Hong Myung-bo, the coach of the South Korean national soccer team, who had a shocking draw against Palestine, vowed to win the match against Oman, signaling a change.
The South Korean national soccer team, led by head coach Hong, will face Oman at 11 p.m. on the 10th (Korea time) at Sultan Qaboos Stadium in the second Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup.
Team Hong Myung-bo had a 0-0 draw with the Palestinians on Saturday. As Palestine was considered a relatively weak team, Hong promised to win multiple goals before the match. However, no goal has been scored. The team even conceded the first goal to the Palestinians. If the goal had not been canceled due to offside, the team would have faced a serious crisis.
As a result, Hong Myung-bo became even more desperate to win the match against Oman. The national team began adaptation training immediately after entering Oman.
According to OSEN, Hong met with reporters ahead of the training session, signaling a change. “There will be some changes (in the match against Oman). I think we need to give more,” he said. “The team spent several years together, and now I spent a day together in training. I thought it was important to let the players do what they had been doing well. As a result, he did not show good performance in the first half.”
In the match against Palestine, his performance was better in the second half than in the first half. At the time, Hong put Oh Se-hoon at the forefront instead of Joo Min-kyu and Hwang Hee-chan instead of Lee Jae-sung to strengthen his offense.
“We have made some changes in the second half of the year. We will prepare after revising the schedule for the next two days,” he said. “If (the opponent) wants to go down, we have to find a way. We plan to train in such a way during the remaining time. The Palestinians did not have enough time. We will prepare while maintaining the improvement in the second half.”
“Cohesion and solidarity are the most important. It can be influenced by the surrounding environment. I don’t know how the atmosphere, flow, and thoughts of the players of the last game will affect the next game. (That said) the coach’s role is to make good results. The best way is for the players to focus only on the game and get good results.” 스포츠토토