'Singapore's Great Victory' Kim Do-hoon-ho's National Soccer Team Returns to Korea Now Preparing for the China Match

'Singapore's Great Victory' Kim Do-hoon-ho's National Soccer Team Returns to Korea Now Preparing for the China Match

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The 'Kim Do-hoon-ho' national soccer team, which secured its spot in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup 3rd

round Asian qualifiers by scoring a goal against Singapore, has returned home.

The Korean national soccer team, led by 'temporary commander' Kim Do-hoon, entered the country through Incheon

International Airport on the morning of the 7th.

The national team won 7-0 in the fifth match of Group C in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 North

and Central America World Cup held at the Singapore National Stadium the day before, led by multiple goals from Son

Heung-min (Tottenham) and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain).

Korean soccer, which has yet to find a permanent leader to take the reins, boosted its morale by winning a big victory in its

first match after appointing Kim Do-hoon as interim manager.

Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan) scored his debut goal in an A match (match between national teams) and added 3 assists, and Bae

Jun-ho (Stokes Stead) also scored his debut goal in his debut match for the national team, showing a balanced

performance from the attacking line.

Korea, which earned 13 points with 4 wins and 1 draw in the second qualifying round, has secured its spot in the third

qualifying round starting in September regardless of the results of the remaining matches.

Still, the home game against China is 안전 important.

Kim Do-hoon will play the 6th and final match of the 2nd preliminary round against China at 8 PM on the 11th at Seoul

World Cup Stadium.

By beating China, they can maintain their third place in Asia in the FIFA rankings, behind Japan (18th) and Iran (20th),

and avoid playing Japan and Iran in the third qualifying round, where they are divided into three groups.

Korea, ranked 23rd (ranking points 1,563.99), is 0.06 points ahead of Australia, ranked 4th in Asia (24th, 1,563.93 points).

Coach Kim Do-hoon met with reporters immediately after entering the country and said, "I plan to continue the game

model we shared in the Singapore game (against China). I will focus more on positioning than in the Singapore game,"

adding, "We need to focus on winning games first."

He continued, "We still have one last goal to achieve," and emphasized, "As this is a home game, just as the result of the

Singapore match gave joy to our fans, the players and I have the same desire to end the (second) qualifying round on a

high note."

Coach Kim gave the team a rest on this day. The national team plans to gather at the accommodation on the 8th and then

conduct open training for fans at Goyang Stadium