The existing strikers of the national team have scored '0 goals' in total over the past month… Jeon Jin-woo scored 5 goals alone. Why the K-League is important
The existing strikers of the national team have scored '0 goals' in total over the past month… Jeon Jin-woo scored 5 goals alone. Why the K-League is important
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Who will score the goal? This is a factor that men's national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo has to keep in mind when he came up with the lineup ahead of the A-match.
The national team will have an away match in Iraq at 3:15 p.m. on the 6th (Korea time) at Basra International Stadium in Basra, Iraq, in the ninth leg of Group B of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup between North Korea and China. South Korea, which is ranked first in the group, can confirm its advance to the finals early by confirming its second or higher ranking in the group just by drawing with Iraq, which is ranked third in the group.
Korea's concern is scoring ability. Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Kang-in, the main strikers of the Korean national team, had difficulty even playing at the last minute of the season due to different circumstances. The team also kept records in the 2024-2025 season, but not at the last minute of the season. Son Heung-min scored seven goals and nine assists, Lee Jae-seong scored seven goals and six assists, and Lee Kang-in six goals and six assists, but only Lee Jae-seong showed good performance until the end. Son Heung-min had an injury and Lee Kang-in failed to play at the last minute due to competition to be a starting member in his team. Hwang Hee-chan, who scored two goals in the league, also had difficulty in playing at the last minute as well as scoring goals.
In the little over a month from May to now, the European team has scored a total of two goals. Hwang In-beom, who plays for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scored a goal in early May. Yang Hyun-joon of Celtic in Scotland also scored a goal. Yang has made a point of attack in the Scottish First Division by scoring five goals and two assists in the Cup.
Some European players proved their scoring ability during the last season, but they had no goals for the past month. Oh Hyun-kyu, who showed scoring ability by scoring nine goals and two assists in the first division of Belgium, and Seol, who showed scoring ability beyond a defender by boasting six goals and five assists in the first division of Serbia, cannot say that he scored well at the end of the season.
On the other hand, the K-League players, who joined the team with more games and sharp senses, have different sense of scoring recently. As a leading scorer in the K-League 1 and leading the competition for championship title at Jeonbuk Hyundai, Jeon has scored a whopping five goals since May alone. On top of that, Moon Sun-min scored one goal in early May. Defenders Cho Hyun-taek and Park Jin-seop each scored one goal in the K-League. All Korean players have scored a total of 10 goals since May, of which Jeon Jin-woo has been responsible for half. In other words, if Jeon is excluded from the starting lineup, Korean players' sense of scoring has deteriorated dramatically recently. Nevertheless, from Hong's point of view, he may be concerned about whether he can immediately use Jeon Jin-woo, who was selected for the A national team for the first time, in the starting lineup. 메이저놀이터
In Iraq, main gun Aymen Hussain cannot play. The match between Korea and Iraq can be interpreted as a showdown between two teams that have lost their teeth. Apart from the recent decline in senses, Korea's star strikers must show their original skills to make this match easier.