South Korea’s Lee Kang-in and Son Heung-min are shoulder-to-shoulder in the second Asian qualifying match between South Korea and Thailand for the 2026 FIFA North-Central America World Cup held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday.

South Korea’s Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in are encouraging each other after a 1-1 draw in the second Asian qualifying match between South Korea and Thailand for the 2026 FIFA North-Central America World Cup held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st.
You have to break through ‘Sweet Potato Soccer’.

Hwang Sun-hong’s national soccer team will play a return match against Thailand in the second round of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 North-China World Cup.

The national team will play an away match against Thailand at 9:30 p.m. on the 26th at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, in the fourth Group C match of the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North and Central America World Cup.

In the third home game against Thailand held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday, the Korean team failed to keep Son’s first goal and tied 1-1. Korea, which had two wins and one draw seven points with a draw against Thailand, maintained its lead in the group. However, it failed to secure a win at its home ground against Thailand, which ranks 101st in the FIFA rankings, just a few steps below Korea 22nd.

Of course, chances are high that the team will make it to the next round. It follows second-ranked Thailand score point 4, goal difference +1, third-ranked China score point 4, goal difference -2, and fourth-ranked Singapore score point 1, goal difference -7. If the team wins the upcoming away match in Thailand, it will surpass the ninth ridge of its advance to the third round. The second round Asian qualifying round for the World Cup will be held by the second-ranked team in the group for the third round.

In order to score more goals, Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, the parties to the “table tennis gate,” must show perfect chemistry again. Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, who had a physical conflict at the Asian Cup, reconciled with coach Hwang’s active mediation and Lee Kang-in’s apology.

Lee Kang-in apologized in front of the media once more during the official training session before the match against Thailand, putting an end to the incident. The team also made efforts to harmonize with each other. Only when the mood was raised again, the team could not only fail to win the Qatar Asian Cup, but also change the ugly atmosphere surrounding the national team.

However, I regret that I have not been able to produce many threatening scenes. I need to utilize my decision-making power.

With the new coach in charge, the Korean team had an overwhelming 78.5 percent possession rate, 25 shots, and eight shots on target, but ended up scoring just one goal. The team had as many as 10 shots blocked by the opponent team’s defense.

“The parts where the players united and tried to play one more step, and the parts where they created a lot of chances while attacking, are definitely positive in my opinion. In a way, you might think it’s natural to create chances, but it’s difficult to create chances against a defensive team like Thailand. This is our homework, too,” Son said after the home game against Thailand.

Another biggest variable is the recent away match in Thailand. It is the unilateral cheering of Thai fans on the hot weather. Temperatures in the early 30 degrees Celsius and humidity in the evening are around 70-80 percent, which is a hot and humid environment.

Local fans are also excited. Tickets for the fourth game between Korea and Thailand, which had already been sold out, jumped tenfold on an unofficial channel. Some 48,000 Thai fans are ready to take to the stadium.

Players from Thailand who garnered valuable draws in away matches are also strongly determined. The Thai Football Association has also mentioned the possibility of giving rewards to its players to seek victory at home.

Players such as Lee Kang-in of South Korea greet their fans after the match between South Korea and Thailand in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-Central America World Cup held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. 메이저사이트