If you don’t have teeth, you have to fight with your gums, but it would be better if your gums played a role in becoming teeth.
The Korean national soccer team will play against Iraq in the fourth Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North China-U.S. World Cup at Mir Stadium in Yongin on Saturday. The team is tied with Iraq with two wins, one draw and seven points, but Hong is leading the team in goal difference.
For this reason, it will inevitably be a six-point match. If the team wins Iraq, it will have 10 points, which could lead to a three-point gap with the runner-up and even a six-point gap with the third-place team in some cases. This is all the more true in that the second-place finishers in the group advance to the finals, and the third-place finishers also have the playoff to determine the winner.
If the team catches the Iraq war well, it will have room to play two consecutive away games against Kuwait and Palestine in November. In the case of Palestine, there is always a possibility of a third country game due to the war with Israel.
The Korean team showed fairly aggressive response to the match against Jordan, which had many concerns. Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) replaced Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) who failed to join the team due to injury, but left the team due to injury, and when Um Ji-sung (Swansea City) was also injured, Hong took out Bae Joon-ho (Stock City).
Bae Joon-ho shook Jordan’s defense with a bold breakthrough and a clever ball guard over concerns of “lack of national team experience” on the left side and helped Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk) score a goal to contribute to the 2-0 victory.
Afterwards, when Um Ji-sung and Hwang Hee-chan were eliminated due to injury, Hong transfused Lee Seung-woo and Moon Seon-min (both from North Jeolla Province and Hyundai). Lee reaffirmed that he was hungry for the national team, and Moon Seon-min is a resource to be called upon at any time.
In the previous three matches, Iraq beat Oman and Palestine 1-0 respectively, and tied with Kuwait 0-0. The record of two scoreless matches leads to a task of successful targeted attack on the Hong Myung-bo team.
In the warm-up match ahead of the Qatar Asian Cup in January, Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) scored the winning goal and won the game 1-0. Iraq, which plays combatively with physical strength, is quite burdensome for the national team, which tries to show delicate plays. 토토사이트
The national team, which has a nightmare of 0-0 draw due to poor grass conditions and failure to target defense at home against Palestine in September, should come up with ways to effectively target Iraq.
At least, Hong seems to have a bad eye. “Hwang Hee-chan and Um Ji-sung are both out due to injuries. It is important how much their replacement resources are provided. I am practicing to systematically play the way I have been doing. When I go to the third (final third) zone, I will train one day to see how I will score points and play games,” he said.
In other words, Hong said, “How the players who will play on the left side or the second line of attack, including Bae Joon-ho, Lee Seung-woo and Moon Seon-min, will cook Iraq’s defense will be a showdown.” This is all the more so in that everyone knows that only when the sides are torn down, there will be a space in the center to get a shot opportunity.