Coach Hwang Seon-hong, the 'temporary head coach' who leads the group with 2 wins and 1 draw , fails to win in his A-match debut.

Despite Hwang Seon-hong's 'captain' Son Heung-min (Tottenham)'s first goal, the Korean national soccer team drew with Thailand at home.

The national soccer team, led by interim coach Hwang Seon-hong, drew 1-1 in the 3rd game of Group C of the 2026 North, Central America World Cup Asia Region 2 qualifiers at home against Thailand held at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 21st.

Korea took the lead in the 42nd minute of the first half when Son Heung-min, who was rushing through a cutback cross from Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), scored with a left-footed non-stop shot. 메이저사이트

However, in the 16th minute of the second half, Thai striker Suphanat Muenta, who came on as a substitute, scored an equalizer to tie the score.

Korea (22nd), which drew with Thailand, ranked 101st in the FIFA rankings, had 30 wins, 8 draws, and 8 losses.

Korea, which had two consecutive wins over Singapore (5-0 wins) and China (3-0 wins) in November last year, failed to win three games in a row by drawing with Thailand, but maintained its lead in the group with two wins and one draw (7 points). Thailand has 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss (4 points).

In the World Cup Asia 2nd qualifier, the second place group advances to the 3rd qualifier. Korea, who missed out on victory at home, will leave for Bangkok, Thailand on the 22nd and play the 4th away game at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok at 9:30 pm on the 26th, Korean time. Coach Hwang Seon-hong, who took charge of the two-game series against Thailand as interim head coach after former coach Jurgen Klinsmann was sacked, missed his A-match debut win. Coach Hwang, head of the under-23 (U-23) national team, must advance to the Olympic finals for the 10th consecutive time at the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, which opens on the 15th of next month and also serves as the men's soccer qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The national team, which appeared in front of domestic fans for the first time since the 2023 Qatar Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, selected key European players such as Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) as starters. Joo Min-gyu (Ulsan), who was the youngest to wear the Taegeuk symbol, was selected to the front line. Joo Min-gyu recorded the oldest A-match debut ever (33 years, 343 days) with his appearance against Thailand. In the second line of attack, Son Heung-min, along with Lee Jae-seong and Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) worked together. Son Heung-min, who injured his right finger in a physical collision with Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) during the Asian Cup, played again today with a bandage. 토토사이트 Lee Kang-in, who bowed his head in apology before the match against Thailand, started the game on the bench. Son Heung-min played in his 124th international match on this day, tying for 5th place with the late Yoo Sang-cheol and Kim Ho-gon for the most individual appearances in international matches. In the midfield, Hwang In-beom (Zvezda) and Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham City) were responsible for coordinating offense and defense. The defense of the back four was played by Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk), Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-kwon, and Seol Young-woo (Ulsan). The goalkeeper gloves were worn by Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan). Contrary to expectations, the visiting team Thailand's initial offensive was strong. In Thailand's set-piece chance in the 6th minute of the first half, Piradol Cjaratsamy's right-footed shot after the second ball bounced off the Korean defense. In the 9th minute of the first half, taking advantage of Baek Seung-ho's mistake during the build-up, Thai striker Supachai Chaidet attempted a powerful right-footed mid-range shot, which goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo managed to deflect with his body. As time passed, Korea began to gradually increase its market share. However, they had difficulty breaking through the tightly lined Thai defense. In the 31st minute of the first half, Son Heung-min responded with a right-footed free kick for a foul committed by Hwang In-beom, but the low right-footed shot was blocked by the Thai goalkeeper. Son Heung-min missed a decisive chance in the 37th minute of the first half. After penetrating into the Thai penalty box through a link play with Joo Min-gyu and Lee Jae-seong, he fired a left-footed shot from the front, but it went over the crossbar. The tense balance was broken only in the 42nd minute of the first half. Son Heung-min stepped forward as a solution. Lee Jae-seong dug into Jung Woo-young's pass and gave up a cutback cross, and Son Heung-min connected with a left-footed shot that hit the net. This is the 45th goal of the A match. After scoring, Son Heung-min showed off his patented ‘click ceremony’. Korea missed an opportunity to score an additional goal in the 9th minute of the second half. Jung Woo-young's left-footed shot hit the Thai crossbar. Thailand, which had overcome the crisis, caught the Korean defense off guard. Suphanat Muenta, who came on as a substitute in the 14th minute of the second half, scored the equalizer two minutes later. Nicolas Michelsson, who joined the attack, fired a cross with his left foot to Muenta, who was rushing in from the other side. The Korean defense claimed Thailand was offside, but the referee awarded the goal. Video assistant referee (VAR) is not in operation during the World Cup second qualifying round. Korea became desperate and took out two replacement cards at once in the 19th minute of the second half. Joo Min-gyu and Jung Woo-young were brought in, and Lee Kang-in and Hong Hyun-seok (Gent) were brought in. In the 24th minute of the second half, Korea pulled the reins of the attack even further and Son Heung-min struck Thailand's net again, but it was canceled out when Kim Jin-soo, who had passed before, was declared offside. Two minutes later, Son Heung-min connected Lee Kang-in's pass with a right-footed shot, but it was hit by the defense and bounced away. As the game was not going well, Korea took a game-changing approach by sending out Jo Gyu-seong (Midtjylland) and Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan) in place of Lee Jae-seong and Kim Jin-soo in the 29th minute of the second half. However, they were unable to break through Thailand's dense defense, which had since lowered and solidified its defensive line. Hwang In-beom shot a pass that Son Heung-min gave up perfectly after penetrating, but it was blocked by the goalkeeper. Also, Kim Young-kwon stuck out his chest and put the ball into the goal from a corner kick opportunity, but the goalkeeper knocked it out, and Baek Seung-ho's right-foot out-front shot that followed went out of the goal. In the end, Korea failed to score an additional goal and failed to win three games in a row in the second qualifying round. Meanwhile, despite the failure to win the Asian Cup, the 'controversy over the bottom line', 'card playing', and suspicions of 'backdoor dealings in uniforms', 64,912 full-sized spectators entered the stadium on this day and cheered for the Taegeuk Warriors. 토토사이트