Former head coach of the South Korean national team Anatoly Byshovets told what is the reason for the progress of the Asian teams and the secret of their successful performance at the World Cup in Qatar.

Earlier, Japan and South Korea reached the 1/8 finals of the 2022 World Cup, on Monday they will play with Croatia and Brazil, respectively. The matches will be held on December 5, you can watch the live broadcast of both meetings on the Match TV channel and the matchtv.ru website.

– The main spectrum of the success of the Asian teams at the World Cup is the development and evolution of Asian football. Everything is interconnected – both the national team and the clubs that play in these countries. Assimilation is taking place, the contradiction in the development of football has always been between South America and Europe.

Watching European tournaments, we see that in Western clubs there is a large influx of players from Latin America, but now also from Asia – Japan, South Korea and many other countries. Football stars began to appear in these states, for example, Son Heung-Min plays in Tottenham. The development of Asian football has also increased the psychological stability of the national teams of this continent, before the players underestimated themselves, Byshovets told Metaratings.ru.

The Match TV channel became the exclusive owner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Russia. As part of an agreement with FIFA, Match TV received the opportunity to broadcast live, use fragments of games on television, broadcast and use highlights on digital platforms, as well as sell advertising inventory in broadcasts. All 64 matches of the tournament will be shown on the platforms of Match TV channels.