Hong Myung-bo's front line is 'No. 1 in scoring' Joo Min-gyu?Competition with Oh Hyun-kyu and Oh Se-hoon
Hong Myung-bo's front line is 'No. 1 in scoring' Joo Min-gyu?Competition with Oh Hyun-kyu and Oh Se-hoon
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The Korean men's soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, aims to advance to the World Cup finals early with three front-line strikers: Joo Min-kyu (35, Daejeon Hana Citizen), Oh Se-hoon (26, Machida Zelvia), and Oh Hyun-kyu (24, Genk).
Hong Myung-bo will hold his first A-match convocation training in March at Goyang Stadium on the afternoon of the 17th.
The 28 Taegeuk Warriors, who joined the national team through the announcement of the list on the 10th, will play the seventh match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North Korea and the U.S. at Goyang Stadium on the 20th, and then play the eighth match at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 25th.
South Korea, which currently ranks first in Group B with four wins and two draws, will confirm its advance to the finals early if it wins all of the A matches this March.
Except for the side defense resources, most of the resources that were called during the A-match in November last year were on board.
In particular, Joo Min-gyu, Oh Se-hoon, and Oh Hyun-kyu, who are three forward-line offensive resources, were selected by Hong again this time. They have been consistently competing in good faith since last October's A-match.
All of them had the advantage of being able to score in the opponent's box as well as playing in conjunction with second-line resources.
In particular, Joo Min-kyu and Oh Hyun-kyu are showing off their excellent sense of goal.
Joo Min-kyu is ranked No. 1 in scoring in the league despite the change of wearing a Daejeon uniform, leaving Ulsan HD in the K League 1 professional football league.
He scored multiple goals in the opening match against the Pohang Steelers on the 15th of last month, and has scored four goals in four games until the match against Daegu FC on the 8th, drawing a tremendous rise of one goal per game.
At the press conference to announce the list, Hong also praised Joo's ability to maintain consistency even at the age of mid-30s, saying, "Jo Min-gyu is ranking first in scoring. He has maintained his form that he had been supporting last year."
In addition, Joo Min-gyu scored a goal in the away match against Oman (3-1 win) in September last year.
Oh Hyun-kyu, who plays for Genk in Belgium's professional football team, is also constantly scoring goals.
Although he is not a built-in main player in the team, he has consistently stepped on the ground through replacements and scored five goals in three months this year.
Due to the recent accumulation of hamstring fatigue, the match against Charlois took a short break on the 1st, but he returned to FCV Denderer on the 9th and scored the winning goal, leading his team to victory.
Coach Hong praised Oh's scoring pace, saying, "Oh Hyun-kyu briefly left the team due to injury, but he returned and scored in the last game."
Oh Hyun-kyu is expected to be a good option as he presented his team with a net goal in an away match in Jordan (2-0 win) in October last year.
Oh Se-hoon, who plays in the J1 League in Japan, has yet to score a goal this year, unlike his competitors.
Like K League 1, the J1 League also opened in the middle of last month. 먹튀검증
Oh Se-hoon played all five league games for Machida, but has yet to score a goal in the season.
However, at 193 centimeters, he has the largest height among the front-line strikers of the national team, so he is outstanding in the right to provide.
"Oh has no goal, but when I went to Japan last week, he showed strong performance in the air. I felt that he was not in a bad condition," Hong said, giving high marks to Oh's air ball.