Eom Won-sang, unable to participate in the March A match due to injury Song Min-gyu selected as replacement

Eom Won-sang scores the team’s third goal

Winger Won-sang Eom (Ulsan), who was called to the national soccer team during the international match in March, will not be able to play due to injury.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 15th that Eom Won-sang could not be called up during this international match due to injury, so Song Min-gyu (Jeonbuk) was selected as a replacement.

Eom Won-sang, who played in 7 A matches until the 2022 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship, was named on the March A match call-up list announced on the 11th.

He played full-time in his team Ulsan HD’s most recent game, the second leg of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League quarterfinals against Jeonbuk Hyundai on the 12th, contributing to a 1-0 win, but was unable to join the team due to the condition of his left ankle. It failed.

Song Min-gyu celebrating goal

Like Eom Won-sang, Song Min-gyu, a member of last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games gold medal team under interim coach Hwang Seon-hong, was selected to the A national team a year after last March, when he was first called up under former coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany).

Song Min-gyu did not play in the game when he was called up in March of last year, but he played in 13 A matches and scored one goal until the friendly match against Iceland in November 2022.

After coach Klinsmann was dismissed last month, the national soccer team, with Olympic team coach Hwang Seon-hong taking over as interim head coach, will play a two-game series against Thailand during the international match this month in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asia second round qualifiers.The home game will be held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st, and the away game will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 26th. 스포츠토토