Lee Young-joon is gaining ground in Europe. However, he was not selected as a member of the national team again this time.
The Korea Football Association (KFA) held a “press conference to announce the World Cup qualification list in November” at 11 a.m. on the 4th at the Korea Football Association located in Jongno-gu, Seoul, ahead of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China U.S. World Cup.
Coach Hong Myung-bo has appointed Oh Se-hoon and Joo Min-gyu since his inauguration. Oh was also invited to the national team for the A-match in October. Joo continued to take chances, but failed to display his strengths as he did when he was in his prime.
While Joo Min-gyu left a regret, Oh Se-hoon and Oh Hyun-gyu performed better than expected. Oh Se-hoon and Oh Hyun-gyu created opportunities through active movements at the forefront. Both players scored goals. Oh scored his A-match debut goal in the match against Iraq. Oh scored in both A-match games in October, and successfully scored goals for two consecutive A-match games.
Oh Hyun-kyu and Oh Se-hoon have sparked competition to become the main strikers of the Korean national team. Fierce competition is expected until the 2026 World Cup in North Korea and the U.S. is expected. They have another competitor, Lee Young-joon. Lee Young-joon is also highly anticipated as a next-generation striker. Born in 2003, Lee is a striker who is establishing himself in Grashofer, Switzerland.
Lee is 193 centimeters tall. However, he is not the type to judge a match based on the right to offer. Lee finds chances to score through diverse areas of activities. He also demonstrated good scoring ability by displaying good shooting abilities. He moved to Grashofer this summer and made inroads into the European leagues. 토토사이트
Lee made his league debut by starting in the fifth round against Siong. Lee impressed by scoring his debut goal 42 seconds into his league debut. Afterwards, he scored again in the match against Cervet and made an assist in the match against Young Voice. Lee even received the Grashofer Player of the Month award in August.
Although he showed good performance in Europe, he was not selected in the last A-match, which caused fans to feel sorry. At the time of the announcement of the A-match list in October, Hong Myung-bo explained that he did not pick Oh because his playing style overlapped with Oh Se-hoon and Oh Hyun-kyu’s form was good.
Coach Hong Myung-bo did not choose Lee. “I felt that Lee was having a good time for himself right now. Both in the league and in matches. When I checked with the coach and myself, he said that he was still early to join the national team. So, he was excluded from the list this time. I was confident that it would be a good option for the national team from now on,” Hong said.
Led by coach Hong Myung-bo, the Korean national soccer team will meet Kuwait in the fifth Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup North-China (USA, Canada, Mexico) on Wednesday (Korea time). The team will then face off against the Palestinians on Wednesday. All of them are away matches.