Hong Myung-bo, today's World Cup qualifying match against Oman...It's over the 9th ridge to the main line
Hong Myung-bo, today's World Cup qualifying match against Oman...It's over the 9th ridge to the main line
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The South Korean men's national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, is aiming to advance to the World Cup finals early for the 11th consecutive time.
Hong Myung-bo will play at Goyang Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th in Group B of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup.
On the 25th, he will play the eighth game against Jordan at Suwon World Cup Stadium at the same time.
If South Korea, which leads Group B with four wins and two draws, wins all A matches this March, it will confirm its advance to the World Cup finals early.
In this case, South Korea will play in the World Cup finals for the 11th time in a row and the 12th time ever.
If he wins the match against Oman this time, he will cross the nine-part ridge of advancing to the World Cup finals.
The process of taking a pleasant first step is not expected to be difficult.
South Korea is ranked 23rd in the FIFA rankings, and is considered a stronger team than Oman, which is ranked 80th.
In addition, he has an all-time advantage with 5 wins and 1 loss in six A matches against Oman.
They met once in this preliminary round. Korea beat Oman 3-1 in the second round of the third preliminary round, which was held in an away match in September last year.
However, Oman is likely to aim for one point (a draw) with a stable operation rather than an unreasonable attack to accumulate points.
Six countries that ranked first and second in three groups in the third qualifying round of the North-China World Cup will go straight to the finals, while six teams ranked third and fourth in each group will be divided into two groups for the fourth qualifying round.
The teams that ranked first in the fourth qualifying round will confirm their advance to the finals, and the two second-place teams in the group will play in the playoffs again.
If they win here, they will decide whether to go to the North-China-U.S. finals through continental playoffs.
Oman (6 points) ranks fourth in the group after Iraq (11 points) and Jordan (9 points).
There is a difference from Kuwait (four points), so there is a high possibility of ranking fourth.
In order for Korea to overcome this arrogance, it is imperative for the offense to perform sharply.
Starting with "captain" Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) and Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) are expected to show off their deep presence in the second line.
In addition, three strikers with clear advantages and disadvantages are on the stand-by: Joo Min-kyu (Daejeon Hana Citizen), Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk), and Oh Se-hoon (Machida Zelvia). Attention is focusing on which player Hong will be selected as all three players are capable of scoring goals against Oman's defense.
Korea cannot afford to focus solely on attack.
Key defender Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) was dropped due to an Achilles injury after the list was announced.
While "Young Gun" Kim Joo-sung (FC Seoul) has been selected as a substitute, Cho Yoo-min (Sharja), Jung Seung-hyun (Alwasle), and Kwon Kyung-won (Korpakan) will compete for selection.
Organizational power is also a variable.
Hong Myung-bo was called up on the 17th, and it was only one day on the 19th that the full team training was conducted with the schedule of the overseas team.
Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) returned home on the afternoon of the 17th and joined from training on the 18th.
Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord) and Seol Young-woo (Zvezda) entered Korea on the 18th and have worked with their national team colleagues for only one day on the 19th.
"That has been the case so far," coach Hong said, expressing his willingness to minimize variables, saying, "We need to carefully review how to prepare for the match against Oman." 카지노
Nevertheless, Son Heung-min vowed to win in an official press conference before the game, saying, "I think fans will expect a lot ahead of this year's first game," adding, "I hope the first step is important."