Welcome, it's the first time I've ever felt cold. Pride from the country of the martyr, winter snow → cold weather…Korea's away game. Double trouble
Mar 18, 2025
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On the 20th, Oman's national football team will play the seventh match of Group B in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup against South Korea at Goyang Stadium. Desperate. Oman has no experience in advancing to the World Cup finals. But this time the situation is different. Since the North Korea-China World Cup, the number of participating countries has been expanded from 32 countries to 48. The number of World Cup tickets allocated to Asia has also increased significantly from 4.5 to 8.5.
Oman is ranked fourth in the group with two wins and four losses (6 points, difference -3) in the previous six games. They are fiercely competing with Jordan (nine points) in the third place and Kuwait (four points) in the fifth place. The first and second place winners of Group A to C of this tournament will go straight to the World Cup finals. The six teams ranked third and fourth in the group will be divided into two groups for the fourth qualifying round. After that, the first-place team in each group will win the ticket to the finals. In the fourth qualifying round, the second-place teams in each group will stick together to determine which team will play in the intercontinental playoff.
It is true that it is not an easy challenge. Oman is ranked 80th in the FIFA rankings. Korea is ranked 23rd. There is a big difference. South Korea also has the upper hand in relative competition. South Korea had five wins and one loss against Oman six times. He also beat Oman 3-1 last year. In addition, Oman's 'Veteran midfielder' Harip Al-Sadi cannot play in this game due to accumulated warnings.
This is not the end of Oman's worries. Cold weather in Korea is also a variable. As of the 18th, the weather in Goyang, where the game will be held, is only -2 degrees Celsius in the morning and 7 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. Moreover, snow accompanied by strong winds has fallen, and the wind chill is even lower. From the standpoint of the Omani team, it can be embarrassing. According to the Meteorological Agency, the minimum temperature in Muscat, Oman, in March is 20.3 degrees Celsius, and the maximum temperature is 29.5 degrees Celsius. Muscat's lowest temperature in January, the coldest of the year, is 16.7 degrees Celsius. According to local media in Oman, Ibrahim bin Mubarak, director of the Al-Allawi Oman Football Association, was also concerned about the sudden cold weather.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
