El Salvador a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.
The former United States coach was appointed in February. Despite 4 video games on dwelling soil, South Korea has misplaced to Peru and Uruguay and drawn towards Colombia and now El Salvador.
“It’s disappointing that we couldn’t get the result,” stated Klinsmann, a former Germany nice who additionally coached his nation’s nationwide crew. “We had opportunities to score more than four goals but couldn’t capitalize on them.”
South Korea’s final victory got here on the World Cup, when the crew beat Portugal within the group stage in Qatar.
With Son Heung-min nonetheless recovering from a hernia operation, Hwang Ui-jo scored for South Korea with low shot early within the first half in Daejeon. Alexander Roldan, who performs for the Seattle Sounders, scored a late equalizer by heading in a free kick.
El Salvador misplaced to Japan 6-0 final week. South Korea is making ready for the Asian Cup, which begins in January.
“I also have memories of not scoring during my playing career and it can be very frustrating,” Klinsmann stated. “The only thing we can do is to work hard on the training ground. … We will regroup in September.”
In Osaka, Kaoru Mitoma scored one and arrange one other in Japan’s 4-1 victory over Peru.
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