Hong Myung Bo-ho decides against the A-match in October! Paraguay to hold warm-up match in more than three years
Jun 12, 2025
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The Korea Football Association announced on the 12th that it will hold a warm-up match with Paraguay in Korea on October 14. The match against Paraguay is one of two warm-up matches to be played by the A-match national team in October. The KFA said the specific venue and time of the game were undecided.
It is the first time in three years and four months that the national team will face Paraguay since a friendly match in Suwon on June 10, 2022. At that time, the national team was dragged 0-2 by Paraguay, but it was tied 2-2 thanks to consecutive goals by Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) and Jung Woo-young (Unyon Berlin). The all-time record is two wins, four draws and one loss in seven games.
Paraguay, ranked 48th in the FIFA rankings, is currently fifth with 24 points with two games remaining in the South American qualifiers for the North-China World Cup. Considering the gap with seventh-place Venezuela (18 points), which is in the playoff zone, one more point in the remaining two games will make it straight to the finals. Paraguay's all-time World Cup record is to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2010 South African Games.
Hong Myung-bo, who has confirmed his trip to the North Korea-China World Cup finals, will move to the U.S. in September and hold warm-up matches with Mexico and the U.S. respectively. He is also expected to meet Paraguay and other opponents during the A-match period in October.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
