It is not yet known what level the Asian champion will offer as he changed coach and several of his players left the team
He Tigres rival Ulsan Hyundai does not prioritize the World Cup for clubs. The South Korean team is in a restructuring phase and will focus all its efforts on the local championship so that it will not bring foreigners to the tournament that will take place 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 to focus on the season and I can’t put my ambition above the team, ”said Ulsan Hyundau coach Hong Myung-bo, according to South Korean media.
The Korean team will be Tigres’ first hurdle at the World Cup for clubs and will assist with a squad of 20 playersincluding 17 off the field and three goalkeepers, most of their players arrive with little rhythm as the season in the Asian country has not yet started and they are in a time of ups and downs.
In the list presented by Ulsan Hyundai for the World Cup for clubs, foreign players are not taken into account and the team is returning from vacation, as the tournament is scheduled to start in March, although it could be postponed due to the pandemic.
The match against Tigres will be the first of the year for Ulsan Hyundai. It is not yet known what level the Asian champion will offer, as he switched coaches and some of his players left the team.
The Korean team will play their second Club World Cup. In the first, in 2012, they faced Monterrey and lost 3-1. Now Tigres must beat the Asian team to advance to the semi-finals against the Copa Libertadores champions, and dream of a possible final against Bayern Munich.