Is Jordan still drunk at the Asian Cup? Although his victory at the Asian Cup was his first against Korea, he raised an absurd question as if he had not checked his record.
The South Korean national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, will play against Jordan in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North and Central America (co-hosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico) at Amman International Stadium in Jordan’s capital Amman on the 10th. Currently, South Korea and Jordan are tied with four points, but Jordan is leading Group B ahead of the scoring record.
A day before the match, an official pre-press conference was held at a hotel in Amman. Jordanian media also asked a number of questions to the national soccer team’s head coach Hong Myung-bo and vice-captain Lee Jae-sung, who attended the press conference.
A Jordanian media outlet appeared to want to point out to Hong that Korea is struggling against Jordan, citing its opponent with Jordan. However, the Jordanian media did not seem to be aware that the team’s opponent with Jordan, which was based on the question, was wrong.
Asked about Hong, the reporter said, “South Korea had difficulties against Jordan. There has been no win since the 2008 World Cup qualifying round.”
When asked, Hong said, “I think Jordan is a difficult opponent. Jordan’s players must be confident because we lost at the last Asian Cup,” but added, “But our players have changed, we have experience in the World Cup and we know the importance of the World Cup, so I think it will be a good game tomorrow.”
“I didn’t know that,” Lee Jae-sung, who was at the scene of the Asian Cup disaster, said. “After hearing this, I feel once again that Jordan is a strong team. This motivates the players to prepare for the game. I want to win the game and cut it off.”
Coach Hong Myung-bo and Lee Jae-sung both gave standard answers. They respect Jordan’s strong team but did not give up their will to win.
But this self-confident question is wrong from the ground up. Korea has faced Jordan three times since 2008, including the Asian Cup, although it had one draw and one loss at the Asian Cup, only to win one friendly match in 2014. 안전놀이터
According to the relative records by country provided on the official website of the Korea Football Association, the Korean A team has three wins, three draws and one loss in seven games against Jordan.
The team drew 0-0 when they first met in Jinan, China in 2004, but had one win (1-0) and a draw (2-2) in the third qualifying round for the 2008 FIFA South Africa World Cup. A friendly match held in Seoul in the same year ended with Korea’s victory with Lee Chung-yong’s winning goal.
Since then, the Jordanian media has said, South Korea has won the 2014 away friendly match in Amman, Jordan, with Han Kyo-won’s winning goal. And they had one draw and one loss against Jordan, who they met for the first time in a decade at the last Asian Cup.