Ahead of the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar in November, it was evaluated that Korea was ranked 21st out of 32 participating countries.
On the 30th, the British Daily Mail evaluated the power of the 32 countries participating in this year’s World Cup and ranked them, saying, “The last match period is over before the opening of the World Cup.”
Korea, led by coach Paulo Bento, was ranked 21st.
The media described Korea as, “In this evaluation match, we overcame Costa Rica and Cameroon and recorded 1 win and 1 draw, but we haven’t had any remarkable results since we placed 4th in the World Cup in 2002.”
However, he said, “If Son Heung-min has a sense of humor ahead of the World Cup, there is a possibility that he will create a blast in Qatar.”
Among the countries in Group H like Korea, Portugal was ranked 8th and highest, and Uruguay was ranked 15th.
Ghana was ranked 27th and had the lowest score in Group H.
The Daily Mail expected Brazil to take first place and Belgium to take second place, followed by Argentina, Spain and the Netherlands in third to fifth places.
Among the countries belonging to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Iran ranked the highest at 18th, followed by Japan at 20th, Australia at 24th, Saudi Arabia at 29th and Qatar at 32nd.
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