LAFC’s Son Heung-Min is captaining the side featuring Wolves’ Hwang Hee-Chan and Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-Jae.
They will be favourites to beat Czechia, who count West Ham midfielder Tomáš Souček among their most experienced players.
Managed since 2024 by Hong Myung-Bo, South Korea come into this World Cup sitting 25th in the FIFA World Rankings and fresh off the back of successive wins in warm-up friendlies against Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador.
Preparations ongoing: Czechia
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But a 4-0 defeat to the Ivory Coast and a narrow loss to Austria in the March international break may give fans cause for concern.
Czechia – 40th…
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