Hong Myung-bo, who won the Kuwait match, takes a break 15 days of rest
Hong Myung-bo, who won the Kuwait match, takes a break 15 days of rest
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Hong Myung-bo, who defeated Kuwait, the first opponent in the two-game expedition to the Middle East, is going into a sweet 'day of rest'.
The national soccer team led by coach Hong Myung-bo won 3-1 against Kuwait in the fifth match of Group B in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 North and Central America World Cup held at the Jaber Al Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait on the 14th (Korean time).
With this victory, Hong Myung-bo's team, along with the recent 4-game winning streak, has taken first place in Group B of the 3rd World Cup qualifiers with 4 wins and 1 draw (13 points).
Having reached the halfway point of the third preliminary round, Hong Myung-bo widened the point gap to 5 points over Jordan (goal difference +4) and Iraq (goal difference +1, total of 8 points), who are in 2nd and 3rd place in the group, and virtually surpassed the '8th hurdle' for advancing to the main tournament.
Hong Myung-bo, who arrived in Kuwait on the 11th and focused on adjusting to the time difference and improving his teamwork, chose to take a 'complete rest' just five days after arriving in Kuwait.
The Taegeuk Warriors under Hong Myung-bo decided to rest at their 파워볼 accommodations for a day on the 15th without any special plans.
The second match against Palestine, the opponent in the two-game Middle East expedition, will be held at the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan at 11:00 PM on the 19th.
Palestine, unable to play its home games due to the ravages of war, met Korea in Amman.
Now that the match against Kuwait is over, the national team needs to move its base camp to Amman, Jordan, where the next match will be held, but the team has decided not to rush the move and will continue training in Kuwait until the morning of the 17th.
A national team official said, "We played the third match of the third round of the World Cup qualifiers against Jordan in Amman, Jordan last month, and based on our training experience at that time, we concluded that the training environment in Kuwait was better than in Jordan," and "We received cooperation from the Kuwait Football Association early on ahead of this expedition and decided to stay until the morning of the 17th and then move."
Accordingly, the national team decided to train until the morning of the 17th, local time, and then take a plane to Amman, Jordan in the afternoon to prepare for the match against Palestine.