It is not yet known what level the Asian champion will offer, because he changed coach and several of his players left the team.
the Tiger rival Ulsan Hyundai does not have the Club World Cup as a priority. The South Korean team is in a restructuring stage and will concentrate all its efforts on the local championship, so it will not bring any foreigners to the tournament to be held in Qatar.
“My ambition in my first tournament was to win and I wanted to get the best out of my players, but I gave up. I told them they would focus on the season and I can’t put my ambition before the team.” Ulsan Hyundau coach Hong Myung-bo commented, South Korean media reported.
The Korean team will be the Tigers’ first hurdle in the Club World Cup and will attend with a squad of 20 players, Including 17 fielders and three goalkeepers, most of their players arrive at a slow pace, due to the fact that in the Asian country the season has not yet begun and they are in high and low season.
In the list submitted by Ulsan Hyundai for the Club World Cup, they are not considered foreign players and the team is returning from vacation, as its tournament is scheduled to start in March, although it could be delayed by the Pandemic.
The match against Tigers will be the first of the year for Ulsan Hyundai. It is not yet known what level the Asian champion will offer, because he changed coach and several of his players left the team.
The Korean team will play its second Club World Cup. In the first, in 2012, they faced Monterrey and lost 3-1. Now, Tigres will have to beat the Asian team to advance to the semifinals, against the Copa Libertadores Champion, and dream of a possible final against Bayern Munich.