'Hong Myung-bo' to solidify 'going to the WC finals', and the generational change project will continue in the new year...Inspection of young blood such as Yang Min-hyuk, Lee Hyun-joo, and Lee Han-beom on the 14th

'Hong Myung-bo' to solidify 'going to the WC finals', and the generational change project will continue in the new year...Inspection of young blood such as Yang Min-hyuk, Lee Hyun-joo, and Lee Han-beom on the 14th

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The 'Hong Myung-bo' project to strengthen its power will continue in the new year toward the 2026 North Korea-China World Cup finals.
Coach Hong Myung-bo and the coaching staff of the Korean national soccer team will depart for Europe on Wednesday. They will return to Korea in mid-February after skipping the Lunar New Year holidays. Not only domestic coaches such as Park Geon-ha, Kim Dong-jin and Kim Jin-gyu, but also foreign coaches such as João Arrosu and Thiago Maia (Portugal) will be scattered across Europe to check on players.

Those who are checked are virtually all players of European leagues. Hong's delegation plans to take full advantage of the existing members of the national team including Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord).

The focus is on young guns. Team Korea, which is aiming to advance to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time, is cruising through the Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup. It is the leader in Group B with four wins, two draws and 14 points from six matches that were held from September to November last year. With the number of tickets allocated to Asia expanded to 8.5, the top two players in Group A through C will go straight to the finals. Since the group has wide gap with Iraq (11 points) and Jordan (9 points), which is ranking third in the group, they have some leeway in the remaining races to resume in March.

Now is the time to focus on the growth of next-generation resources as well as advancing to the finals of the North Korea-China World Cup, which will open in June next year. The more young blood the team has, the more advantageous it is. Furthermore, some generational changes are inevitable for the national team. For one, Son Heung-min and Lee Jae-seong were born in 1992. Moreover, the national team is putting a lot of effort into reclaiming the top spot at the Asian Cup, which will be held in Saudi Arabia in 2027.

Fortunately, there are enough candidates for the next generation to lead the national team. In addition to Oh Hyun-kyu (Henk), who has been to and from the national team's camp since the days of Bentuho, who succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Bae Joon-ho (St. St. Petersburg), Yang Min-hyuk (Tottenham), Um Ji-sung (Swansea City), Lee Han-beom (Mit Willan), Kwon Hyuk-kyu (St. Mirren), Hong Hyun-seok (Mines), Lee Hyun-joo (Hanover), and Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic) are waiting for the call. 메이저놀이터

Since his inauguration, Hong has constantly looked after young players and often gave them opportunities. He picked Yang Min-hyuk and Lee Han-beom in September last year, and Bae Jun-ho and Kwon Hyuk-kyu in October. In November, he confirmed the possibility of Lee Hyun-joo. "I will make every effort to strengthen my competitiveness in the World Cup finals," Hong said.