Cho Yoo-min, who wrapped up Kim Min-jae's mistake, said, "Miss of the entire team, not one person..."I'm sorry for losing points"
Cho Yoo-min, who wrapped up Kim Min-jae's mistake, said, "Miss of the entire team, not one person..."I'm sorry for losing points"
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Cho Yoo-min (28, Sharjah), who became the main player under Hong Myung-bo, covered Kim Min-jae (28, Bayern Munich)'s mistake.스포츠토토
The South Korean national team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, drew 1-1 in a neutral match in Group B of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, at 11 p.m. on the 19th (Korea time).
The national team allowed an early run to Zayed Kunbar (Al-Ahli SC Benghazi) due to Kim Min-jae's mistake in the 12th minute of the first half, but it was tied immediately by Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)'s goal. Afterwards, the team pulled the reins of the offense for additional points, but the opponent's goal did not open easily and accepted the rather disappointing result of the draw.
As a result, the team secured 14 points (4 wins, 2 draws), but Iraq (3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 11 points) beat Oman, allowing the team to pursue the team by three points. Jordan (2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, 9 points), Oman (2 wins, 4 losses, 6 points), Kuwait (4 draws, 2 losses, 4 points), and Palestine (3 draws, 3 points) ranked 6th.
Cho Yoo-min's face was full of regret when he faced reporters in the mixed zone (joint coverage area) after the game.
"It is true that we played a difficult game when we lost points in the beginning," Cho Yoo-min said. "But it is not anyone's mistake, but it was a little bit of a mistake as a team. I think it was positive that the players made an effort to equalize and score an additional goal afterwards."
"It's too bad for me as a defender. I had a lot of talks with the players to score no runs before the game again this time. I'm sorry for that, but I'll try to supplement it well and show better performance as we have more games to come," he said.
Unlike the last few games, the opinion that the defensive concentration seems to have been disturbed explained, "Rather than that, as I tried to make an additional goal, many players were aggressive, and naturally, I think the back side was less powerful."
Although the outcome is not 100 percent satisfactory, Korea has completed an eventful year for the team. Depending on the situation, Korea can have its two consecutive home games held in March next year confirm its advance to the World Cup for the 11th consecutive time.
"As the players continue to analyze how to solve the game and target the opponent through meetings, I think the part of implementing the plan is getting better," Cho Yoo-min said. "Since Min-jae is the leader in defense, I think I need to talk a little more and make a lot of effort to control the line and prepare for the back space. I will personally do it with confidence and supplement it so that I can show a lot of what I'm good at."