The Korean men's national soccer team will play an A-match without Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham Hotspur) in October. Attention is focusing on what kind of strategy and tactics Hong Myung-bo, who said he planned Plan B, will bring up.토토사이트

Eight players, including Oh Se-hoon (25, Machida Zelvia), Lee Dong-kyung (27, Kim Cheon-sang-moo), Lee Myung-jae (31), Joo-kyu (34), Cho Hyun-woo (31, Ulsan HD), Kim Joo-sung (24, FC Seoul), Hwang Moon-ki (28, Gangwon FC), and Kim Joon-hong (21, Jeonbuk Hyundai), and the national team's headquarters will leave for Jordan through Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 at 11 p.m. on the 6th.

Except for the main team, the remaining 18 players, including Lee Kang-in (23, Paris Saint-Germain), will start from their respective teams and join in Jordan.

Hong Myung-bo will play the third round of the Asian qualifying round for the '2026 FIFA North-China World Cup' against Jordan at 11 p.m. on the 10th (Korea time).

After that, the team will play its fourth match against Iraq at 8 p.m. on the 15th at Yongin Mir Stadium.

South Korea, currently second in Group B behind Jordan in multiple points, is aiming to take the lead by winning the two consecutive games.

If Korea records two consecutive wins, it is expected to be close to advancing to the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time.

However, it is an A match with many variables.

The first opponent, Jordan, is a team that has been giving South Korea a hard time recently.

Until February, it was a clearer underdog than Korea, but it has emerged as an ambush recently. It tied with South Korea in the group league of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup, which ended in Qatar, and suffered a shock loss of 0-2 in the semifinals.

To make matters worse, it is not expected to be easy due to the away schedule.

Even Son Heung-min, the captain and key resource, was excluded due to injury.

Son Heung-min was replaced after playing 71 minutes because he felt uncomfortable during the first leg of the UEFA Europa League (UEL) league phase against Karabakh (Azerbaijan) on the 27th of last month.

He could not afford to play in the away game of the sixth round of the EPL against Manchester United (Manchester United) on Thursday and the second round of the EPL phase against Ferencvarosí (Hungary) on Wednesday. His left thigh injury did not heal easily.

In the end, Hong finally excluded Son Heung-min, who was included in the A-match list in October, on the 4th. It is the first time in about a year that Son Heung-min has been excluded from the A-match since he won the match against Tunisia (4-0) in October last year.

And Hong Hyun-seok (25), who has recently shown good performance in the Bundesliga of German professional football, has been replaced.

Coach Hong said at the time of the announcement of the list on the 30th of last month, "Plan B has prepared for Son Heung-min not to be in a physical condition (to play)."

"Many players can play in Son's position. Hwang Hee-chan (28, Wolverhampton), Um Ji-sung (22, Swansea City), Bae Jun-ho (21, Stoke City), and Lee Jae-sung (32, Mainz) can also play," he added.

In other words, it mentioned how to use direct position replacements.

In the case of Hwang Hee-chan, he has been sluggish in his team recently, but he has been good in the A team. That was the case with the A match last September.

"There are cases where a player who has difficulties in his team plays well in the national team and gets strength to go back and perform well," Hong said. "Hwang Hee-chan came into the team (during the A-match in September) and played very well. That's why I called him up again this time."

In light of this, if the tactics used during the A match in September are used as they are, it is highly likely to set up frontline strikers such as Joo Min-kyu and Oh Se-hoon, and build a second line with Hwang Hee-chan, Lee Jae-sung and Lee Kang-in.

If Hwang Hee-chan's condition is not good enough to play as a starter, he may also choose Um Ji-sung and Bae Jun-ho, who can replace him. Both players are young, but they are performing well in Europe. Son Heung-min may not be able to completely replace him, but he is not expected to have much difficulty bothering the opponent's defense.

How to completely change the formation can also be an option.

This can be inferred from Hong Hyun-seok, who was selected as an alternative.

Hong Hyun-seok is a midfielder, but he is a multiplayer who can play up to the second line.

There is a possibility that Lee Kang-in, who recently showed good performance as a fake No. 9 in his team, will move to the center, and Hong Hyun-seok will play on the right side where he played for his former team Hent.

There is also a way to use Hong Hyun-seok as an offensive central midfielder and remove Lee Jae-sung to the side.

Attention is focusing on Hong Myung-ho, who and how he will use the player to sound the victory in the match against Jordan.