"Lee Kang-in's injury is not serious, but..." Eventually, Baek Seung-ho and Jung Seung-hyun will be released from the call-up → Two weeks of recovery in Korea is expected
"Lee Kang-in's injury is not serious, but..." Eventually, Baek Seung-ho and Jung Seung-hyun will be released from the call-up → Two weeks of recovery in Korea is expected
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Lee Kang-in, Baek Seung-ho and Jung Seung-hyun, who were called off due to injury after the match against Oman, are scheduled to receive treatment in Korea for two weeks.
Led by coach Hong Myung-bo, the Korean national soccer team will have a showdown with Jordan in the eighth Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup North-China at Suwon World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on Saturday. South Korea ranks first with four wins and three draws (15 points), while Jordan ranks second with three wins, three draws and one loss (12 points).
South Korea, which is at the top of Group B, needed to win both the World Cup qualifiers in March in order to secure an early advance to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time. However, the team struggled in close defense against Oman, which is ranked 80th in FIFA rankings on the 20th. Despite Hwang Hee-chan's first goal, the team ended in a 1-1 draw, allowing an equalizer, and the team's plan was twisted as it only gained one point.
The next team is Jordan, who is most demanding. Despite ranking 64th in FIFA, Korea has a bad memory for Jordan since the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup. In the third round, the team ended up in a 2-0 win away to Jordan, but the situation is different this time. "Ace" Musa al-Tamari and Yazan al-Naimat, who made Korea cry at the Asian Cup, will be able to play in good condition. In addition, Yazan al-Arab, who has been reborn as an "iron wall" of FC Seoul, must also be penetrated.
However, the team encountered unfavorable factors after the match against Oman. In the absence of Kim Min-jae, the center of defense for Korea, Jung Seung-hyun also injured his calf during training. In the match against Oman, Baek Seung-ho, who replaced Hwang In-beom, who was in poor condition, was replaced by a hamstring injury in the 36th minute of the first half, and even Lee Kang-in, who came in instead, collapsed due to an ankle injury in the 40th minute of the second half.
Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured as a result of the examination. We decided to monitor the progress after the recall, but decided to cancel the call-up. Prior to the training session on Tuesday, Hong Myung-bo said, "I thought Lee would be a little worse than expected, but yesterday's examination revealed that it wasn't as bad as I thought. I convened for now and talked to him face-to-face before I came here. I have fully confirmed my attitude, attitude and mindset that I am currently playing for the national team."
"However, they are important to our team but also very important to our team. We have decided to cancel the call-up of the three players, and we will prepare for the rest of the Jordanian games," he said. There will be no substitute, and the team will prepare for the match against Jordan with the remaining 25 players. 메이저놀이터
All three players will need about two weeks to recover from their injuries. "Three players, Lee Kang-in, Baek Seung-ho and Jung Seung-hyun, will be called off after training today," said an official from the Korea Football Association (KFA) on Sunday. Lee will have to wait to return to the team, but based on his doctors' judgment, it will take about two weeks to recover. Lee Kang-in also wanted to return to the team on his back that day, but he couldn't. We each have our own doctors and the team's doctors, but we communicated and decided to get treatment in Korea."