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"Korea vs Thailand." Starting at 7:50pm tonight, it's broadcast live on TV Chosun
Will Son Heung-min Tottenham and Lee Kang-in Paris Saint-Germain, who reunited on the ground after the "table tennis gate" incident, score a joint goal.
The national soccer team, led by interim coach Hwang Sun-hong, will play the third Group C match against Thailand at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 21st.
Earlier, Korea beat Singapore 5-0 and China 3-0 for two consecutive wins at the first and second matches held in November last year, ranking No. 1 in Group C. The opponent team, Thailand, has one win and one loss. Thailand is 101st, 79 notches below Korea 22nd in the FIFA ranking. Korea is leading Korea by a large margin with 30 wins and eight losses.
This match will be the first match for the Korean national team, which has been reorganized under interim coach Hwang. The match is drawing keen attention as it is the first A match for Korean fans since the team failed to advance to the semifinals of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation AFC Asian Cup held earlier this year.
Midfielder Baek Seung-ho Birmingham City came on board for the first time in a long time, with members of the Asian Cup, including Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur and Lee Kang-in Paris Saint-Germain, Kim Min-jae Bayern Munich, Cho Kyu-sung Mitt Whelan, Hwang In-beom Zvezda, and Hong Hyun-suk Hent. Among the domestic players, Joo Min-kyu, a striker of Ulsan Hyundai in the K League 1, drew attention with his first Taegeuk mark in his life. 스포츠토토
Lee Kang-in physically clashed with captain Son Heung-min last month and was at the center of criticism. He flew to London, where Son Heung-min is, to apologize and expressed his apology through SNS, but there was a loud voice against joining the national team.
"I would like to thank Coach Hwang Sun-hong for giving me the opportunity. He gave me a lot of love, interest and support during the Asian Cup, but I couldn't repay him that much. It was a time to learn a lot from this incident. I will work hard to become a better person, a better person, and an example not only for good soccer players but also for the team," Lee Kang-in lowered his head once again.
TV CHOSUN will exclusively broadcast the second qualifying round of the 2026 FIFA North-Central America World Cup, the match between South Korea and Thailand. It will be available from 7:50 p.m. tonight. Castors Kim Jung-geun and commentators Lee Yong-soo and Park Moon-sung will deliver powerful images of the players and vivid atmosphere at the scene.
After today's game, the fourth game will be played at 9:30 p.m. Korean time on Tuesday, the 26th at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.