"A draw again." A tough road to the World Cup

"A draw again." A tough road to the World Cup

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Team Korea led by Coach Hong Myung-bo failed again to secure victory at its home turf. The team had planned to confirm its advance to the World Cup finals early on through two consecutive matches in March, but ended up being chased by the last schedule to be held in June.

The national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, tied Jordan 1-1 in the eighth Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 25th.

Having had only three consecutive draws in the recent three games, Korea has maintained its lead with four wins and four draws (16 points), but failed to narrow the gap with second-ranked Jordan (13 points). Korea also had only one win in four third qualifying matches held at home, failing to break its weak jinx at home.

South Korea, which is trying to advance to the World Cup finals for the 11th time in a row, will have to make all-out efforts in the ninth away match against Iraq in June and the final 10th match against Kuwait in South Korea. 스포츠토토

In a stadium filled with 41,532 players, Korea took the lead with Lee Jae-sung's first goal in the fifth minute of the first half and continued to lead the game. Despite the good atmosphere, the team failed to score an additional goal, but rather conceded an equalizer in the 30th minute of the first half. The team struggled to get ahead again throughout the second half, but failed to come to fruition and ended up with a 1-1 draw.