Son Heung-min, the captain of the national soccer team, tied for second place in the most goals scored by individuals in the history of the Korean national team.
Son Heung-min scored a penalty kick in the 19th minute while leading the national team’s attack in the fifth Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup against Kuwait at the Jabeur Al Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait’s Kuwaiti City on the 14th (local time). Son Heung-min, who was dribbling through the middle of the penalty area, tripped over the opponent’s defense and the referee declared a penalty. Son Heung-min, who was a kicker, cut the corner of Kuwait’s goal with a right footed shot.
Son Heung-min, who made his A-match debut against Syria in December 2010, scored his 50th A-match in his 150th appearance after scoring his A-match debut goal against India at the 2011 Asian Cup. Son Heung-min, who is feared to be in physical condition due to a series of thigh injuries in his team Tottenham early in the 2024-25 season, was replaced by Bae Jun-ho in the 19th minute of the second half after scoring in the match against Kuwait. Bae Jun-ho, who replaced Son Heung-min, scored in the 29th minute of the second half.
Son scored his 50th A-match goal along with Kuwait’s away goal, tying him for second in the Korean national soccer A-match scoring list with Hwang Sun-hong. Son is eight goals shy of Cha Bum-keun’s goal record of 58 goals, which ranks first in the Korean national soccer A-match scoring list.
South Korea, where Son Heung-min scored the winning goal, won the match 3-1 in Kuwait. South Korea led Group B with four wins and one draw (13 points) due to its victory over Kuwait. South Korea is leading Jordan and Iraq, which are ranking second in Group B, by a wide margin of six points, and has increased its chances of winning a ticket to directly advance to the World Cup finals. In the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup, the team that ranks second in each group will win a ticket to directly advance to the World Cup finals. South Korea, which finished its away match against Kuwait with a victory, will play its sixth away match of Group B, the third Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup, against Palestine on the 19th.
South Korea had Oh Se-hoon as the front-line striker against Kuwait, and Son Heung-min, Lee Jae-sung, and Lee Kang-in led the attack. Park Yong-woo and Hwang In-beom formed the midfield, while Lee Myung-jae, Kim Min-jae, Cho Yoo-min, and Seol Young-woo built the defense. Cho Hyun-woo defended the goal.
South Korea easily played the game against Kuwait when Oh Se-hoon scored the first goal in the 10th minute of the first half. Oh Se-hoon finished the ball that Hwang In-beom floated into the penalty area with a high RBI header shot to shake Kuwait’s net.
Afterwards, Son Heung-min scored an additional penalty kick goal in the 19th minute of the first half for South Korea. Son dribbled through the penalty area and tripped over the opponent’s defense, and the referee declared a penalty. Son Heung-min, who was the kicker, cut the corner of Kuwait’s goal with a right footed shot.
South Korea, which finished ahead of the first half, connected to the goal gate in the first minute of the second half after Lee Jae-sung’s low cross from the left side was deflected off the opponent’s defense, and Lee Kang-in tried to shoot with his right foot in front of the goal gate, but it went off the goal.
Mohammad Daham scored a comeback goal in the 14th minute of the second half. Mohammad Daham took over a ball floated by his teammate Mayed into the middle of the penalty area and scored a powerful right-footed shot at the goal. 먹튀검증
In the 17th minute of the second half, South Korea changed its side by putting in Bae Joon-ho and Lee Tae-seok instead of Son Heung-min and Lee Myung-jae.
Korea widened the gap again with Bae’s score in the 29th minute of the second half. Bae took over Hwang In-beom’s penetrating pass from the back space of Kuwait’s defense left in the penalty area, beat rival defender Al Dosari, and shook the net with a right footed shot.
In the 40th minute of the second half, a header shot by Reda Hani from a free kick hit the post. South Korea ended its away match in Kuwait with a victory, continuing its four-game winning streak in the third qualifying round for the North-China World Cup.