Hong Myung-bo's bad news, Lee Dong-kyung, Baek Seung-ho, eventually got injured...Replacement of BAE JUN HO, SEO MIN WOO

Nov 10, 2025

A warm-up match between the South Korean national soccer team and Paraguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Lee Dong-kyung is trying to shoot. Sangam = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.10.14/

The A-match warm-up match between the Korean national soccer team and Brazil was held at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 10th. Baek Seung-ho is blocking Brazil's breakthrough. Sangam = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.10/

Hong Myung-bo, ahead of the A-match friendly in November, suffered a double whammy.

The Korea Football Association announced through a reporter on the afternoon of the 10th that midfielders Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan) and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City) will be excluded from the call-up list due to injuries. Lee Dong-kyung injured his right rib in the K League 1 match against Suwon FC on the 9th, and Baek Seung-ho injured his left shoulder in the England Championship match against Middlesbrough on the same day. The association decided to exclude the two players because it judged that it would be difficult to return within the convocation period.

As a result, the national team suffered the misfortune of losing three of its main midfielders ahead of the two consecutive A-match friendly matches against Bolivia at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th and Ghana at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 18th. Earlier, Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord) also fell due to a left thigh injury. It is expected to take six to eight weeks to return.

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC/ Ulsan Dong-kyung/ ambulance/ injury/ photo Kim Jung-soo

A national team coach Hong Myung-bo did not select Hwang In-beom's replacement, but he called Bae Joon-ho (Stoke City) and Seo Min-woo (Gangwon), respectively, as substitutes for Lee Dong-kyung and Baek Seung-ho. The national team is expected to play two consecutive games with 26 players.

Meanwhile, the national soccer team entered the newly built Korea Football Center one after another from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the 10th. Captain Son Heung-min smiled when asked by reporters how he felt when he came to the Cheonan training center for the first time. Defender Jo Yu-min (Al Sharjah) tongue-in-cheek "Every room has a veranda and it's like a European hotel"

◇ Soccer A national team's November call-up list (26)

▶GK(3) = Cho Hyun-woo(34, Ulsan), Kim Seung-gyu(35, Tokyo), Song Beom-geun(28, Jeonbuk)

▶DF (9 players) = Kim Min-jae (29, Bayern Munich), Cho Yoo-min (29, Sharjah), Lee Han-beom (23, Mit Willan), Park Jin-seop (30, Jeonbuk), Kim Tae-hyun (25, Kashima), Lee Myung-jae (32), Kim Moon-hwan (30, Daejeon), Seol Young-woo (27, Zvezda), Lee Tae-seok (23, Austria Vienna)

▶MF (12) = Lee Kang-in (24, Paris Saint-Germain), Lee Jae-sung (33, Mainz), Jens Castrov (22, Mönchengladbach), Kim Jin-gyu (28, Jeonbuk), Um Ji-sung (23, Swansea City), Kong Won-jae (28, Korpacan), Hwang Hee-chan (29, Wolverhampton), Yang Min-hyuk (19, Portsmouth), Kwon Hyuk-kyu (24, Nantes), Bae Jun-ho (22, Stoke City) Seo Min-woo (27, Gangwon)

▶FW(3) = Son Heung-min(33, LA FC), Cho Kyu-sung(27, Mit Willan) Oh Hyun-kyu(24, Genk)

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.