Plan B to fill European injury and colonization variables? Hong Myung-bo announced his list on the 26th, ahead of the Iraq war
Plan B to fill European injury and colonization variables? Hong Myung-bo announced his list on the 26th, ahead of the Iraq war
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Now, they are gathering under the 'Taegeuk mark'.
Coach Hong Myung-bo of the national soccer team will announce the Taegeuk Warriors at 11 a.m. on the 26th at the Shinmun-ro Football Center in Seoul, who will play in Group B 9 and 10 of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup with Iraq (Wonjeong and Basra) on the 6th and Kuwait (Home and Seoul) on the 10th.
Korea is ranking first in the group with 16 points (four wins and four draws). Jordan (13 points) and Iraq (12) are ranked second and third, respectively. If the group ties with Iraq in the ninth match, it will be able to secure a ticket to the World Cup finals, which will give up to the second place in the group regardless of the outcome of the final match with Kuwait.
Do not let your guard down. Having enjoyed four consecutive wins in the second to fifth group matches, Korea has recently dropped its sixth to eighth games to tie the match 1-1. In addition to the failure of European players, which account for the biggest framework of its electric power, the team lacked "Dense Plan B."
Hong has been preparing for an away match against Iraq for the past two months. Notably, Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), the "three big league players," have achieved their dream of winning in all of their teams recently. Son Heung-min won the title as a member of a club for the first time in his 15 years of career through the UEFA Europa League. Kim Min-jae won the German Bundesliga, and Lee Kang-in topped the league 1 and the Coupe de France (France Cup).
The problem is that they are not in a good condition. Son Heung-min has not recovered from his foot injury. He played as a substitute in the second half of the Europa League final against Manchester United, but missed the final match of Brighton and England Premier League. Kim Min-jae, who played the season with an Achilles tendon injury, also devoted himself to treatment in and out of Korea without playing in a real game after Munich confirmed its early victory in the league on the 5th.
Lee Kang-in is not injured, but has recently been classified as "out of power" and is missing major matches such as the French Cup final. Paris Saint-Germain is set to play in the UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan (Italy) on the 1st of next month, but it is unclear whether Lee Kang-in will play. Coach Hong is also concerned because he has not played in the actual game for a long time. 먹튀검증
Team conditioning is important as the team is set to embark on an away match in the Middle East due to high temperatures. Only then will it be able to cope with various variables. Naturally, the presence of young players in European leagues such as Bae Joon-ho (Stoke City), Um Ji-sung (Swansea City) and Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic) in good condition is important. It remains to be seen whether the resources that have recently been at the top of the K League 1 scoring list, such as Lee Dong-kyung (Kim Cheon Sang-mu), Moon Sun-min (FC Seoul), and Jeon Jin-woo (Jeonbuk Hyundai), who have been to and from the national team, will be added.