2022 World Cup: South Korea boss has utmost respect for great Ghana team

South Korea head coach Paulo Bento says he has the utmost respect for the Black Stars ahead of their encounter on Monday.

The two sides are set to clash at the Education City Stadium at 1pm on Monday. Both teams desperately need a victory after dropping points in the first game.

The Asian country played out a gritty 0-0 draw with Uruguay while the Black Stars lost 3-2 to Portugal.

“We have great and utmost respect for a great team in Ghana and the players who compete at a very high level,” Bento said of Otto Addo’s side.

“For our strategy, we have to try to be ourselves. We are very well aware of the skills and how good Ghana are, this will be a match where in some moments we will have the capacity to control the game.

“They have skilled players from a technical standpoint and they are also very quick in attack. We want to control the game, and also the moments when they are in attack.”