Who's New Face?
Hwang Sun-hong, the 23-year-old (U-23), who temporarily serves as the head coach of the A national team, will hold a press conference to announce the roster of the A national team in March at 11 a.m. on the 11th at the soccer center. 토토사이트
Coach Hwang is expected to announce the list of call-ups and at the same time disclose his plans for the two consecutive games against Thailand.
The third match of the second round of the World Cup qualifying round, the first match against Thailand, will be held at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 21st. The fourth match against Thailand, which will be held on an away basis, will be held at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on the 26th.
Korea is ranking first with two wins (six points) in Group C of the second qualifying round. Thailand is ranking second with one win and one loss (three points). China, which has one win, one loss and three points, is ranking third, which is behind Thailand in goal difference, and Singapore is ranking fourth with two losses.
As Hwang is an interim coach, chances are high that he will not significantly reshuffle the team. As a result, it is highly likely that most European players who played in the Qatar Asian Cup will be summoned again.
Among European players, Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) is likely to fail due to thigh injury. Captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) and Hwang In-beom (Zvezda) are expected to be called as they are.
Yang Hyun-joon, who has recorded consecutive assists at his team Celtic and boasts a good condition, is also likely to call up.
However, Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Cho Kyu-sung (Mitt Whelan) and Oh Hyun-kyu (Celtic), who have been sluggish in their teams following the Asian Cup, and Hong Hyun-seok (Hent) and Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), who failed to show impressive performances in the Asian Cup, are difficult to guarantee a call-up.
Attention is focusing on whether Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), who played water bottles at the training ground during the table tennis match between Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in and ahead of the semifinal match against Jordan, will be called up.
Bae Joon-ho (Stock City) and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City), who have been showing impressive performances since entering the European stage, are also drawing attention.
It is not clear whether Hwang will call Park Yong-woo (Al-Ain) and Jeong Seung-hyun (Al-Waseul), who advanced to the Middle East. Park provided an excuse for scoring the winning goal due to a fatal pass mistake in the match against Jordan in the semifinal of the Asian Cup.
Among the domestic players (including the East Asian League), Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan HD) and Song Bum-keun (Shonan Bell Mare), who took over the starting goalkeeper position after Kim Seung-kyu (Al-Shabab)'s cruciate ligament injury, are likely to be called up as they are.
Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Lee Soon-min (Daejeon Hana Citizen), Moon Sun-min (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk Hyundai), and Kim Tae-hwan (Jeonbuk Hyundai), who have continued their performances in the K League 1, are considered stable.
Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), who participated in the ping pong incident and water bottle play, Lee Ki-je (Suwon Samsung), and Kim Joo-sung (FC Seoul), who are injured, are difficult to guarantee a call-up.
Attention is also focusing on whether new faces will get a chance.
There is a possibility that Hwang will bring in Cho Young-wook (Seoul), Jung Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC), and Hwang Jae-won (Daegu FC), who jointly won a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. It is possible that those who were in the spotlight as next-generation national teams will be reborn as national teams thanks to their relationship with Hwang.
Soccer fans are also paying keen attention to whether Lee Seung-woo (Suwon FC), who scored the finisher through penalty kick in the opening game of the K-League, and Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan FC), who is a regular scorer in the K-League 1. The two players had double-digit scores for two consecutive seasons in the K-League 1, showing steady performance.
This is because Hwang, who has been watching K-League games since the appointment of interim coach, can give Lee Seung-woo and Joo Min-kyu a chance, unlike former coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was not interested in the K-League.
On top of that, Song Min-gyu (Jeonbuk), Um Won-sang (Ulsan), Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan), Lee Kyu-sung (Ulsan), Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan), Ko Seung-beom (Ulsan), Hong Yun-sang (Pohang), Lee Ho-jae (Pohang), Kim In-kyun (Daejeon), Du Hyun-seok (Gwangju), Lee Hee-kyun (Gwangju), Um Ji-sung (Gwangju), and Ko Jae-hyun (Daegu), who have been consistently showing good performances in the K League 1, are expected to wait for Hwang's call.