Lee Geum-min (Brighton) is the biggest harvest for the April friendly match of the women’s national soccer team ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in July.
Lee Geum-min scored a hat-trick in the second match against Zambia held at Mir Stadium in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do on the 11th.
He scored the first goal with a penalty kick in the 31st minute of the first half, and in the 8th minute of the second half, Park Eun-sun (Seoul City Hall) received a header pass and scored an additional goal with an accurate right-footed kick. Also, at the end of the game, he completed another hat-trick with a penalty kick.
Lee Geum-min, who scored multiple goals in the first game against Zambia on the 7th and became the main contributor to the victory, scored a whopping 5 goals in 2 games, playing the role of the national team’s ace.
Lee Geum-min’s performance in this evaluation match is very suggestive.
In the women’s national soccer team, existing ace Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC) was unable to participate in the two evaluation matches against Zambia due to an injury.
It is no exaggeration to say that Ji So-yeon has led Korean women’s soccer. Ji So-yeon, who has participated in 144 matches, the highest record in Korean women’s soccer A-match, is a legend who holds the record for the most goals scored in A-match by a Korean player, both men and women.
She has a good dribbling breakthrough, excellent sense, and decisiveness to the point of earning the nickname ‘G-Messi’, so she has been playing the role of a solver when the team is in trouble.
Conversely, in women’s soccer, it was difficult to find an attack route when Ji So-yeon was blocked. However, Lee Geum-min showed off his peak skills, raising expectations for a big success in the upcoming World Cup.
Lee Geum-min is the third Korean player to advance to the English Women’s Super League (WSL) stage, following Ji So-yeon and Cho So-hyun (Tottenham). After joining Manchester City after the 2019 World Cup in France, she was loaned to Brighton and succeeded in a complete transfer.
Playing in England for 4 years,메이저사이트 he has scored 2 goals and 2 assists in 15 appearances in the WSL this season.
Lee Geum-min, who has improved his skills while playing on the European stage, is showing his presence even after coming to the national team. In particular, against Zambia, he recorded his third hat-trick while wearing the national team uniform.
After scoring three goals against Hong Kong in the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) East Asian Cup qualifier in November 2016, he shook the net three times in April 2017 against India in the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Asian Cup final qualifier.
He has scored a whopping 6 goals in 4 matches in the last 2 months, and can now be called the ace of the national team.