Hong Myung-bo announced the list of the match between Oman and Jordan in March today
Hong Myung-bo announced the list of the match between Oman and Jordan in March today
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Coach Hong Myung-bo of the Korean men's national soccer team will announce the list of players to play in the A-match in March today.
Coach Hong Myung-bo will reveal the list of Taegeuk Warriors to play in Group B 7 and Jordan in Group B of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup at 11 a.m. on the 10th at the soccer center in Sinmun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
South Korea will have a total of two matches during the A-match period in March.
After playing against Oman, ranked 80th in FIFA, at Goyang Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th, it will move to Suwon World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 25th to face Jordan, ranked 64th.
Initially, this game was likely to host the Seoul World Cup Stadium, the "Korean soccer holy site," but it will be held in Goyang and Suwon due to grass problems.
It has been about two and a half years since the friendly match against Costa Rica (2-2 draw) on September 23, 2022, at Goyang Stadium, and the men's national soccer team match at Suwon World Cup Stadium has been about a year and five months since the friendly match against Vietnam (6-0 win) on October 17, 2023.
If South Korea wins both of these games, it can confirm its advance to the World Cup finals early.
In the third qualifying round, the first and second places in each group will go straight to the finals.
Korea ranks first in Group B with four wins and two draws (14 points).
Iraq (3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 11 points) and Jordan (2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, 9 points) are second and third, respectively.
If South Korea wins back-to-back games this time, it will achieve the great achievement of advancing to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time.
Except for Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord), who has grown into a key midfielder of the Korean national team, his injury gap is prolonged, there will be no major power gap.
Starting with captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Seol Young-woo (Zvezda) are expected to be called by head coach Hong.
On top of this, "Young Gun" Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic) is showing off his extraordinary presence by accumulating many offensive points in the regular season. He has four goals and three assists in the league this season alone.
Attention is focusing on whether Yang Hyun-joon, who has no national team experience since the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, which ended in Qatar in February last year, will be able to convene for the first time in a long time.
In the domestic league, Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan) was injured and left the battle line early in the season, but it is evaluated that he will improve when he is called up.
When Cho Hyun-woo is not in good condition, Song Bum-keun (Jeonbuk Hyundai), who returned to the K-League, and Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon Hana Citizen), one of the K-League's representative goalkeepers, are expected to play.
Striker Joo Min-kyu recently left K League 1 Ulsan to move to K League 1 Daejeon, but he seems likely to be selected as he consistently scored goals in the league. 바카라사이트
As they meet again with teams that have already won the third qualifying A-match once in September and October last year, they are expected to maintain their existing player composition rather than major changes in the squad.
Meanwhile, Hong Myung-bo will gather in Goyang on the 17th, a week after the announcement of the list, to hold an A-match call-up in March.