DT of Korea considers "inhuman" rest time before the clash with Brazil

The South Korean coach, the Portuguese Paulo Bento, considered the 72-hour rest period inhumane on Sunday that his team will have before facing Brazil in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar.

“I don’t remember seeing anything like that after a group stage, having played 72 hours later. I remember playing four days, five days later, but not 72 hours,” said the Portuguese at a press conference in Doha.

“I think it is something inhuman, something that is not fair. It has to do with a reality that FIFA Basically, it intends to: create fewer and fewer conditions for those who have fewer conditions and probably better conditions for those who have more conditions,” he added.

South Korea beat Cristiano Ronald’s Portugal 2-1or on Friday in the closing of Group H, a result that qualified them to the round of 16.

The match against the Europeans started at 11:00 at the Education City stadium in the Qatari capital.

The duel against the five-time champions, in which Neymar will possibly agree return after two games absent due to a right ankle injury, will be on Monday at 15:00 in 974, also in Doha.

Brazil at the same time finished their first round matches on Friday, although they did so by fielding a ‘B’ team, who lost 1-0 with Cameroon, having qualified a date earlier.

Due to the “emotional wear and tear” of Korea’s last game in the group stage, Bento rested his players on Saturday and they resumed training this Sunday morning.

“It’s already difficult to compete against a team like Brazil, which in my opinion is the strongest candidate to be world champion,” he said. “Obviously, with these limitations, our task will be more difficult. In any case, we will try (to win) and we will not give up.”