FIFA Ranked 22nd Team Dominates 100th Palestine
The national soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, will play the last A match of the year against Palestine at 11 p.m. tonight.
If you win today, you will win five consecutive World Cup qualifiers, surpassing the '8th ridge' of advancing to the finals for the 11th consecutive time.
I'm connecting with the reporter, reporter Cho Eun-ji! Palestinians have "painful memories"?
[Reporter]
Yes, it was a country that drew with Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium last September.
At that time, the match was Hong Myung-bo's debut and the first match of the World Cup's third qualifying round,
In a chaotic atmosphere with criticism hanging and booing due to the aftermath of the appointment of head coach
, Korea drew without scoring against Palestinians who are at war with Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in and Kim Min-jae.
Tonight, I'm meeting with the Palestinian again after 75 days.
Hong Myung-bo has since won four games in a row to return to five World Cup qualifiers, establishing a "dictatorship" as the lead in Group B,
It's a chance to avenge the Palestinians who are at the bottom of the group without a single win in
.
The only match against each other was the draw in September, but we are 22nd in the FIFA rankings and Palestine 100th, so we are far ahead in objective power.
If Hong Myung-bo adds three points today, he will cross the "eight-part ridge" of advancing to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time.
[Anchor]
I hope to have a cool scoring shot, but Son Heung-min is going to challenge for the milestone?
[Reporter]
Captain Son Heung-min reported his 50th A-match goal when he scored his own penalty against Kuwait last week.
He was on par with Hwang Sun-hong, Korea's second-highest A-match score ever,
If
Son Heung-min scores today, he could reach the record of legend Cha Bum-keun, who ranks second alone in this category and further leads with 58 goals.
One more thing to watch, Son Heung-min scored nine goals this year with the national flag, the most A-match goals in a year since 2005.
If you taste the goal today, you will score double digits for the first time.
Captain Son Heung-min is a world-class striker, but in fact, Hong Myung-bo is on the rise no matter who bursts.
The national team scored 11 goals in five World Cup qualifying matches.
As many as seven players, including Son Heung-min and Lee Jae-sung, tasted the goal, Hong Myung-bo's scoring route is diverse.
As newcomers melt into veterans who have experienced the Qatar World Cup Round of 16, they will be reborn as a solid one-team,
Oh Se-hoon, the front-rower, tries to score goals for three consecutive games, and Bae Jun-ho, the youngest born in 2003, tries to score points for four consecutive games.
If you catch the victory at an early time, there is a high possibility that young bird faces unfamiliar with the Taegeuk mark will evenly step on the ground.
I'm Cho Eun Ji of YTN in the sports department.
Video editing;Kim Hee-jung design; Lee Na-eun screen provision; Soccer Association [Inside Cam]; Coupang Play
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