South Korea defeated Bolivia 2-0 of their males’s soccer pleasant match at house Friday, behind second-half objectives by forwards Son Heung-min and Cho Gue-sung.
Son netted a free kick purpose within the 57th minute at Daejeon World Cup Stadium within the central metropolis of Daejeon, earlier than Cho, who subbed in for Son, added the insurance coverage marker within the 88th minute in his first worldwide match since March 2024.
South Korea will subsequent play Ghana at Seoul World Cup Stadium within the capital metropolis at 8 p.m. Tuesday. It is going to be their ultimate match of 2025, and likewise the final one earlier than the Dec. 5 draw for subsequent 12 months’s FIFA World Cup.
The 48 collaborating international locations shall be divided into 4 pots of 12, and every group could have one workforce drawn from every pot.
Pot 1 will embrace the three host international locations, the US, Canada and Mexico, and the highest 9 nations within the subsequent FIFA rankings set to be up to date subsequent Wednesday.
At present at No. 22, South Korea could be in Pot 2. Any drop within the rankings would put the workforce on the danger of falling to Pot 3 and getting drawn with a pair of top-20 opponents within the group stage.
