Korea's 女 basketball performance plummeted for the second consecutive game. two Achilles tendons
Aug 21, 2024
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Coach Park Soo-ho's Korean women's basketball team lost 63-76 to the Czech Republic in the second Group A match of the 2026 World Cup preliminary qualifying round at Himnacio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City, Mexico on the 21st (Korea time).
South Korea's FIFA ranking is 13th.
Power to win this tournament. However, the power was not as good as expected. They lost 78-84 to Venezuela, which is ranked 36th by FIFA. He was expected to win, but he was beaten by Venezuela's tall wingman resources.
The Czech Republic also lost to the Czech Republic by 13 points. The Czech Republic is 23rd.
South Korea has a game left against Mali. It has become unclear whether they will advance to the semifinal tournament, which will be given up to the second place in the group. There is still a game against Mali. After winning, we should hope that the Czech Republic will catch Venezuela. And we have to weigh the gains and losses. It's not easy.
In this competition, in which eight teams compete in groups A and B, only the final winning team will receive a direct ticket to the final qualifying round for the World Cup.
South Korea's Park Ji-soo fought hard with 20 points. Jin and Park Ji-hyun scored 10 points. However, they fell behind 32-44 in rebounding. There were 17 turnovers. Trailing in average height, South Korea was inferior in both activity, organization and rebounding.
It was a game that had no choice but to lose.
South Korea's Achilles tendon revealed in the first and second games was defense. Transition defense was not done properly. In addition, John Defense's use time, conscious of the opponent's height, was too much. He was repeatedly bowled by a tall opponent. There was no countermeasure even in the opponent's high-ro attack.
When the opponent came out of the fastball or early offens, the first-round cordon was perfectly breached. As the backcourt was delayed, the safety of the short guards was of no use at all.
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