Soccer team takes on Palestine tomorrow night...past Palestine and into the World Cup quarterfinals.
Soccer team takes on Palestine tomorrow night...past Palestine and into the World Cup quarterfinals.
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The South Korean national soccer team will look to make it five straight wins in A-matches when they take on Palestine in the Middle East tomorrow night.
Head coach Hong Myung-bo will take on Palestine in Amman, Jordan, tomorrow night (Sept. 19) at 11 p.m. KST in the sixth match of Group B of the North and Central American World Cup Asia 2018 qualifying tournament. Currently leading Group B with four wins, one draw and 13 points, a win over the Palestinians will take them over the eighth rung of the World Cup qualification ladder.
The team will be looking to make it two wins in a row away from home in the Middle East after a 3-1 victory over Kuwait on Thursday. The match was originally scheduled to be played on Palestine's home turf, but due to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, the match will be played in neutral territory, Amman, Jordan. The team left Kuwait late on the afternoon of the 17th KST and arrived in Amman in the early hours of the 18th by chartered flight.
South Korea, ranked 22nd in the FIFA rankings, lead the group with 13 points, while Palestine, ranked 100th in the FIFA rankings, are last with two draws and three losses. 카지노사이트 The Palestinians lost 0-1 away to Oman in their most recent match. The team is eager for this match, having played Palestine to a 0-0 draw in the first match of the third round of World Cup qualifying in September. In that match, the team was hampered by the poor turf at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
Currently, the team has 13 points, five points ahead of Jordan (8 points) in second place in the group. The match against Palestine is the team's final A-match of 2024, and after this match, the team will reconvene for the third round of World Cup qualifying, which resumes next March.
The match between South Korea and Palestine will be broadcast live on KBS 2TV tomorrow night starting at 10:40pm.