The confrontation between legendary strikers and legendary defenders, which is advantageous.
The 2024 Nexon Icon Match will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul. The 2024 Nexon Icon Match is an ultra-large soccer event where legendary soccer players will stage unique matches in Korea, and hosted events such as mini-games on Wednesday. The game will be played for 90 minutes from 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
As "icon Class" players, including "FC Spear" coach Thierry Henry and "Shield United" Fabio Cannavaro, retired legendary players, will participate in the game, it is expected that legendary soccer players will be able to feel nostalgia for the days when they were active.
It will be a special match in that world-class strikers and defenders each play in teams. In general, in soccer, defenders and strikers, midfielders and goalkeepers are mixed together to form a team, but in this game, under the concept of "confrontation between spears and shields," defenders will team up with defenders and strikers will team up with strikers.
Henri said he had experienced such a match. Of course, it wasn't an 11 to 11 90 minute match, but I often do it in my team's training."
Thierry Henry, the coach of FC Spear, said in a press conference on Friday before the game, "To be serious, these kinds of games are often played by teams during training sessions. In such cases, the defense team usually wins. The defense team has the advantage," predicting the victory of Shield United, the defense team.
"Actually, I have a headache. I have to think about how to win against the defense team," he added.
"My strategy is generally not to talk about it at press conferences, but it's our strategy to turn the ball over to Eden Hazard without losing the ball," Henry said.
Park Ji-sung, who appeared earlier on YouTube channel "Shoot for Love," also mentioned his team's victory. Park, who is participating as a player of FC Sphere instead of a player due to knee health issues, said at the time that he would bet on the defense team's victory if he were on the same level.
"Even as a player, the offensive team never beat the defensive team. The defensive team wins 100%," he said, predicting that the defender is much more advantageous.
Shield United players were relatively relaxed. "It is the first time that so many World Class players are gathered together," Ferdinand said, the captain of the defense team. "FC Sphere needs to make efforts for the fans to enjoy themselves."
Cannavarro, the coach of the defensive team, said, "The fans who watched me as a player must have a good impression of me, but I will try to continue it in tomorrow's game. I am getting older, but I will show well in tomorrow's game." 먹튀검증
Meanwhile, Park and Henry talked brightly for a while on Wednesday. Although it was an eventful match, their meeting as coaches and coaches of the two legendary players who showed outstanding performances for Manchester United and Arsenal was enough to make soccer fans excited.