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While Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) failed to join the team due to injury, FC Seoul's Kim Joo-sung was selected as a substitute.
The Korea Football Association announced on the 17th that it has appointed Kim Joo-sung as a substitute following the cancellation of Kim Min-jae's call-up. Kim Joo-sung is a center back who leads Seoul's defensive line with Yazan. He started all games in K League 1 this season.
Seoul boasts a clean sheet for three consecutive games. Kim Joo-sung is at the center. He boasts a solid defense. He plans to fill Kim Min-jae's vacancy with Cho Yoo-min (Sharja), Jung Seung-hyun (Alwasl), and Kwon Kyung-won (Corpacan Club).
Kim Joo-sung plays for the A national team, but he played only two games. He is aiming to play in the A-match for the first time in a year and five months since the warm-up match against Vietnam in October 2023.
A national team coach Hong Myung-bo had no choice. Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said on the 14th that `Kim Min-jae is injured. It's already known that there's a problem with the Achilles tendon. "Now we have to manage it so that we don't feel burdened. I hope it's not too bad, but I think I've missed a few weeks." Kim Min-jae missed the 26th round of the German Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season against Union Berlin on the 15th, and Bayern drew 1-1.
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Director Hong Myung-bo to announce the national team list
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Hyun-woo = National soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo announces the list of representative players to play in Group B 7 and 8 of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at the Korea Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 10th.
The national team will play Oman at Goyang Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th and Jordan at Suwon World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 25th. 2025.3.10 |
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The Korea Football Association said on the 15th that `Kim Min-jae made the decision to cancel the call-up of the national team as he was judged to need treatment and recovery during the A-match period due to left Achilles tendinitis.'
Kim Min-jae must be eliminated in the second straight A-match series in March. Now it's time for Team A. Hong Myung-bo will start team training in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 17th. Ten K-leaguers, including Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), Joo Min-kyu (Daejeon), Lee Dong-kyung (Kimcheon), five from the Middle East, Oh Se-hoon (Machida), and Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk) of Europe, will join the first training session.
Eight European players, including Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Lee Jae-sung (Mines), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Yang Min-hyuk (QPR), and Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic), will return to Korea on the day to join Hong Myung-bo. Son was originally scheduled to return to Korea on the 18th. As Tottenham's kick-off time against Fulham is advanced, it will join Hong Myung-bo in the afternoon of the 17th. After the match against Fulham on the 16th, he immediately moved to the airport and boarded a flight to his home country. Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Seol Young-woo (Zvezda), and Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord) will return home on the 18th.
South Korea will play 7th Group B match against Oman in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Goyang Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 20th. Then, he will move the stage to Suwon World Cup Stadium and play the eighth game against Jordan at 7 p.m. on the 25th. Hong Myung-bo is ranked first in Group B with 14 points (4 wins and 2 draws). Iraq (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss) is in second place with 11 points, and Jordan (2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss) is in third place with 9 points. Oman is in fourth place with six points (2 wins and four losses).
In the third qualifying round, the first and second places in each group will win a ticket to the North Korea-China World Cup finals. The third and fourth places will go to the fourth qualifying round, while the fifth and sixth places will be eliminated. If South Korea wins both consecutive games in March, it can confirm its advance to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time early on.
Coach Hong said, `Early confirmation of the trip to the main line is the scenario that we want the most. Of course, not everything can go according to plan. I want to create an atmosphere so that I can play comfortably without putting pressure on the players" he said.
However, it is true that training time is extremely short. Ahead of the match against Oman, the entire team can train only one day on the 19th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
