Announcing the list of the national soccer team...Captain Son Heung-min is back.

[Anchor]
The national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, just announced the list of national teams to play in the A-match this month.

Son Heung-min, who was not called at the last convocation, was included in the list.

Connect with the reporter for more information.

Reporter Yang Si-chang, Son Heung-min is included this time, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, just a moment ago, Coach Hong Myung-bo of the national soccer team announced the list of national teams to play in the A-match this month.

As you said, national team captain Son Heung-min has been named in the national team this time.

Son Heung-min was last September.

He was excluded from the national team in the two A matches last month due to a hamstring injury in his team Tottenham's Europa League match against Garabach.

Afterwards, he appeared in the match against West Ham in English professional football and scored a goal to be in good shape, but he did not play on the ground for about 15 days because his injury did not fully recover.

However, he recovered from his injury early this morning, recording his third assist of the season in his team's Tottenham game.

Coach Hong was called ahead of two away matches against Kuwait and Palestine.

The two teams remain at the bottom of the group without a win, with three draws and one loss, two draws and two losses, respectively, in Group B, the same as South Korea in the third qualifying round of the World Cup.

However, we cannot let our guard down as it is a difficult away match in the Middle East, and there is a rematch with Palestine, which caused the pain of a draw in the first match of the Hong Myung-bo.

This is why head coach Hong put Son Heung-min back on the national team.

Coach Hong also announced his plan to control the playing time to manage Son Heung-min's injury.

[Hong Myung-bo / Coach of the Korean national soccer team: I have been accompanied by new players and future resources while maintaining the basic framework of the national team. As you all know yesterday, I think I've checked everything that Son Heung-min came back to the pitch after playing in the game. However, I think our team will also have to keep an eye on Son's playing time.

[Anchor]
There are new players on the national team this time, right?

[Reporter]
As you heard just a moment ago, coach Hong explained that he selected new players and future resources together while maintaining the basic framework.

Let's take a look at the graphic.

Oh Hyun-kyu, Joo Min-kyu and Oh Se-hoon were selected as the offensive line.

In the midfielder, existing main players such as Son Heung-min, Lee Jae-sung, and Lee Kang-in were selected, and
Kim Bong-soo of Gimcheon and Lee Hyun-joo of Hanover wore the national flag for the first time in their lives.

The defensive line is similar.

Kim Min-jae, Cho Yoo-min, and Jung Seung-hyun were selected as they were.

Existing fullback resources such as Seol Young-woo and Lee Myung-jae were also back on board, and Lee Tae-seok, the son of former national team Lee Eul-yong, first wore the national flag as a fullback.

As head coach Hong confided that he has a lot of concerns about fullback resources, it remains to be seen whether Lee Tae-seok will take the opportunity in the national team's call-up.

The 26 national team players selected this time will play Kuwait and Palestine in turn on the 14th and 19th.

As this is the last A match of the year, we will look forward to finishing the A match schedule with two consecutive World Cup wins.

So far, in the sports department, YTN Yang Si-chang.

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