The A-match roster will be announced in October. Will there be a change in the position of the front-line striker who had remained silent at the A-match in September.
Coach Hong Myung-bo will announce the list of call-ups for the third round of the 2026 North Korea-China World Cup at 11 a.m. on the 30th at the Korea Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
The South Korean national soccer team will return home after playing Game 3 against Jordan at Amman International Stadium in Jordan on October 10 and play Game 4 against Iraq at Yongin Mir Stadium on October 15.
Korea, which belongs to Group B of the third qualifying round, is ranked second with one win and one draw (four points). Jordan and Iraq both have one win and one draw. The A-match schedule will be the most important corner for the ranking of the third qualifying round.
Attention is focusing on the position of the forward line striker in this A-match. Coach Hong Myung-bo selected Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan HD) and Oh Se-hoon (Machida Zelvia) in the A-match in September. Joo made changes, including starting in the first match against Palestine and Oh Se-hoon in the second match against Oman, but failed to produce satisfactory results.
Moreover, both players did not taste the goal and once again showed the poor weight of the front line.
There is a possibility that the front-line positions will be completely replaced in the A-match roster. Both Joo Min-kyu and Oh Se-hoon have remained silent since the A-match. Joo played in both the league and the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) matches, but struggled in the Kawasaki Frontale, Incheon United, and Daejeon Hana Citizen matches, while Oh also started in the games against Abispa Fukuoka, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima, but failed to score a goal.
Meanwhile, new competitors have emerged. Oh Hyun-kyu, who was mostly selected under Jurgen Klisman, and Lee Young-joon, who entered the European stage after finishing military service at Gimcheon Sangmu, tasted the goal and warmed up.
Oh Hyun-kyu left Celtic this summer and moved to Genk in Belgium’s main pillar league. Oh Hyun-kyu quickly melted into the team and continues to take the opportunity to play as a substitute. Starting with the first assist against Anderlecht on the 18th, he has scored three consecutive offensive points with one goal against FCV Denderer on the 23rd and multiple goals against Mehelen on the 28th.
Lee Young-joon, who challenged himself to the European stage, is also cruising. He made an impression by scoring his debut goal against Xiong on June 25. He even scored a goal just 42 seconds after kickoff, giving a green light to the main competition.
Lee Young-joon then scored one goal against Cervet on the 22nd and one assist against Young Voice on the 29th.
Announcing his first A-match departure in September, Hong Myung-bo vowed to “form a stable and future-oriented squad.” Attention is focusing on whether Oh Hyun-kyu, born in 2001, and Lee Young-joon, born in 2003, will be given the A-match national flag in October by defeating existing players.
Oh has alienated himself from the national team since the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup that took place in January. He had been excluded from the list because he rarely had a chance with his former club, Celtic. 토토사이트
Lee previously played in national teams by age. He is a 193-centimeter-tall striker with excellent skills ranging from competition to competition for balls in the air. He played as a member of the 2024 AFC U-23 Qatar Asian Cup, a preliminary match for the FIFA U-20 World Cup last year and the 2024 Paris Olympics held in April.