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Korean Soccer Plays Again, Leads Thailand 1-0 in the First Half... Son Heung-min's First Goal

 

 

Hwang Seon-hong went into halftime with a 1-0 lead over Thailand thanks to ‘Captain’ Son Heung-min (Tottenham)’s first goal.

The Korean national soccer team, led by interim coach Hwang Seon-hong, finished the first half with a score of 1-0 in the third match of Group C of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian region second qualifying round against Thailand held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st.

Son Heung-min scored the first goal in the 42nd minute of the first half by completing a cutback passed from the left by Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) with a left-footed non-stop shot. 카지노

In the early stages, Korea repeatedly created dangerous situations by making passing mistakes in the defensive zone.

In the 9th minute of the first half, Seol Young-woo (Ulsan) lost the ball in the Korean half to Supachai Chaid, and Supachai's mid-range shot was fortunately blocked by goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), who shot to the left.

Korea, which had reorganized its line, created good opportunities from the middle of the first half.

In the 20th minute of the first half, the ball was stolen through forward pressure, which led to a mid-range shot by Hwang In-beom (Zvezda), but when the opposing goalkeeper knocked it away, Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan), who was lurking in front of the goal, did not hit the shot properly, and the score was lost.

In the 31st minute of the first half, In-beom Hwang received a free kick from Chanatip Songkrasin on the left side of the penalty arc.

Son Heung-min's direct ground ball shot as a kicker missed slightly to the right of the goal.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min exchanged passes with Lee Jae-seong and Lee Dae-il, and his shot, which penetrated right in front of the goal area, missed the goal and was disappointing.

However, Son Heung-min, who was constantly aiming for the opponent's goal in front of a crowd of about 60,000 won, eventually fulfilled his responsibility as a problem solver, and Korea entered the second half with a much lighter mind.

In this day's game, veteran striker Joo Min-gyu, who is considered the best goal scorer in the K League, started as the lone striker.

With this, Joo Min-gyu set the record for his oldest ever A match debut (33 years, 343 days).

The existing record for the oldest debutant is the late coach Han Chang-hwa, who played in his first international match at the 1954 Switzerland World Cup in Turkey at the age of 32 years and 168 days.

Coach Hwang Seon-hong placed Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who joined the team on the evening of the 19th, the latest of the players, to the bench as his team's game was played only on the 18th (Korean time).

Son Heung-min and Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) took charge of the left and right flank attacks, and Lee Jae-seong stood in the center of the second line.

Hwang In-beom and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham) took charge of the waist, and the four-back defensive line, from the left, consisted of Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Kim Min-jae (Munich), and Seol Young-woo.

Jo Hyun-woo wore the goalkeeper gloves.

If Korea settles the match with a victory, it will further solidify its lead (9 points) by winning all three games of the second preliminary round.