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The Thailand match is important for coach Hwang Seon-hong and the players Capture both content and results

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'5대0→3대0→?' 손흥민과 이강인, 다시 완전체…태국전 '화합의 골잔치', 상처 치유 첫 길


'Hwang Seon-Hong-ho', who will play against Thailand in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian region second qualifying round, chases two birds with one stone: content and results. It is a very important game for both interim head coach Hwang Seon-hong and the Taegeuk Warriors.


Korea, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, will play the third round of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian region second qualifying round against Thailand at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 21st.


The national team will then travel to Bangkok, Thailand on the 26th to clash again. Currently, Korea is in first place in Group B with two consecutive wins (6 points). Thailand is in second place with 1 win and 1 loss (3 points).


There is a big difference in objective power, with Korea ranked 22nd and Thailand ranked 101st in the FIFA rankings. In terms of historical record, Korea is far ahead with 30 wins, 7 draws, and 8 losses. However, there are many concerns as the national team atmosphere has not been good in many ways recently. The burden on Korean soccer legend ‘Stork’ coach Hwang Seon-hong is quite heavy.


Coach Hwang Seon-hong, who was leading the U23 Olympic team and preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics, took over the baton temporarily in March last month.


Coach Jürgen Klinsmann was suddenly dismissed due to poor performance and failure to manage the team, and after much deliberation, the Korea Football Association decided to entrust Olympic team coach Hwang Seon-hong with the two-game international match in March. 스포츠 토토사이트


It was not an easy decision for Coach Hwang, who is preparing for the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics in April, but he accepted the association's offer.


In addition, Coach Hwang chose to attack head-on by suddenly selecting Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who had been criticized as a 'low-class player' due to his friction with captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham). He expressed his intention to resolve the controversy without running away, saying, “What happens on the playground must be resolved on the playground.” There is great interest both inside and outside of the country about what outcome this difficult decision will lead to. If the national team performs well in the two-game series against Thailand in March, it could be a plus for Coach Hwang, who is a candidate for the next A team head coach, but if a bad result occurs, it could be fatal. This two-game series is also special for the players. Of course, with the result of 'victory', the atmosphere of recent concern and criticism towards the national team must be reversed. Lee Kang-in visited London, England and apologized directly to Son Heung-min, putting an end to the controversy, but public opinion is still not very positive. Lee Kang-in plans to deliver an apology message to the public ahead of training on the 20th. The noise within the national team did not end with the friction between Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in. It was revealed that some association officials and players had been playing card games for money ahead of the Asian Cup. In the end, the association official was relieved of his position. In addition, suspicions were raised that an association official may have stolen the team's uniforms during the Asian Cup. The association stated that this was unfounded, but public opinion towards the national team has been cold recently.


The national team ahead of the match against Thailand is minimizing contact with the outside world and focusing on internal solidarity. Even at the first convocation on the 18th, only Coach Hwang stood in front of reporters, and on the 19th, an unusually closed training session was held.


There is also interest in whether the new faces selected as Hwang Seon-hong and the Taegeuk Warriors who rejoined after a long time will perform well. Joo Min-gyu, a striker for K-League 1 Ulsan HD, is preparing for the match against Thailand wearing the Taegeuk symbol for the first time at the oldest age of 33 years and 333 days. Attention is being paid to whether Joo Min-gyu can become a new solution to the offensive line, which lacked a significant replacement other than Cho Kyu-sung (Midtjylland) in the Asian Cup. Additionally, fans are looking forward to whether Jeong Ho-yeon (Gwangju) and Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan), who performed well in the K-League, will get a chance. Furthermore, Cho Yu-min (Sharjah), Kim Moon-hwan (Al-Duhail), and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City), who had not been called up to the national team after the 2022 Qatar World Cup, are also long-awaited resources who have joined. It is also of interest whether new faces who were not called up during Coach Klinsmann's time will be able to change the atmosphere through the two-game series against Thailand. 슬롯사이트 순위

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