‘Hong Myung-bo’ raises anchor again after 10 years Preparations for World Cup qualifiers begin
‘Hong Myung-bo’ raises anchor again after 10 years Preparations for World Cup qualifiers begin
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The 'Hong Myung-bo' national team, re-formed after 10 years, is starting full-scale pickling with the goal of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup.
The national soccer team led by coach Hong Myung-bo will hold its first training session at 5 PM on the 2nd at Goyang Stadium in Gyeonggi Province.
Coach Hong, who was officially appointed as the head coach of the Korean national soccer team in early July, met the players he selected for the first time on the field today.
A total of 19 players, including 12 players playing in the K-League and players active in the Middle East and Japan, will participate in the training. Among the European players, only Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) and Um Ji-seong (Swansea City) will meet with Coach Hong from the first training session.
Some overseas players who have completed their team schedules up until the A-match break will join later. Current key players of Korean soccer, such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), will join on the 3rd and receive guidance from Coach Hong.
The 26 national team members announced by Coach Hong on the 26th 토토 of last month will face Palestine at 8 PM on the 5th at Seoul World Cup Stadium and Oman at 11 PM on the 10th at Sultan Qaboos Stadium in Muscat, Oman.
This is the first schedule of the third round of qualifying for the North and Central American World Cup. Korea, which is in Group B of the third round of qualifying, must continue to face Middle Eastern teams, including Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, in addition to the two teams.
Coach Hong, who was given a term until the 2027 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia, declared that he would manage the team with an eye on the World Cup finals in North and Central America.
Coach Hong's plan is to focus on the growth and development of new players while thinking about the future of Korean soccer while increasing competitiveness in the World Cup finals two years away.