Departure after convening at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 6th
Jordan away on the 10th, Iraq home game on the 15th
Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the Korean national soccer team, is leaving the press conference after holding a press conference announcing the roster for the 3rd and 4th rounds of the 2026 FIFA North, Central and America World Cup Asia Region 3rd Qualifying Round at the Soccer Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 30th. 2024.09.30. Seoul = Newsis
Hong Myung-Boho, who is aiming to advance to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time, will challenge for first place in the preliminary group through the A match in October.
The Korean men’s soccer team, led by coach Hong Myung-bo, will convene at Incheon International Airport around 11 p.m. on the 6th and then depart for Jordan.
According to the Korea Football Association, Oh Se-hoon (25, Machida Zelvia), Lee Dong-kyung (27, Gimcheon Sangmu), Lee Myung-jae (31), Joo Min-gyu (34), Cho Hyun-woo (31, Ulsan HD), Kim Joo-seong (24, FC Seoul), Hwang Moon Eight players, including Ki (28, Gangwon FC) and Kim Jun-hong (21, Jeonbuk Hyundai), will board the plane with coach Hong and others as home base players.
Overseas players such as Kim Min-jae (28, Bayern Munich) are said to be planning to join Jordan after their team’s schedule.
Hong Myung-boho will play the 3rd round of the 3rd qualifying round in Asia for the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup against Jordan at the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, on the 10th at 11 pm (Korean time).
Afterwards, they will play the 4th game against Iraq at Yongin Mir Stadium at 8 PM on the 15th.
Korea is currently ranked 2nd in Group B.
In the first and second games held last September, they achieved 1 win and 1 draw (4 points). In the first game, against Palestine (home), they drew 0-0, and in the away game against Oman, they won 3-1.
The leader of Group B is Jordan. Although they have the same number of points as Korea, they are at the top of the rankings ahead of Korea in terms of multiple points.
If Korea wins two consecutive wins in the A match this October, it will not only leap to first place in the group, but also increase its chances of advancing to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time.
The national team is currently adjusting to the new clothes. Coach Hong, who was embroiled in controversy over fairness during his appointment, does not receive full support from fans, but is expected to show off his improved organizational skills through his second convocation.
However, there is the negative news that the power is not intact. ‘Captain’ Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham) cannot join due to injury. This is the national team that will play a game without Son Heung-min for the first time in about a year since the game against Tunisia in October last year.
Initially, Coach Hong included Son Heung-min in the 26-man roster for the October international match, but decided to exclude him because his injury did not recover quickly. The replacement player is midfielder Hong Hyun-seok (25), who plays for Mainz in the German professional soccer Bundesliga.
Although Son Heung-min, who played a big role in the September A match, was excluded, the team plans to minimize vacancies by focusing on other key resources such as Lee Kang-in (23, Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Jae-seong (32, Mainz), and Hwang In-beom (28, Feyenoord). It seems.
As coach Hong said, “Plan B has been prepared,” he will use Son Heung-min’s position replacements such as Hwang Hee-chan (28, Wolverhampton), Bae Jun-ho (21, Stoke City), and Uhm Uhm-seong (22, Swansea City) or change the formation. It appears that they are planning a way to do it.
Unlike the September A match, which relied on the individual abilities of certain players such as Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, the game must be played as a team.
Jordan is a team that shocked Korea. In the group stage of the ‘2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup’, which ended in Qatar last February, they showed their potential by drawing against Korea, but suffered a 0-2 loss in the semifinals.
They had never lost in their previous history, but recorded 1 draw and 1 loss in the Asian Cup.
The head coach has changed from former coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) to coach Hong, but it is expected to be a difficult game given that Son Heung-min is not there and the team is traveling to Jordan.
You should watch out for Jordanian aces Moussa Al-Tamari (Montpellier) and Yazan Al-Naimat (Al-Arabi).
Although both players are currently not in perfect condition due to injury issues, they showed a strong performance against Korea by scoring one goal each in the Asian Cup semifinals. This unique move could pose a threat to Korea, which has not yet consolidated its organizational capabilities.
Meanwhile, the national team is scheduled to return home the next day after finishing the match against Jordan. Unlike joining Jordan individually, they arrived at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 11th on a chartered plane.
◆Men’s national team A’s October call-up list (26 players)
Goalkeeper = Seung-gyu Kim (Al-Shabaab), Jun-hong Kim (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Hyun-woo Cho (Ulsan HD)
Defenders = Kim Min-jae (Munich), Kim Joo-seong (FC Seoul), Park Min-gyu (Consadole Sapporo), Seol Young-woo (Zvezda), Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan HD), Lee Han-beom (Midtjylland), Jo Yu-min (Sharjah), Jeong Seung-hyeon (Alwa) S), Hwang Moon-ki (Gangwon FC)
Midfielder = Kwon Hyuk-gyu (Hibernian), Park Yong-woo (Al Ain), Bae Jun-ho (Stoke), Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham), Um Ji-seong (Swansea), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Dong-kyung (Gimcheon Sangmu), Lee Jae-seong, Hong Hyun-seok (above) Mainz), Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton)
Forwards = Oh Se-hoon (Machida Zelbia), Oh Hyun-gyu (Genk), Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan HD)
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