European players, who have completed the 2024 schedule of the Korean men’s national soccer team led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, will play for their team again.
As of the 22nd, Hong Myung-bo is leading Group B in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North Korea and China.
South Korea won 3-1 against Kuwait on the 14th, followed by a 1-1 draw against Palestine on the 19th, finishing the 2024 A-match schedule with four wins and two draws unbeaten.
The members of the Hong Myung-bo team, who crossed the seventh ridge of their 11th consecutive World Cup finals, will resume their team’s schedule.
Players from the K-League of Professional Football returned home on the 21st with the main team consisting of coach Hong and others, and European leagues returned to their countries immediately.
Among the major European players, key defender Kim Min-jae (28, Bayern Munich) will be the first to return to his team.
Munich will call Augsburg home at 4:30 a.m. on the 23rd and hold the 11th round of the German professional football Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season.
Kim Min-jae contributed greatly to his team’s unbeaten league (8 wins, 2 draws) by playing as the main player.
In the match against Palestine, he made a defensive mistake in the 12th minute of the first half and allowed the opponent to score the first goal, but his team will continue to defend without losing a point again.
At 5 a.m., Lee Kang-in (23, Paris Saint-Germain), who was evaluated as the present and future of Korean soccer, will play the 12th round of the French professional football league in the 2024-2025 season at home with Toulouse.
PSG is also leading the league with nine wins and two draws. Attention is focusing on whether Lee Kang-in, who had six scoreless matches (one assist) in the third qualifying round as a member of Hong Myung-bo, will be able to overcome the goal drought by wearing PSG uniform.
On the 24th, “Hong Myung-bo’s captain” Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham) is set to play.
Son Heung-min scored in both A matches in November, setting new records.
He scored his 50th and 51st A-match goals, beating Hwang Sun-hong (50 goals), head coach of Daejeon Hana Citizen, to rank second in Korean men’s soccer history.
In addition, he scored 10 A-match goals this year alone, making double-digit goals for the first time in the national team uniform.
He aims to win the 12th round of the English Premier League (EPL) away match against Manchester City, the league’s second-ranked team, in 2024-2025 season.
Tottenham is currently sluggish as it ranks 10th in the league with five wins, one draw and five losses (16 points). Son Heung-min, the captain and key striker, desperately needs to play.
In addition, Lee Jae-sung (32) and Hong Hyun-seok (25), who are senior and junior players of the national team and teammates of the Bundesliga Mainz, are also set to play.
Mainz will have a league schedule at 11:30 p.m. on the 24th with Holstein Kill away.
Meanwhile, Hwang Hee-chan (28, Wolverhampton), a key resource of the national team, is also expected to return to the A match this November.
Hwang Hee-chan was injured in the A-match in October. He recovered, but Hong did not call up for the A-match in November in consideration of Hwang Hee-chan’s recovery.
Hwang Hee-chan, who regained his full condition during the break, is set to start. 메이저사이트
Wolverhampton, which is ranked 19th in the EPL, which operates under a 20-club system, will play the 12th round of the league at 0:00 p.m. on the 24th.
Hwang Hee-chan was excluded from the expected selection list for the match against Fulham, which was predicted by “Huscoordcom,” which specializes in statistics, but is said to be in good condition enough to enjoy the ground.
Attention is focusing on whether Hwang Hee-chan, who played as the team’s main player last season, will be able to turn the mood around.