When will Hong Myung-bo and Son Heung-min join the team aiming for an early World Cup finals?
When will Hong Myung-bo and Son Heung-min join the team aiming for an early World Cup finals?
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Hong Myung-bo will be reborn as a whole on the 19th, the day before the match against Oman.
The national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, was convened at Goyang Stadium's auxiliary stadium at 4 p.m. on the 17th and began to quench for the March A match.
South Korea will play the seventh Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North Korea and China at Goyang Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th.
Five days later, at 8 p.m. on the 25th, he will play the eighth game of the tournament against Jordan at Suwon World Cup Stadium.
Currently, Korea ranks first in Group B with 14 points (4 wins, 2 draws, 12 points and 5 points).
Behind them are Iraq (11, 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss) in second place and Jordan (9, 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss).
In the third round of the Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup, the top 1 and 2 teams in each group will advance to the finals.
If Hong Myung-bo catches both games, he will confirm his advance to the finals regardless of the results of the away game against Iraq in June and the home game against Kuwait in the 10th game.
The first training session consisted of a total of 17 players, including 10 from Korea and seven from Japan and the Middle East.
In the domestic league, Joo Min-kyu (Daejeon Hana Citizen), Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan HD), Lee Tae-seok (Pohang Steelers), Hwang Jae-won (Daegu FC), Oh Se-hoon (Machida) for Japanese leaguers, Park Yong-woo (Al Ain) and Cho Yoo-min (Sharja) participated.
Striker Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk) was the only European player who participated in the first training session.
According to the Korea Football Association, the national soccer team will not be reborn as a whole until the 19th.
The eight players, including Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Lee Jae-sung (Mines), Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham), Yang Min-hyuk (Queens Park Rangers), Bae Joon-ho (Stoke), Um Ji-sung (Swansea), and Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic), who arrived late on the 17th, will train from the 18th, the next day.
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord), and Seol Young-woo (Zvezda), who are scheduled to return to Korea on the 18th, will participate from the 19th.
Concerns are also raised over the fact that it will become a whole body only on the 19th, the day before the Battle of Oman.
Coach Hong, who met with reporters before the training, said, "That has been the case so far. I think that is a difficult part for the national team."
"However, we are fully aware of the situation. The national team faces operational difficulties when there are many changes in its players. As there are new players, we need to carefully consider how they will prepare for the match against Oman and Jordan. At the moment, it is difficult to predict which player will play the match perfectly," he said.
As it is an inevitable problem to be late in the composition of the whole body, it is urgent to grasp the sense of the game and condition as soon as possible. 토토사이트
Coach Hong also stressed, "We will check the overall players when they come in tomorrow, but it will be very important which player's condition and performance are maintaining the best right now."